Chrontourage 'Balls of Fury' Ping-Pong Tournament This Thursday!

"...to host this superbadass Ping-Pong tournament celebrating the release of Balls of Fury starring the one and only Christopher..."

Aug. 21, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Balls of Fury

Goofy pingpong comedy gets by on the amiable nerd panache of chunky lead Dan Fogler.

"...ever filmed), this pingpong-themed comedy is still just barely goofy enough to sustain its 90-minute running time. The fact..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Secret Life of Pets

Hollywood has the cure for those dog-day afternoons of summer

"...Kids tend to come out of movies with questions. Here’s a fun one to anticipate..."

July 8, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Sound and the Fury

Monsters of Folk drummer Will Johnson continues demonstrating monstrous musical and compositional gifts

"...Keeping beat for the Monsters of Folk at a sold-out Stubb's on a November night,..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Strand of Oaks and the Cadence of Joy

Overcoming grief and exploring sobriety, Tim Showalter finds himself In Heaven

"...the reins here. We're somewhere around the 13-minute mark of Davis' colossal 27-minute "Great Expectations." One movement ends and..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Music Feature by E. Ryan Ellis

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

"...fans salivating on title alone. In its last reveal of the 2011 fest lineup, SXSW announced Hobo as one..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Amusing Ways of Life

Three Central Texas traditions continue to make fun a destination.

"...compete with 25,000 light bulbs and the expectant faces of local teenagers who, squealing and shuffling together in tight..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Anne Harris

DVDanger: 'Haunter' / 'Hellbenders'

A supernatural weekend in home releases

"...titles that they acquired there last year. A couple of weeks ago, we had temporal teen angst with +1,..."

Feb. 22, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Good Luck Chuck

Pitched somewhere between Farrelly brothers-lite and some oddball National Lampoon outing, this comedy is as familiar as it is charming, which isn't to say it's a good film.

"...cursed in an opening flashback to a disastrous round of adolescent spin the bottle by an amorous gothling, is..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chrontourage Ping-Pong Tourney a Rousing Success

"...Thirty-two players faced-off at the Chrontourage Balls of Fury Ping-Pong tournament held..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

The Fearless James Hong

Star of 'Big Trouble in Little China' revives the raunch

"...know you know him. Mr Ping, the adoptive father of Po in Kung Fu Panda? That's his voice. Hannibal..."

Jan. 24, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Night He Came to Fantastic Fest

Genre fest announces Halloween for opening night

"...Halloween is. Fantastic Fest has announced that the revamp of the classic horror franchise, directed by erstwhile Austinite David..."

Aug. 22, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

All the Way

In Zach Theatre's staging of this epic political drama about LBJ, the fight for civil rights feels particularly urgent

"...in a county jail, and beating at the behest of a state highway patrolman – who ordered two prisoners..."

May 1, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Collide

A backpacker and drug smugglers clash on a high-speed highway

"...so dumb it makes you long for the inclusion of anybody, literally anybody involved in the Fast and Furious..."

March 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Supagroup: Gallery Lombardi Lounge Friday, 17

Wednesday Night

"...SupagroupGallery Lombardi Lounge Friday, 17 Thank you, Supagroup, for officially ending my alt.country romance. The split is amicable, but..."

March 24, 2000 Music Review by Michael Bertin

Saturday

Punk, hardcore, hip-hop, oh my!

"...No Salvation, begs for a follow-up on the heels of its 2007 release. Pencil in early 2010 for more..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Music Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...over the world. The album is an outstanding collection of songs that inject rock & roll lifeblood into folk..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Record Reviews

"...would've married Tony Bennett. If you knew the passion of my parents' marriage, the gravity of my mother's devotion..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

Energy News: New Ethanol, Electric Power Reports

One warns of unintended consequences of rapidly rolling out domestic biofuels; other focuses on energy efficiency, renewables

"...green group Environmental Defense recently released a report warning of the unintended consequences of rapidly rolling out domestic biofuels,..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Luv Doc Recommends: Hell’s Belles with the Addictions

Antone's, Saturday, April 22, 2006

"...occasionally attend a fist-pumping, hair-throwing rock show, the kind of ear-spanking, cheek-flapping, insanely high SPL hell that flattens the..."

April 21, 2006 Column by The Luv Doc

AC/DC

Reissues

"...AC/DCReissues, Vols. 2-3 (Epic) Since Epic's initial batch of AC/DC remasters gathered up the Aussie rockers' crown jewels..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Dressing Down the Superhero

How the irreverent comic Kick-Ass made the leap from page to picture show

"...Every boy dreams of becoming a superhero and fighting crime. Then he wakes..."

April 16, 2010 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Somebody's Gonna Die

Sangre de Toro

"...bull stands defiantly on its uneven legs, four pairs of eyes fixed on it. For a moment, everyone in..."

March 6, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Saturday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...There aren't many new singer-songwriters who understand the importance of sparseness and subtlety like this Scotland-born, L.A.-based KCRW favorite...."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Exhibitionism

A Delicate Balance: Darkness Falls

"...live?" The question comes from Tobias, the aging master of the suburban household in which this Edward Albee drama..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Arts Review

Record Reviews

"...The advance tape of Come On has been in my semi-regular rotation since..."

March 7, 1997 Music Review

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...Maxo Kream's journalistic eye remains trained upon his hometown of Houston. The rapper's half-decade of granular, street-life storytelling (with..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

SXSW Record Reviews

Built to Spill

"...for 1997's Perfect From Now On, but he's taken profound steps in tidying up the cosmic clutter surrounding his..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

No Law & Order

"...Jeff Beck..."

March 12, 1999 Music Feature