Bill Murray

2012 Summer Guide: Summer Movie Preview

Five Things for the Rockets to Consider This Offseason

Another offseason is upon us in Houston. While other teams battle it out in the playoffs, Houston Rockets fans are left to wait until next year...again. With three straight lottery seasons and only one second round appearance since 1997, it's no wonder fans are fatigued and want to see things shaken ... More >>

Jerry "The King" Lawler Piledrives Clipper Fan: Old School WWE Wrestlers for Each NBA Playoff Series (w/ VIDEO)

People laugh dismissively when I say it, but the more they can incorporate WWE performers and the general WWE "way" of entertainment, the more enjoyable other genres of sports will become. No, I'm not talking about the predetermined outcomes of matches (The NBA has already incorporated that aspect o ... More >>

For President's Day: The Best Movie Portrayals of 15 Presidents

Portraying presidents on screen is always tricky. Crass imitation makes the thing look like a comedy skit, but completely ignoring the mannerisms and voice that people know doesn't work either. There have been some laughingly inept acting jobs when it comes to the 44 people who have been the countr ... More >>

The Film Issue: 10 for 2012

Portraying presidents on screen is always tricky. Crass imitation makes the thing look like a comedy skit, but completely ignoring the mannerisms and voice that people know doesn't work either. There have been some laughingly inept acting jobs when it comes to the 44 people who have been the countr ... More >>

The Film Issue

Looking back on the year in movies, and what's coming in 2012.

Pop Rocks: Who Else Would Make A Good Bond Villain?

Jeez, when are they going to stop casting ugly actors in these Bond movies?​So it turns out Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men, Vicky Cristy Barcelona) is going up against 007 in Bond 23: After months of speculation about who would play the villain in the next James Bond installment, we fi ... More >>

Zachary Byron Helm: Black Leather, Bingo, And Nine Inch Nails

​Rocks Off likes to check in on Zachary Byron Helm and SORP Films from time to time just to see what the master of goth, industrial, and other dark music parodies is up to. Whether it's his masterpiece of mockery The League of Extraordinary Industrial Retards or peddling a rockabilly cereal we ... More >>

Last Night: Propain's "Say I Won't" Video Premiere At 300 Bowling

Photos by Larami SerranoPropain (left) and DJ Don​Propain "Say I Won't" video premiere party 300 Bowling, Katy May 15, 2011 Sunday night, Propain, whose name has to be brought up during any "Which New Houston Sir Is Most Likely Pop Nationally?" conversation, had a video premiere party for his ... More >>

In Search of Tossed Time

Jake Gyllenhaal heroic even during weird plot wrinkles.

Hotel California

Celebrity living has its downside in Somewhere.

Lost at the Chateau Marmont

From party girl to Oscar winner, Sofia Coppola's journey to Somewhere.

Bands Named After Movies, Characters & Other Film Stuff

​Ever wonder which of your favorite bands are named after movies? So have we. So we went out and did a little bit of research. BANDS NAMED AFTER ACTUAL MOVIES My Bloody Valentine: The seminal shoegaze act took their name from a low-budget 1981 horror movie about a guy who really, really hat ... More >>

Open Up And Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgery Playlist

​If you're reading this around the time it's published, Rocks Off will once again be in the dentist's chair. This has been something of a recurring theme for us this summer, as we have been trying to reverse years of neglecting our poor gums by undergoing several surgical procedures that do no ... More >>

Sideshow Tramps Want To Be Texas State Fair's "Best Dad Band"

Sideshow Tramps on Facebook​Think of Houston barnburners the Sideshow Tramps and naturally the first thought that comes to mind is "wholesome family enterainment," right? The band themselves admitted as much in an email they sent to Rocks Off HQ Wednesday afternoon, calling themselves "known f ... More >>

Michael Cera: We Don't Get Him. Help Us Learn Why We Should, And Win Preview Passes To Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

Michael Cera: What are we missing here?​Maybe it's just a low tolerance for indie-movie tweeness, but we have to admit the charms of Michael Cera largely escape us.Now we freely admit we haven't seen Year One, so there's a chance that our admiration for his subtle comedic skills might yet be awake ... More >>

SUMMER GUIDE: (100) Days of Summer Movies

Enjoy the great indoors!

Pop Rocks: With Friends Like These

​Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski remains under house arrest in Switzerland, awaiting possible extradition to the United States for fleeing sentencing after pleading guilty to "unlawful sex" with a 13-year old in 1977. His attorneys are, naturally, fighting this possibility, while a numbe ... More >>

Further On Up the Road

Excerpts from the Press's copious online coverage of SXSW.

What's Wrong with Wes Anderson?

A decade after Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums, Generation Y's anointed auteur tries for a comeback with Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Running the Numbers

A decade after Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums, Generation Y's anointed auteur tries for a comeback with Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Screen Plays

A decade after Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums, Generation Y's anointed auteur tries for a comeback with Fantastic Mr. Fox.

The 2009 Houston Press Music Award Nominees

Here they are, folks. You nominated 'em, we mulled 'em over and sorted out the stuffers, and now the 2009 Houston Press Music Awards ballot is set. Normally Rocks Off would say something cute like read 'em and weep, but since we've been listening to almost nothing but '80s hard rock and new bands th ... More >>

Houston Press Music Awards: And The Nominees Are...

Here they are, folks. You nominated 'em, we mulled 'em over and sorted out the stuffers, and now the 2009 Houston Press Music Awards ballot is set. Normally Rocks Off would say something cute like read 'em and weep, but since we've been listening to almost nothing but '80s hard rock and new bands t ... More >>

College Football Preview, Scarlett Johansson Edition

Here they are, folks. You nominated 'em, we mulled 'em over and sorted out the stuffers, and now the 2009 Houston Press Music Awards ballot is set. Normally Rocks Off would say something cute like read 'em and weep, but since we've been listening to almost nothing but '80s hard rock and new bands t ... More >>

Fred Claus

Vince Vaughn tries to attract a different set of underage babies with Fred Claus

Common Cold

Harold Ramis's Ice Harvest is just a reheated Christmas caper

Death Warmed Over

Romance is alive -- and dead -- in Just Like Heaven

Call the Cops

Stick it to The Man and avoid this slipshod, ugly mess

Buggin' Out

That next smash hit from Hollywood may be the work of Houston's own roach wrangler

Fahrenheit 2004

Remembering the movies that heated up cinemas this year

Talking Turkey

Time again to honor the best in Houston

Half and Half

Watch as a couple calls it quits

The Sorrow and the Pity

In a year of big-screen sadness, our critics comfort those who triumphed

Think Different

Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies requires a brain cell or two?

Power Play

Jim Carrey goes from physical to metaphysical comedy in Bruce Almighty

Fight Club

When it comes to producing movies, it's a fine art (or Art Linson)

Dead Actress Walking

Angelina Jolie is doomed in Life or Something Like It, but unintended irony lives forever

Money Men

Five years after Swingers, Jon Favreau just wanted to get a movie Made

Overblown and Underrated

So you know Houston's goats, heroes and high points? Think again.

Recycled Gifts

The ghost of Christmas Movies Past pays a visit to The Family Man

Literary Pretensions

Based on Maugham's novella, Up at the Villa is little more than trash fiction in a nicer locale

Ambition Overload

Tim Robbins's Cradle Will Rock only feels like it's re-creating the '30s a day at a time

Myles of Ego

Smugness spoils the pursuit of romance in 20 Dates

School Ties

Smugness spoils the pursuit of romance in 20 Dates

Double Timing

Sliding Doors charms with romantic complication

Closet Case

In & Out goes both ways -- funny and funnier

Beat the Heat!

1996 Summer Guide

The Joy of Being Stupid

1996 Summer Guide