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2012 Golden Globe Picks
By Shelby Hi. My name is Shelby, and I’m an awards season addict. I can’t get enough of the montages and tributes, the awkward banter...

Chickster
Jan 12, 20125 min read
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Netflix Instant Cherry-Pick: Bones
By Kelly I’ve always liked the show Bones. I started it somewhere in grad school but, since I lived alone, stopped watching it when it...

Chickster
Jan 10, 20122 min read
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New Year’s Resolutions That Stick
By Kelly Every year, I make the same tired list of vague New Year’s Resolutions and fail at them. Until last year, when I decided to...

Chickster
Jan 5, 20123 min read
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Netflix Instant Battle: Being Human vs. Being Human
By Kelly I recently watched the first episode of the BBC show Being Human, and instead of watching episode two, decided to watch the...

Chickster
Jan 3, 20122 min read
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Netflix Instant Pick: Ugly Betty
By Kelly Ugly Betty is a show I’ve occasionally gotten caught watching on the preview channel while looking for other things to watch. I...

Chickster
Dec 13, 20113 min read
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Netflix Instant Pick: Nativity!
By Shelby We all have those Christmas movies we pull out year after year. For me, it’s a pretty lengthy list that includes Bad Santa,...

Chickster
Dec 6, 20112 min read
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She’s Crafty: DYI Grown-Up Night Light
By Shelby Embarrassing confession: I’m afraid of the dark. And almost 30 years old, which makes a kiddie night light out of the question....

Chickster
Nov 30, 20112 min read
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Netflix Instant Pick: Morning Glory
By Kelly Morning Glory has come to Netflix Instant, which is something I wish I knew before I waited for it in the mail. I heard it was...

Chickster
Nov 29, 20111 min read
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Netflix Instant Pick: Being Human
By Shelby November is turning out to be TV-heavy in our Netflix Instant Picks. Kelly shared her favorite vampire TV show last week, and...

Chickster
Nov 15, 20112 min read
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Netflix Instant Pick: Vampire Diaries
By Kelly If you haven’t yet taken a look at The Vampire Diaries, which some might wrongly refer to as the television version of Twilight,...

Chickster
Nov 8, 20111 min read
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Netflix Instant Pick: Parenthood
By Shelby As much as I love watching movies, I somehow manage to love TV shows even more. Maybe it’s because it’s so easy to marathon....

Chickster
Nov 1, 20112 min read
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End Credits: The 2011 Austin Film Festival
By Shelby Photos courtesy of Austin Film Festival/Jack Plunkett The Austin Film Festival wrapped last night after giving film fans eight...

Chickster
Oct 28, 20116 min read
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Netflix Instant Pick: The Walking Dead
By Kelly The Walking Dead is now available on Netflix Instant, just in time for Halloween. Yes, it’s true. I hadn’t yet gotten around to...

Chickster
Oct 18, 20111 min read
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Review: What’s Your Number?
By Shelby What’s Your Number, which opens in theaters tomorrow, inevitably will face comparisons to Bridesmaids, many of which will be...

Chickster
Sep 29, 20113 min read
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Skip Town: The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
By Shelby Photos by Brian O’Neill Even on the last page of seventh book, it didn’t feel final. After all, we still had four more years...

Chickster
Sep 28, 20114 min read
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Flix Brewhouse
By Kelly Flix Brewhouse in Round Rock (near the intersection of I-35 and Hesters Crossing) is a very innovative new version of the whole...

Chickster
Sep 26, 20112 min read
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Thank you, ACL 2011!
By Shelby All photos by Brian O'Neill We survived! Like nearly everyone else (including Batman!), I was sweating among the sold-out...

Chickster
Sep 20, 20112 min read
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Putting the Awesome in ACL
By Shelby Austin City Limits Festival is always one of my favorite weekends of the year. I wish, like last year, this year’s weekend...

Chickster
Sep 15, 20112 min read
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Netflix Instant Pick: Killers
By Kelly It’s amazing what movies you’ll turn on when you don’t have to wait for them in the mail or see them in the theater. Killers was...

Chickster
Sep 12, 20111 min read
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Review: A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
By Shelby I sincerely hope theme parties aren’t something you outgrow. The cast of characters in the upcoming flick A Good Old Fashioned...

Chickster
Sep 1, 20111 min read
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