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Netflix Instant Pick: You Again
By Kelly I’m always on the look-out for instant movies that I thought about seeing in the theater but didn’t quite make it to for some...

Chickster
Aug 30, 20111 min read


Netflix Instant Pick: Rubber
By Kelly Who can resist a movie about a tire that kills people with its mind? I know what you’re thinking, “lots of people” but this...

Chickster
Aug 16, 20111 min read


Review: 30 Minutes or Less
By Shelby Thanks to the folks at Ain’t It Cool News, I got a chance to catch a sneak preview of 30 Minutes of Less last month at the...

Chickster
Aug 10, 20112 min read


Chickster Crush: Jessica Alba
By Kelly I’ve personally had a Chickster crush (in my case a platonic girl-crush) on Jessica Alba since I discovered the brilliance of...

Chickster
Aug 9, 20112 min read


Netflix Instant Pick: Repo! The Genetic Opera
By Kelly I was so excited about Repo! The Genetic Opera, starring Anthony Stewart Head from Buffy, coming to Netflix Instant. Gosh I wish...

Chickster
Aug 2, 20112 min read


Review: Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist, Rebel
By Shelby Honestly, I never thought much about Hugh Hefner or even Playboy until I got unexpectedly sucked in by the disarmingly fun The...

Chickster
Jul 19, 20112 min read


Netflix Instant Pick: Muriel’s Wedding
By Kelly Muriel’s Wedding has come to Netflix Instant, a movie I’ve been told half my life by women of varying ages that I should watch....

Chickster
Jul 5, 20111 min read


Summer 2011 Netflix Instant Picks
By The Chicksters It’s going to be a long, hot summer. The Texas sun takes care of the hot part, and for TV fans, those weeks of repeats...

Chickster
Jun 29, 20117 min read


Austin City Limits Live, Florence + the Machine
By Shelby Before glass started raining down from the W Hotel, I spent some time waiting outside of it to gain entry to a taping of...

Chickster
Jun 11, 20112 min read


He Said/She Said: X-Men: First Class
By Shelby O’Husband and I caught a sneak peek of X-Men: First Class and thought we’d share our thoughts in case you were thinking about...

Chickster
Jun 3, 20112 min read


Netflix Instant Pick: Drop Dead Diva
By Kelly Drop Dead Diva is an unusual show to say the least but definitely entertaining. When a model, Deb, (Brooke D’Orsay), dies in a...

Chickster
May 31, 20112 min read


Netflix Instant Pick: Mystery Team
By Shelby We here at Chickster love Community. And while we may have come for the Joel McHale, we quickly found ourselves adoring all of...

Chickster
May 23, 20111 min read


Netflix Instant Pick: Sherlock
By Shelby Don’t get me wrong. I love Robert Downey Jr. as much as the next girl, but for my money, the title of the best Sherlock Holmes...

Chickster
May 9, 20112 min read


Meek’s Cutoff: The Real Girls of Oregon Trail
By Shelby If you need a break from the all the noise that will surely accompany Thor‘s hammer this weekend, take a walk on the quiet side...

Chickster
May 6, 20112 min read


Netflix Instant Pick: Before Sunrise and Before Sunset
By Shelby One thing I like about Netflix Instant is that it offers a lot of ’80s and ’90s movies in high definition. When you’ve only...

Chickster
May 3, 20112 min read


Netflix Instant Pick: Pandorum
By Kelly Pandorum is something on the Netflix Instant queue that I had never heard of but intrigued me, mostly because of the creepy...

Chickster
Apr 26, 20111 min read


Fitz and The Tantrums at La Zona Rosa
By Shelby I’ve been loving Fitz and the Tantrums since I first heard “MoneyGrabber” on an Alamo Drafthouse promo late last summer and...

Chickster
Apr 20, 20111 min read


Netflix Instant Pick: Dakota Skye
By Kelly Dakota Skye was the best movie I didn’t know existed. Have you ever suspected that you can detect when someone is lying? Well,...

Chickster
Apr 19, 20111 min read


The Road to Hollywood
By Shelby The Road to Hollywood passed through Austin last Saturday as Turner Classic Movies presented a special screening of the 1959...

Chickster
Apr 18, 20112 min read


Unplugged at the Grove: Sarah Jaffe
By Shelby KGSR’s 18th season of Unplugged at the Grove kicked off last night with a performance by Sarah Jaffe, a singer/songwriter out...

Chickster
Apr 15, 20111 min read
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