“Bring us the girl, and wash away the debt.” We are all guilty of the good we do not accomplish. Our sins, our faults, our mistakes—they are all reminders that we are, in the end, human. To carry such debts, be they mental, spiritual or physical, can be a driving force behind great change....
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In director Antoine Fuqua’s action film Olympus Has Fallen, actor Dylan McDermott (The Campaign) plays Forbes, a Secret Service agent who is caught in the middle of a terrorist plot when a group of North Koreans ambush the White House and take the U.S. President (Aaron Eckhart) and his cabinet hostage. During our interview,...
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Dead Space 3 suffers, among a few other things, from an identity crisis. Amid another squadron of Necromorphs on the freezing (but gorgeous) surface of Tau Volantis, I found myself asking questions not unlike those pondered in the halls of a philosophy building–why are we here, where are we going, what is our ultimate...
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O.K., I’m a sucker for zombie stories. It’s the hopelessness of it all that speaks to me. The necessary humanity (or not) that must be the response. How to deal with such stress? The Walking Dead is sort of updated Nausea by Jean Paul Sartre. We are what we make ourselves, but there are...
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In the drama Filly Brown, actress Gina Rodriguez (Go For It!) plays Majo Tonorio, a L.A. street poet who attempts to crossover into the music industry as a hip-hop artist. The film, which is the closing night screening at CineFestival 2013 on March 2, also stars late banda/norteña singer Jenni Rivera as Majo’s incarcerated...
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Recent All-Star Weekends in Texas have had a distinct flavor when it comes to proponents of the San Antonio Spurs. Houston in 2006 was an urban-themed coming out party for Tony Parker as a baller and fledgling rhyme-sayer. Dallas in 2010 was dominated by the excess of Cowboys Stadium, aka Jerry World and the...
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It was something of a surprise when the unpretentious Memphis beat out both the indy-rock spectacle American Idiot and the afrobeat fantasia Fela! for the 2010 Tony Award for Best Musical: the latter two musicals had generated a lot more buzz (if not box-office receipts) than this modest, earnest, and generally enjoyable tale...
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Someone warn the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Comedian Kevin Nealon, 59, is on his way to San Antonio for the first time in his 30-year career and has his sights on infiltrating the Alamo. Nealon, best known for his stint on Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1999 and for his role...
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Fifteen miles east of San Antonio, Miller Farms’ dairy production has encountered legal troubles. Miller supplies Grade A quality grass-fed raw milk to San Antonio and neighboring areas both via retail sales on the farm and drop off points around town. These drop off locations are usually held at private residences and make...
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Science fiction is a laudable genre (though I’m not one to make black and white assumptions about genre). And I think flash fiction lends itself well to it. All good flash creates a world, so why not make it one that is clearly not one we live in — socially, culturally, politically, economically, what...
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In the film Beautiful Creatures, actors Alden Ehrenreich (Tetro) and Alice Englert (Ginger & Rosa) play Ethan and Lena, the main couple at the center of the supernatural love story where dark secrets are uncovered in a small Southern town. During an interview with me, Ehrenreich, 23, and Englert, 18, shared their thoughts about...
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With All-Stars Tim Duncan and Tony Parker watching from the sidelines in civilian attire, and Manu Ginobili and Stephen Jackson also unavailable, Spurs swingman Kawhi Leonard rose to the occasion lifting San Antonio to an impressive 103-89 victory over the Bulls in Chicago. The quiet Aztec sparked the Spurs with a career-high 26 points...
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2012 Best of San Antonio Food Winners List Best of 2012: 2012 Best of San Antonio Food Winners List 4/25/2012
¡Ask a Mexican! ASK A MEXICAN: Dear Mexican: Like many Americans, I’ve heard about the “Fast and Furious” scandal in which our own ATF was shown to be guilty and corrupt of... By Gustavo Arellano 5/19/2013
Stella Public House takes pizza and beer to the next level Food & Drink: The terms “wood-fired” and“brick oven pizza” have longbeen bandied about as guarantors of quality, though sadly they seldom ring true. What may arrive out... By Scott Andrews 5/15/2013
Chris Perez, husband of slain Tejana icon Selena, tells of romance, suffering Arts & Culture: In one of the final chapters of his book To Selena, With Love (out March 6), Selena's widower Chris Perez mentions that Abraham Quintanilla, his former father-in-law, once... By Enrique Lopetegui 3/7/2012
New Cove Bar is the Latest to Step Up Craft Brew Offerings in SA Nightlife: Believe it or not, The Cove co-owner Lisa Asvestas was once a Coors Light drinker. “Seriously, Coors Light,” she said with a hint of contrition... By Michael Barajas 5/15/2013
'The Flu Season' Arts & Culture: A quarter of the way through The Flu Season, Will Eno’s 2003 absurdist exercise set in a psychiatric hospital, patients in the TV room watch a report on how an entire family fell through early-winter ice and died. Skating on a thin dramatic surface, the pla By Steven G. Kellman 5/17/2013
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