Blue Streak

"...both the action and the comedy sequences in Blue Streak, there is very little here for him to sink..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playback: Triple Crown Ends Historic Streak

San Marcos' Triple Crown ends its live music streak, White Ghost Shivers lose a founder, and Twine Time host Paul Ray hospitalized

"...for a mixed-use development. Its closure ends an astonishing streak: 6,887 consecutive days of live music, including holidays and..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin FC Breaks Winless Streak With 3-0 Thrashing of D.C. United

The win keeps the team in playoff contention

"...finally and mercifully putting an end to a winless streak that predated the “Barbenheimer” phenomenon...."

Oct. 5, 2023 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Toros on Four-Game Win Streak – Host Red Claws

Austin hopes to finish strong in up-and-down year

"...the Toros are back on winning roads, with a streak of four straight victories currently on the track. And..."

March 23, 2012 Sports Post by Will Schmidt

Austin FC Extends Winning Streak With Comeback Over Houston Dynamo

ATXFC is first MLS team to hit 20-point mark in 2022

"...both scored attractive goals to keep the Verde’s winning streak alive...."

April 30, 2022 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Ice Bats Extend Losing Streak to Five Games, Make Roster Moves

"...their lead and winning 5-4. This brings Austin's losing streak to an unfortunate total of five games. But, believe..."

Jan. 25, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

The Verde Report: Behind the Numbers of Austin FC’s Latest Hot Streak

The Verde and Black are still surprising us

April 26, 2024 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

New Documentary About WeWork Debunks the Messianic Streak in Startups

"Is this a cult?"

March 12, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Blue Streak

New Azul Tequila duplicates success

Dec. 12, 2014 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Aggies End Regular Season on a Losing Streak

Mizzou captures SEC East with Saturday's win

Dec. 2, 2013 Sports Post by Rod Machen

Burlesque With an Independent Streak

Texas Burlesque Festival at 501 Studios this weekend

April 21, 2010 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

A 'Wild Streak of Weather' or Instant Meme?

Does the Weather Channel reporter predict the conditions on the ground accurately?

Sept. 13, 2008 Emergency Post by Kate X Messer

The Silver Streak

Aug. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

When the Game Stands Tall

It's all teamwork to the impediment of characterization in this sports drama based the 151-game winning streak of high school football coach Bob Ladouceur.

"...De La Salle Spartans to a historic 151-game winning streak, the script (by Scott Marshall Smith) wisely includes the..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fool's Gold

Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson star in this tale of two gorgeous, love-tossed, star-crossed treasure hunters who reunite to search for a lost 18th century galleon.

"...our Peter Pan comes running into the office, all sun-streaked hair, white teeth, and beach-bum charm, and I realized..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Lucky Numbers

"...script, and the resulting film, has a decidedly vicious streak to it as well; there are more catty, barbed..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

UT Volleyball Hits Its Stride at the Perfect Time

And how it corresponds to season four of 'Mad Men'

"...picking up its fourth straight victory, its longest winning streak of the year...."

Oct. 19, 2010 Sports Post by Will Eidam

Little Women

The Louisa May Alcott classic charmlessly updated

"...projects as unyielding egoism, her outspokenness as a mean streak. She’s no longer someone you wish to embrace for..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

You Were Never Really Here

Joaquin Phoenix and Lynne Ramsay renew the revenger's tragedy.

"...ailing, senile mother (Roberts), all while battling a suicidal streak a mile wide. Through elegant, understated flashbacks, Ramsay paints..."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Beirut

John Hamm sweats stylishly in gritty, grim spy thriller.

"...a spycraft tale makes this Argo with a nihilist streak. He never tries to completely unwrap the region's complicated..."

April 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Logan Lucky

A different kind of heist film from the Ocean's 11 director

"...arm in combat – considers a Logan family long streak of bad luck. (Another step-in-shit? Having the misfortune of..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Indignation

Philip Roth's 2008 novel is hauntingly translated to the screen

"...Olivia Hutton (Gadon), a shiksa goddess with a suicidal streak...."

Aug. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Everest

Ace ensemble cast enacts the real-life story of a doomed climbing expedition

"...the macho Texas doctor whose brashness masks a depressive streak (Brolin), it primarily focuses on the calamitous trek up..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Rowdy Rathore

In this Hindi film, a conman turns out to have a heroic streak.

"...con man who turns out to have a heroic streak...."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

Wimpy kid, wimpy movie.

"...to speak, to inflect Greg with a surprising cruel streak. Although the target audience skews slightly older here, it's..."

April 1, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

District 13: Ultimatum

This French import is a nervy, comic action sequel that weds the sport of parkour with detective work.

"...xenophobic shudderings certainly imparts to D13: Ultimatum a canny streak of ripped-from-Le Monde social commentary. Due in large part..."

March 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gentlemen Broncos

With this new film, Jared Hess elicits none of the naive charm or flagrant silliness of his earlier movies, Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre.

"...weirder offerings: Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre. Their lucky streak stops dead in its tracks, however, with their new..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Frances McDormand's Miss Pettigrew is an unemployed nanny who bluffs her way into a job as the "social secretary" for the brain-dead, proto-fashionista, Yank-on-holiday starlet Delysia Lafosse, played by Amy Adams.

"...Miss Pettigrew is an unemployed nanny with a no-nonsense streak and an exceedingly dour sense of couture, who bluffs..."

March 7, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Just Like Heaven

This romantic comedy about a winsome, charming ghost and the man who loves her sidesteps abundant potential clichés through sheer dint of the acting skills on display.

"...Heaven is no Topper, mind you. There’s a manipulative streak to the proceedings, and you’d have to be stone..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Oscar and Lucinda

"...is also tempered by a strong comic and earthy streak. Set in Australia during the Victorian era, the film..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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