Al Pacino

Rocks Off's Rodeo Concert Guide for "Bros":
Lady Antebellum

The Rocks Off Rodeo Concert Guide is our annual helpful(?) primer for those of you unsure about your HLSR music choices for the big event at Reliant Stadium. Date: March 5 Name: Lady Antebellum AKA: "Starland Country Band"

Stand Up Guys

A blow to Al Pacino's Legacy

The Trailer For the Al Pacino/Phil Spector Movie Looks Pretty Great

On March 24, HBO premieres Phil Spector, a biopic centered around the years leading up to the legendary producer and madman's 2009 murder conviction. Al Pacino steps into the shoes of Spector, whose production credits read like the Rosetta Stone of modern pop music. Judging by the trailer -- relea ... More >>

Aw, Nuts

A brief history of movie characters getting whacked in the balls.

Alleged Armed Gunman Shot Dead During Botched Armored Car Robbery Outside Movie Theater

I honesty wonder if people planning on committing robberies ever watch TV or the movies. Time and time again films and television shows depict masked bandits attempting to rob banks, armored cars, stores, fast food restaurants, people on the street...you name it, they try and steal from it. Yet, the ... More >>

Killer Joe And What's Wrong With Hollywood

William Friedkin tells us why modern action films disappoint.

WWF's Top 7 Classic "Foreign Heel" Theme Songs

The WWF may have been the most patriotic American institution during the '80s and '90s; it turned Hulk Hogan into one of the biggest symbols of patriotism in recent memory. But there's a fine line between patriotism and nationalism, which the WWF straddled for years. By using jingoist superstars ... More >>

Paramount Turns 100

On Its Centennial, Paramount Pictures Celebrates Its Peak: The 1970s

Midtown's Coziest Pub

Sit a Spell at the Front Porch Pub

Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow: The Godfather, Part 1

Al Pacino: One Night Only

And Now, the Least Anticipated Movies of Fall/Winter 2011

​Pop Rocks will return Thursday. The fall/winter movie season kicked off last weekend as Contagion dominated the box office (the highly touted Warrior, not so much). I've already covered, in some depth, those releases coming up in the remainder of 2011 that might merit a closer look. We learn ... More >>

20 Musician Biopics Currently In Development Hell

Happy birthday, Janis.​News came down last week that Sacha Baron Cohen will be stepping into the rhinestones and glitter as Queen icon Freddie Mercury. It's been a long time coming for Cohen, the Borat and Bruno star who is slowly becoming his generation's Peter Sellers and has been rumored to ... More >>

Screwed Up Click

Dog Day Afternoon

Only the truth could be this strange

The State Bar Says "No" To Sex With Clients, We Reply With A List Of Sleazy Movie Lawyers

Anyone who's ever sat in front of television long enough knows that lawyers are better than regular people. They have nicer suits, drive cooler cars, and have awesomer sex -- sometimes with each other, sometimes with clients. But apparently that last one can be a bad thing, which is why the State Ba ... More >>

World Cup: 25 Things An Outsider Learned

What? No "Heil Shitler" headline?​With the U.S. soccer team defeat to Ghana on Saturday, I thought I would note some things I noted from the World Cup this year.1. From my readings on the internet and twitter, it appeared that the U.S. soccer team was coached by Gary Kubiak. The team had bad fi ... More >>

Treme: We're Your Neighbors

​We're halfway through the first season of Treme, and it was clear in last night's episode, "Shame, Shame, Shame," that creator David Simon and his crew have some very clear ideas about where to go from here. The halfway point acted like a turning point of sort for the season, offering a narra ... More >>

Treme: We're Your Neighbors

​We're halfway through the first season of Treme, and it was clear in last night's episode, "Shame, Shame, Shame," that creator David Simon and his crew have some very clear ideas about where to go from here. The halfway point acted like a turning point of sort for the season, offering a narra ... More >>

New On DVD: Did You Hear What Happened To The Morgans? If Not, You're Lucky

​A quick look at the DVDs being released today once again proves that there's no accounting for taste. The box office money makers are Disney's The Princess and the Frog, which raked in more than $102 million, and Ninja Assassin, which pocketed just over $38 million. Then there's Did You Hear Abou ... More >>

Name That Cop Movie: Kevin Smith's latest is a cliche-filled comedy

Kevin Smith's latest is a cliché-filled movie-trivia comedy — so crazy it just might work!

For National Boss Day: The Five Most Misundrestoor Bosses In The Movies

It's National Boss Day, because apparently getting more weeks of vacation, a higher salary, and an actual office with privacy isn't enough. You can be forgiven if it slipped your mind. After all, you were probably busy using the phone in your cramped, depressing cubicle to argue semi-publicly with ... More >>

Tonight: The Power Of Rocks Off Movie Night Compels You To Come See The Exorcist at The Mink

​ Tonight Rocks Off presents the 1973 exorcisploitation flick The Exorcist in all its glory for Rocks Off Movie Night at the Mink. The show starts around 9 p.m. and as always, is free-fifty-free. As part of our October Halloween film series, the film is sure to make you think twice about getting t ... More >>

Five Spot: Remembering "Five Star General" Big Hawk

Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and, sometimes awkwardly, tie it to a bit of Houston rap. It's five videos and occasional cussing. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com.MTV's Cribs has to be one of this generation's finest cultural achievements. F ... More >>

From The Movies: Five Worse Picks Obama Could Have Made For The Supreme Court

President Obama has nominated Sonia Sotomayor to replace David Souter on the Supreme Court. Now begins the long and -- hopefully -- entertaining confirmation process where we'll hear about her support of eugenics and that one time in high school she smoked clove cigarettes behind the band hall. As ... More >>

Scarface

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Why Are Mexicans Obsessed with Scarface?

Slo-Mo Football-Movie Finales: The Top Five

Steroids and Roger Clemens: Legal Brief Says DNA a Done Deal

88 Minutes Is Too Long

Ridiculous Al Pacino stars in ridiculous running-down-the-clock thriller 88 Minutes

Maybe too Hard

Ocean's Thirteen

Ocean's Thirteen is a washed-up threequel. How much you wanna bet Hollywood makes a bundle?

Good Clean Smut

Coke Dreams

In Scarface, slinging yayo is the name of the game.

The Great Cash-In

Swindled Art

Goy Gevalt

In Her Shoes is pretty but useless, a Prada with a broken heel

Searching for Shylock

Pacino plays Shakespeare's most contentious character in a stirring Merchant of Venice

Brutal Bronx

More than three decades after Indian, not much has changed

Weird Al

Pacino's accent and antics are confusing, rather than enlightening, in People I Know

Twisted Logic

The Recruit is full of surprises -- too many, in fact

Simulation Number One

Simone teaches us an important lesson: Movies aren't real, duh

Back To Basics

Steven Van Zandt is dedicated to garage rock

Playas on Parade

Halloween brought out the inner pimp in all of us, but some playas don’t go away after the holiday

Paydirt!

Oliver Stone delivers the ultimate guy movie with Any Given Sunday

Tobacco Toad

Mann elevates The Insider to Oscar-level suspense

Rap Actor

LL Cool J rocks microphone, silver screen

Rao Now

A new owner drags the River Oaks Grill into the '90s -- or at least the late '70s

City Hall Confusion

Independent Heaven