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June 3, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Bridesmaids
The "wedding industrial complex" is under siege in this funny new comedy written by Kristen Wiig.
"...Wiig, in a winning, vanity-free star turn, tweaks her signature deadpan delivery to get at very real, very raw..."
May 13, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Prom
Friday Night Lights' Aimee Teegarden stars in this tween wish-fulfillment movie.
"...Friday Night Lights’ expert sulker Teegarden wipes clean her signature sullenness as Nova, the strait-laced, prom-planning chair and rare..."
April 29, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
John Lennon
Signature Box
"...John LennonSignature Box (Capitol)..."
Dec. 17, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Burlesque
Burlesque bumps and grinds. And then grinds and grinds and grinds.
"...Last of Me” (which is sure to become a signature part of her repertoire), the diva plays it straight..."
Dec. 3, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Weaves of Glass
The art of Markow & Norris
"...completely together ... but the weave is definitely our signature, and once we developed the actual fabric, we moved..."
Nov. 26, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
2010 Thanksgiving Feasts Around Town
Let someone else jockey for oven space – there are plenty of options for taking the family out this year
"...offering a special à la carte menu including some signature dishes from its fall menu, as well as special..."
Nov. 19, 2010 Food Feature
Boxing Gym
Famed documentary maker Frederick Wiseman directs his camera on Richard Lord's Austin boxing gym.
"...opening night or a bout in the ring. In signature Wiseman fashion, Boxing Gym forgoes any audience hand-holding –..."
Nov. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Due Date
Road comedy hits the sweet spot with Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis.
"...for the filmmaker to engage in another of his now-signature strategies: celebrity guest cameos. In addition to the single-sequence..."
Nov. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Social Network
This retelling of Facebook's first contentious steps is a blisteringly entertaining film formed of a lovely amalgam of David Fincher's direction, Aaron Sorkin's screenplay, and Jesse Eisenberg's spotless performance as Mark Zuckerberg.
"...masterly opening scene quashes any doubts: Turns out Sorkin's signature mile-a-minute sparring rubs up quite nicely with Fincher's command..."
Oct. 1, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
The Last Airbender
M. Night Shyamalan's live-action film is based on a popular animated series on Nickelodeon, and although the movie retains the series' mythology, it loses all its humor and suspense.
"...franchise potential. Indeed, instead of containing one of Shyamalan’s signature surprise endings, the conclusion of The Last Airbender is..."
July 2, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Yanagi Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar
"...from $6.95 to $22.95 (this one includes a whole signature roll, four pieces of sashimi, and five nigiri). The..."
June 4, 2010 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón
In the Green Kitchen: Techniques to Learn by Heart
"...explain it by walking the reader through a simple, signature recipe. Waters also takes techniques that we all think..."
May 28, 2010 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry
Day Trips
The Koffee Kup Family Restaurant built its reputation the old-fashioned way – by serving good, basic comfort food
"...argument about the Koffee Kup, it is whether the signature specialty burgers or the meringue pies are the best..."
May 7, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Wharton Dancer
The flourishing legacy of the late Lone Star dramatist Horton Foote
"...response to the work at both Hartford Stage and Signature Theatre in New York City, where it's currently running,..."
March 12, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Locavores Before It Was Cool
Kerbey Lane Cafe has been helping Austinites eat local 24 hours a day, seven days a week for more than two decades
"...Natural Farms, cage-free eggs from Maxim near Rosenberg, and signature pancakes so popular the mixes are now available by..."
March 5, 2010 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood
Tooth Fairy
Due to a misdeed, a tough hockey player, played by Dwayne Johnson, must serve as a tooth fairy for a week, tutu and all.
"...and not much more; his nickname refers to his signature trait of knocking the teeth from his competitors. His..."
Jan. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Harmony and Me
This Austin-made gem by Bob Byington is a sharply written and acted observational piece about a heartsick guy played by Justin Rice.
"...John song, has more in common musically with its signature song, “Government Center” by Jonathan Richman, a song that..."
Jan. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Nine
Quick. Put down that Victoria's Secret catalog. More women in corsets are on display in this musical than on any lingerie catwalk in your dreams.
"...for Cotillard, who gets two, and each is a signature piece that defines, one-dimensionally, the character’s role in the..."
Dec. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Thanksgiving Roulette
Feast around town
"...offering a special à la carte menu including some signature dishes from its fall menu, as well as special..."
Nov. 20, 2009 Food Feature
(Untitled)
High art is both lampooned and championed in this knowing satire that stars the ever-eccentric Adam Goldberg.
"...Melville story. “I would prefer not to” is Bartleby’s signature phrase, and it suits (Untitled)’s boho artistes as well...."
Nov. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Sorting the Family's Dirty Laundry
AFS Documentary Tour revisits Alan Berliner's 1991 film Intimate Stranger
"...punctuating clack and ring of a manual typewriter – signature Berliner devices all – his grandson takes a shot..."
Nov. 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis
Food-o-File
Austin burgers and bakeries are in good hands, and several foodie contests just wrapped up
"...Road address is a former Arby's outlet, and the signature neon hat will make a perfect sign for the..."
Aug. 28, 2009 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood
Little Ashes
Robert Pattinson costars as Salvador Dalí in this sexually speculative history of the artist's student years spent with friends, Federico García Lorca and Luis Buñuel.
"...all, and Pattinson particularly stands out because of Dalí’s signature adornments: his foppish clothing (especially when he first arrives..."
Aug. 7, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Ugly Truth
In this formulaic battle of the sexes, no one will be mistaking Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler for Hepburn and Tracy.
"...vibrating underpants that are the underpinnings for the movie’s signature set-piece (attempting to rival When Harry Met Sally …..."
July 24, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Full metal racket.
"...With a typically grandiose running time (one of Bay’s signature directorial touches), Revenge of the Fallen overstays its welcome..."
June 26, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
My Sister's Keeper
Nick Cassavetes' reign as the go-to waterworks man remains uncontested.
"...almost bewildering tonal ungainliness (as when Baldwin, in his signature ham-gruff growl, voices-over "The kid wasn't lying" like some..."
June 26, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Cheri
Another dangerous liaison, this one based on the Colette novella, reunites director Stephen Frears and star Michelle Pfeiffer.
"...that ethereal coo of a voice, she has a signature sharpness, the impression of hard angles swathed in a..."
June 26, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
CHIPing in on the Special
Dems get four Republicans to join call to add health care to special session
"...there, while Ryan Guillen is named but there's no signature. Coleman's office said not to read to much into..."
June 24, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker
The Mighty Cone
Head to South Congress for the best Hudson's meal available for less than $10
"...and chef de cuisine Robert Rhoades were developing a signature dish to be served at the Austin City Limits..."
June 12, 2009 Food Review by Virginia B. Wood
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