The Haunting in Connecticut

Essentially a substandard rip-off of The Amityville Horror, this spook house drama should be condemned.

"...call? Elias Koteas! (Duh.) The veteran character actor (The Thin Red Line, Zodiac) appears here as a priest who,..."

March 27, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gran Torino

Clint Eastwood directs and stars in what could be a perfect career-capper due to the perceptive way the character he plays seems to be a culmination of all the roles he's played before.

"...playing gunslingers and outsiders, characters who dance on the thin line that separates the lawful from the lawless, characters..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters at 3AM

People who might not want anything to do with me look at my car and know there's something about America we agree on – something embodied in a '69 Chevy Malibu

"...an important word. Each of us should have some things we'll say "never" to, and we'd best know well..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

F. Scott Fitzgerald's slender, unsentimental curio has been stretched by David Fincher into a nearly three-hour-long motion picture about a man (played by Brad Pitt) who ages in reverse.

"...an old man and proceeds to age in reverse. Everything that was sharp in the original text has been..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Urban Planning: A Roundup

How Austin is working toward getting better by design

"...Within NPZD, the Urban Design division is tasked with maintaining..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Luv Doc Recommends: 33rd Armadillo Christmas Bazaar

Austin Convention Center, Thursday, December 18, 2008

"...bagels and Starbucks and hatched this idea out of thin air. It had to be thin air. Clearly their..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

Revving Up for Slow Times

How local entrepreneurs plan to weather the recession

"...community economic revitalization. Many of its clients operate on thin margins; on Nov. 24, PeopleFund sent a letter encouraging..."

Dec. 5, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Indie Pizzas

Put aside all emotions, and take a slice of these New York-style pies

"...independent pizza spots around town that all feature a thin crust, and it's their supporters and detractors out there..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Food Feature by Mick Vann

The Haunting of Molly Hartley

A frighteningly dull updating of The Omen and Rosemary's Baby for the Gossip Girl set.

"...venal, and pretty much any other kind you can think of), it's downright depressing how uninspired The Haunting of..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pride and Glory

Edward Norton and Colin Farrell top this predictable police procedural about clean and dirty cops who are also brothers in a family of Irish cops.

"...Grillo, Shea Whigham and Lake Bell. It's a good thing this movie has been sitting on the shelf for..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

An American Carol

Michael Moore and left-leaning Hollywood are the subjects of this spoof that's missing only one thing: comedy.

"...the ghost of the past, who shows Malone such things as zombie American Civil Liberties Union lawyers who should..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Disaster Movie

We're running out of genres to spoof: This time it's disaster movies.

"...as satire these days); string them together with a gossamer-thin storyline; mix in scatological “humor” and countless acts of..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Frozen River

In order to make ends meet, two women in upstate New York smuggle illegal aliens across the St. Lawrence River into the U.S. in this unusually thoughtful and expertly acted movie.

"...merits of this film. Frozen River skates matter-of-factly on thin ice. (See Screens feature "The Heat Is On," Sept...."

Sept. 5, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shirataki Noodles

Japanese diet noodles can be substituted in many dishes

"...centuries. Known as shirataki, meaning "white waterfall," these white, thin, round noodles are made from the large bulbs of..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Austin's Part in Theremin History

"...Book I, first in a planned series of Tactus’ Thin Air series of theremin works. The Tactus Press, which..."

July 28, 2008 Postmarks

Step Brothers

Will Ferrell's newest is a lot like Will Ferrell's oldest, which is to say it feels like an amped-up Saturday Night Live skit.

"...my dream game show Who's Your Dada?). There's a thin blah line between childlike and childish, and Ferrell has..."

July 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Joe DiMaggio's Italian Chophouse

Joe DiMaggio's Italian Chophouse has perfectly made drinks, a solid selection of fish and steak, as well as an ambiance that suggests Joe and Marilyn are nuzzling in the next booth

"...was nonexistent, and the peach was limited to two razor-thin strips sitting atop the salad...."

June 27, 2008 Food Review by Wes Marshall

Tony Visconti Part 2 (The Encores)

"...person, generally top out at 45 minutes, an hour. Anything going longer demands either a recess or a follow-up,..."

June 23, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Taste Select Wines

Downtown Austin's wine bar business is surging; come have a Taste

"...large one), the embodiment of simplicity: just a few thin slices of perfectly fresh tuna with a couple of..."

May 2, 2008 Food Review by Wes Marshall

Point Austin: What's at Stake?

There will be blood

"...Maybe it's something else we can blame on Barack Obama...."

April 25, 2008 News Column by Michael King

The Counterfeiters

Winner of this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Film, this brisk Austrian film uncovers the moral choices faced by WWII concentration-camp victims selected to work on the Nazi effort to create bogus currency.

"...the murders committed on the other side of their thin plywood walls. The prisoners' dilemma over whether to assist..."

April 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dong Nai Vietnamese and Chinese Cuisine

"...As I assured my waiter (upon his inquiry) that everything was wonderful, I said, "It's prepared very much like..."

March 28, 2008 Food Review by Kate Thornberry

Sleepwalking

Sleepwalking might have been a terrific character study of damaged adult siblings, but instead becomes a muddled road trip toward redemption.

"...would be winter when your story begins, and a thin coating of gray snow would cover the ground. This..."

March 21, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

'Chronicle' Endorsements

March 4 primary election

"...below. (For the record, we did consider the admittedly thin ballot for the Travis Co. Republican primary but found..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature

'Chronicle' Endorsements

March 4 primary election

"...week. (For the record, we did consider the admittedly thin ballot for the Travis Co. Republican primary but found..."

Feb. 15, 2008 News Feature by The 'Chronicle' News staff

Kenobi Restaurant and Sushi Bar

The new Kenobi emerges as a power player in Austin's upscale Asian fusion scene

"...Great Hills Drive. Kenobi means "blooming flower" in Japanese; think Japanese fusion cuisine and sushi, very artistically presented. You..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Food Review by Mick Vann

Red Cap Chick

"...chile come through. It is then dunked in a thin batter, deep-fried at 350 degrees until it's partially cooked,..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Food Review by Mick Vann

Laura Warholic or, the Sexual Intellectual

Theroux has a knack for creative observations and clarity, as well as an undeniably vast knowledge of literature and sex

"...from farsightedness. Eyestones is reclusive and naive, curious about everything, a connoisseur of all that is saporous. His foil..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Books Review by Sofia Resnick

Page Two: Die Another Day

On renewal, 'Red Cavalry,' and the joys of creating, despite the hostile storms and vicious seas

"...known of the two, both because his novels The Thin Man and The Maltese Falcon are still so widely..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Column by Louis Black

The Orphanage

Although Guillermo Del Toro is the producer, this new Spanish horror film is derivative and not on par with Del Toro's spooky childhood stories.

"...pick) House. There's a disquietingly amusing sequence involving the stick-thin Chaplin and the vast Vivar as a sort of..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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