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10 Movies to Watch in 2013

In theaters, on demand or wherever.

Tom Cruise Reaches

As the strapping Jack Reacher, the star scores.

Prometheus

It boasts impressive horror, but its ideas? Not so much.

Unknown Mortal Orchestra Debunks Stranger Danger

We want to move to Oregon, because apparently when you're weird in Oregon they give you money and tell you to go make a music video. Somewhere between the laziest music videos of all time and the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" comes "Strangers are Strange" by Unknown Mortal Orchestra. The video, shot in ... More >>

2011 Music Awards Showcase

Your guide to the bands and venues.

Top Five Movies That Influenced Hip-Hop Culture

​Rappers love to imagine their lives as movies. They see bits of their lives on the big screen and turn to those cinematic treasures to help them make sense of their immediate environment: "If Tony Montana can rise to meteoric heights, so can I; if Frank Lucas can make it out of the game alive ... More >>

Pop Rocks: Remake My Day III (John Hughes Edition)

They wouldn't dare...​We've done this on Pop Rocks a few times already, not that it's made any difference. All those upcoming crimes against cinema -- from The Birds to Fright Night to Escape From New York -- are all due to be released in the next few years (Fright Night this summer). And ther ... More >>

WorldFest Discovered Steven Spielberg...And Oliver Stone...And Ang Lee...And...

​The 43rd Annual WorldFest -- Houston International Film & Video Festival (damn, that's a long name) can claim to have been the launching pad for several major directors; Steven Spielberg, George Lucas (in the same year), Ang Lee, Ridley Scott, Robert Rodriguez, the Coen Brothers, Brian de Pal ... More >>

Scarface

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RegularFellas In Gomorrah

The Average Giuseppes of organized crime

Should Bruce Springsteen Be Forgiven?

Arguments for reconsidering the missteps on the Boss's otherwise impeccable track record

The Funny Games People Play

Michael Haneke and his brutal home invaders return to implicate you, again

The Signal Comes Through Loud and Clear

Bringing zombie horror to the heartland

Romero and his zombies are back with "Diary of the Dead"

Status Update: Vlogged to Death

The Walker

A gay escort finds himself at the center of a classic D.C. scandal.

Rendition

It's not torture, but this latest Mideast thriller's as conventional as they come. We're (water) bored. (Sorry.)

The Kingdom

Peter Berg sends Jamie Foxx to fight the enemy over there in The Kingdom

Good Clean Smut

Suicide Club

Ethically questionable documentary spends a year on the Golden Gate

Juices Flowing

2006 Year In Review: Taking the Long View

Children of Men and the value of an unedited shot

The Black Dahlia

True-crime noir goes searching for Hollywood's heart of darkness

Snakes on a Plane

The year's most shameless B-movie delivers exactly what it promises

Abort

Mission: Impossible III runs the franchise into the ground

Scared Stiff

Wayne Kramer's latest casts a Paul over the proceedings

Houston's Due

Save your cash and stick around for H-town's own showcase

Over Their Heads

Nobody understands the Politics of the Business like Prince Paul. In fact, almost nobody understands it at all.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Our picks of the week

Fatale Detraction

Beyond cheap turn-ons, there's nothing to recommend Brian De Palma's latest

Blood Brothers

Albert and Allen Hughes deliver a sensuous but grisly message From Hell.

He Scores

Ennio Morricone has written great music for good, bad and ugly films

Mission 2: Successful

With a head full of Notorious thoughts, director John Woo leads the charge in the visceral M:I-2

The Final Cut

DVDs pull back the curtain on the movies, but do you really want to see the Wizard?

Action Incorporated

Make way for Master P's low-end version of Hollywood

Snakes Alive

De Palma and Cage craft a creepy thriller

The Odyssey

Everything old is New Wave again in Godard's Contempt

Twin Towers

Travolta and Cage make Face/Off more than skin-deep

Scorsese Gets Personal

Mission: Irrelevant

Sure, you can upgrade a TV series to the big screen -- but why bother?

Dead Bang

Gonzo Western The Quick and the Dead is ludicrously entertaining

Press Picks

Cultivating a Career

River Oaks native Alex Georges crosses his fingers and hopes for a chance at the movies