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Black Pumas’ Eric Burton Bets on Himself
After an abrupt break, Chronicles of a Diamond completely reinvents the band dynamic
"...track on Black Pumas’ sophomore album Chronicles of a Diamond. The lullaby-like "Angel" emerged while playing guitar in the..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Dangerous Touch
"...Directed by: Lou Diamond Phillips. Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Kate Vernon and Max..."

Oct. 22, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Amazon
"...who quickly enlists the man in his dream of diamond-mining on the plain. Together, they begin an operation to..."

Aug. 14, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Welcome Home
King Diamond crowns Fun Fun Fun Fest
"...not in the case of heavy metal icon King Diamond. The 58-year-old Denmark native born Kim Bendix Petersen, who's..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Feature by Michael Toland

The Rookie
The film recounts the baseball career of Texan Jim Morris, who, in 1999, became the oldest rookie major-league pitcher to take the field in 40 years.
"...a serious family man not looking to be a diamond hotshot. Benched from the game when he blew out..."

March 29, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ocean's 8
Sandra Bullock is the other Ocean sibling in this all-female revamp of the heist franchise
"...and assembling an all-female team to pull off a diamond heist at the Met Gala, a scheme she hatched..."

June 8, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

17th Annual Animation Show of Shows
Don Hertzfeldt's “World of Tomorrow” caps this mostly nifty program
"...few of the 11 selected films (curated by Ron Diamond) examine what it’s like to be an outsider. There’s..."

April 1, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Krampus
This horror-comedy brings a demon to the holiday gathering
"...pitch-perfect denouement. What was it that Danish metaller King Diamond said? “No presents for Christmas”? Not so this year:..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Trouble With the Curve

Despite its love of baseball lore, this film, starring Clint Easstwood and Amy Adams, is really a melodrama about the reconciliation of a father and daughter.

"...Braves, you can almost imagine Eastwood standing on the diamond and snarling at the whippersnappers, “Get off of my..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Man on a Ledge
This semi-functional thriller tingles but never terrifies.
"...all somehow related to Cassidy's alleged theft of a mega-diamond belonging to a reptilian developer played by the always-terrific..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Express Begin Playoff Run
Round Rock faces Omaha
"...campaign against the Omaha Storm Chasers tonight at Dell Diamond. It is the Express’ first trip to the playoffs..."

Sept. 7, 2011 Sports Post by Will Eidam

Know Your Enemy: Nashville
Round Rock takes on the Sounds
"...most match-ups this year, you'll be heading to Dell Diamond to watch the up-and-coming prospects of the Ranger –..."

May 7, 2011 Sports Post by Will Eidam

When in Rome
Kristen Bell stars as a woman who pulls three coins from a fountain … and three new beaus in the process.
"...at next year’s Razzies for sucky script honors, David Diamond and David Weissman!). Turns out that the men who..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Defiance
In this true story, Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber play two Jewish brothers who escape into the forest to elude capture by the Nazis and wind up birthing a small village of escapees.
"...better to mine that gold than Zwick (Glory, Blood Diamond), a true expert at squeezing inspiration out of despair..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Little Man
If you can accept the very idea of Shawn Wayans’ face on the body of an infantilized baby-man in diapers, who’s to care about the quality of anything else in the movie?
"...a foundling baby in order to retrieve a stolen diamond. He lands on the doorstep of a Buppie couple..."

July 21, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Bad News Bears
This genial remake is Billy Bob Thornton’s game all the way.
"...razor’s edge between tomboy and proto-babe) than as a diamond-shaped comedy of errors. So many kids films bearing the..."

July 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gosford Park
The servants know all in this Altman mystery set in a British countryside estate in the Thirties.
"...the real joy of the piece, which is the diamond-in-the-rough characters. The sprawling ensemble cast is terrific, each wonderfully..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Man Who Wasn't There
The story is rife with the Coens' ripe ambivalence, a black seriocomic opera of fouled-up American dreams, and a meditation on ambivalence that is itself often as ambiguous as the emotional meanderings of its protagonist, a small-town barber. The film's black-and-white image processing is stunning.
"...year, hands down, and Thornton is dazzling, a dull diamond in the gutter rough...."

Nov. 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Place Vendome
"...stolen stones. Jewel merchants, gem cutters, the De Beers diamond cartel, international black marketeers, old lovers, new lovers, suicides,..."

March 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Snatch
Ritchie's second feature is part broad comic farce and part grisly charnel house humor.
"...first-round K.O.s. Then there's Avi (Farina), a New York-based diamond importer on the trail of a 84-carat super-rock stolen..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

She Done Him Wrong
"...her best film, West adapts her popular stage character Diamond Lil for the screen. The star also sings “Easy..."

June 22, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blue Streak
"...Lawrence plays a jewel thief who stashes a $20-million diamond in the air-conditioning duct of a construction site during..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ratchet
"...out his new script. Callahan grudgingly agrees, finds a diamond in the rough, and hastily appropriates the story for..."

July 31, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Players Club
"...heroine, a bodacious yet initially innocent shoe clerk named Diamond (Raye), seems like a person we've met before. Her..."

April 17, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Reservoir Dogs
"...be. This story about the explosive aftermath of a diamond heist gone awry tends to rely more on placing..."

Oct. 30, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Black Lizard
"...currently intent on obtaining the legendary “Star of Egypt” diamond. When the Lizard kidnaps the daughter of the gem's..."

Feb. 21, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mala Noche
Van Sant's first major film is a gritty, low-budget take on unrequited love set in the skid row of Portland, Ore. The film is a mordant, black-and-white diamond in the rough.
"...raw talent at work excites you, then see this diamond-in-the-rough in its return engagement...."

Jan. 10, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Austin Startup Home Run Dugout Steps Up to the Plate
Pre-booking is open for the Dell Diamond facility in advance of baseball’s opening day
"...a new facility, Home Run Dugout, located at Dell Diamond, home of the Round Rock Express (Houston Astros' Triple-A..."

March 1, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Fun Fun Fun Live Shot: Modest Mouse
No new material and none the poorer for it
"...King Diamond was the name on everyone’s lips Saturday night. Many..."

Nov. 9, 2014 Music Post by Neph Basedow

'Play Ball'
Allison Orr finds dance at the diamond, choreographing baseball moves in a tribute to Downs Field
"...Trash Project has found her latest inspiration at the diamond, taking those routine movements and rituals at the ball..."

May 9, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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