Search

91-120 of 1,000 results, sorted by relevance | sort by date
Into The Adventure Zone With Griffin McElroy
Local podcaster tells how his brother, his brother, and he turned a game of Dungeons & Dragons into storytelling magic
"...actual-play podcast, which means it's a recording of three brothers and their father playing the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

10 Minutes with the Alvin Brothers
How a near-death experience became a Big Bill Broonzy tribute
"...Dave Alvin co-fronted said L.A. roots-rock powerhouse with his brother until 1986 when he quit, their relationship having always..."

Aug. 7, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Turbo
A snail wants to race in the Indy 500 in this new animated comedy.
"...”No dream is too big, no dreamer too small,” proclaims the race-car driver Guy..."

July 19, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Anna Karenina
Joe Wright's bold but empty imagining of Tolstoy's classic is set mostly within the walls of a theatre.
"...as a young reader?). At curtain raise, Anna’s philandering brother, Oblonsky (Macfadyen, marvelous as a dissipated, dim-bulb Falstaff), is..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Death at a Funeral
Pure farce served straight up and directed by the man who moonlights as the voice of Yoda and Miss Piggy.
"...British farce. Take one rolling country house, insert one big extended family, add a touch of personal tragedy, a..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Be Real
Sound Team's major label debut has Capitol
"...Jordan Johns, and keyboardists Gabe Pearlman and younger Baird brother Michael – dives into the set, opening with the..."

June 9, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Yi Yi
At nearly three hours long, Yang's final film is a novelistic portrait of the Jians, a comfortable middle-class family, presumably like many others, whose members can be categorized neither as happy nor unhappy.
"...in a chance meeting in an elevator during his brother-in-law's wedding reception, runs into his first love, whom he..."

April 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rollercoaster
"...Quasi-spiritual Chloe is pregnant by tortured-yet-poetic Darren; Darren's little brother Justin, a talented artist, is silent and scowling; Stick..."

March 23, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Reissues
Los Zafiros
"...right from the Howling /Muddy/Screaming bowels of all those brothers from other planets (especially Sun Ra). He was the..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Feature

Four Weddings and a Funeral
This romantic comedy is as intoxicated by words, dialogue, and characters as by love.
"...couple; a stunning acerbic sister (Thomas) and bumbling incompetent brother (Fleet) who belong to the seventh richest family in..."

April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Louis Black

After the Last Hurrah
Austin singer-songwriter-rocker Beaver Nelson returns with his second album.
"...the cover of Beaver Nelson's new compact disc, Little Brother. His stare is fixed straight at you. His hair..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Sidekicks
"...recreate himself as a kid-friendly, grade-B action hero -- big step, right? -- Norris and real-life sidekick/brother Aaron lensed..."

May 7, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ride Along 2
Ice Cube and Kevin Hart partner again as mismatched cops
"...way, but I have to admit that I’m not big on the appeal. Cube is Detective James Payton and..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Black or White
Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer play guardians who fight over the custody of their granddaughter.
"...1995 custody drama, Losing Isaiah, Costner plays Elliot, a big-city lawyer and recent widower entrusted to continue raising his..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Trolls Band Together
Boy band antics with the big-haired, big-voiced toys
"...his early boy band days well. With his four brothers he was part of BroZone: Once the most popular..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Bigger Than Me: The Musical Journey of BLK ODYSSY
A child of funk who lost his brother to police brutality soundtracks a revolution on BLK VINTAGE
"...for me and one was zeroing in on my brother's death for the first time, for real for real,"..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

The Boss Baby: Family Business
Why is a movie about a talking baby this convoluted?
"...Whatever the reason, the pleasures of witnessing a miniaturized bigwig in full-on CEO rant mode are largely denied here...."

July 2, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness
Evangelical film franchise rolls into volume three.
"...reasons. The maltreatment narratives in these films are similar: Big Godless Institution versus Little Guy Christian, with the Big..."

April 6, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

SRV’s Pride & Joy on Display
Stevie Ray Vaughan exhibit opens at the Bullock
"...Texas Blues of Stevie Ray Vaughan, curated by his big brother and forever local Jimmie Vaughan, opens Friday, March..."

March 9, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Adult Audio Coloring Book Sampler
A look back at illustrated album covers old and new
"...cryptic lyrics. Breakthrough for the band, the disc included biggest hit "Roundabout" and thus exposed the artist's surrealism to..."

July 29, 2016 Music Feature by Michael Toland

On the Outside
Delia Perez Meyer fights to prove her brother's innocence
"...imagine what it's like to live the way her brother Louis Perez does on death row. Sometimes anti-death-penalty groups..."

April 29, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

'Found' Affects
Scott Schirmer tells a twisted serial killer tale through the eyes of an 11-year-old
"..."My brother keeps a human head in his closet." That was..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Dukes
Character actor Robert Davi directs and co-stars with Chazz Palmintieri in this movie about a former doo-wop group that tries to recapture its glory days.
"...to get his life moving again. He and his brother, and fellow Duke, George (Palminteri) are willing to try..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Last Mimzy
Solid performances elevate this mild but hardly magical children's sci-fi story.
"...for family entertainment. The story gets going as a brother and sister, while vacationing with their Seattle parents at..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gojira Smash
Shifting into interstellar overdrive with Gojira
"...march Into the Void. Opening act and France’s next big thing, Gojira, spews galactic death metal with Prosthetic Records..."

Feb. 15, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

SXSW Picks & Sleepers
Picks & Sleepers
"...Saturday SleepersAll showcase times subject to change. Please check..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Being Bayard Rustin
Bennett Singer and Nancy Kates' Brother Outsider gets inside the life of a civil rights lion.
"...In Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (2003), filmmakers Bennett..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Vertical Ray of the Sun
"...the three, but she's unnervingly naïve and has an ambiguous (but definitely eyebrow-raising) relationship with their brother, who's also..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye
In anticipation of the upcoming writers' strike, networks are beefing up their reality programming, including Worst Case Scenario, No Boundaries, and -- yep, it's that bad -- another Big Brother.
"...Although television is largely seen as inferior to the big screen, I think writing for television takes more talent,..."

April 20, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Thomas and the Magic Railroad
"...Mara Wilson and Peter Fonda. “Little engines can do big things” is the nominal moral lurking in the background..."

July 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

« 1    BACK    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10     NEXT    34 »
One click gets you all the newsletters listed below

Breaking news, arts coverage, and daily events

Keep up with happenings around town

Kevin Curtin's bimonthly cannabis musings

Austin's queerest news and events

Eric Goodman's Austin FC column, other soccer news

Information is power. Support the free press, so we can support Austin.   Support the Chronicle