Bruce Willis

2012 Summer Guide: Summer Movie Preview

Ain't Nobody Better: The LL Cool J Valentine's Day Playlist

​ Once upon a time, LL Cool J was merely a Kangol wearing rapper who aimed for the ladies long before urban radio knew of such things from rappers. Now, he's on CBS Tuesdays on an NCIS spinoff and is hosting The Grammys this year. Not bad for someone I thought would shrink into musical obscurity a ... More >>

The Film Issue: 10 for 2012

Pop Rocks: We Must Avenge Patrick Swayze

​Assholes: Surf thriller "Point Break" will get a modern update by Alcon and Warner Bros., much to fans' chagrin. According to Deadline.com, the new version will be set in the world of extreme sports. Kurt Wimmer ("Salt," the upcoming "Total Recall" remake) has written the script for the ne ... More >>

Pop Rocks: "Getting Too Old For This Shit" - A Cinematic History

The first?​Time marches on. There comes a point in all of our lives when the inevitability of our eventual demise goes from esoteric concept to concrete fact. There's no set schedule for when awareness will strike; maybe it's the first time your back gives out, or when you find yourself squint ... More >>

Pop Rocks: By the Dumb's Early Light

Apu chose an alternate path to citizenship​There's a scene in The American President -- Aaron Sorkin's pre-West Wing exercise in wishful liberalism -- when President Shepherd (Michael Douglas) describes America as "advanced citizenship." It's a nice thought, especially in the fantastical conte ... More >>

Oscar Night 2011: The Live Blog!

​We are only less than three hours out from bringing you live-blogging coverage, right here, of this year's Academy Awards, and we are more than excited to take you through the night for every win, loss, awful dress, awesome dress, foible, and foul-up Hollywood throws our way.

Why the Golden Globes Are Relevant...No, Really

Just as relevant as the Academy Awards. Sorry.​The 2011 awards season kicked off Sunday night with the 68th installment of the Golden Globes, a.k.a. That Awards Show No One in Hollywood Takes Seriously But They All Attend Anyway Because They're Too Chickenshit to Blow It Off. Though now that ... More >>

Yojimbo

Little Haus on Upper Kirby

Sixteen years in, Hans' Bierhaus is as good as ever.

Remember Killa Cal-Wayne's About My Brother's Business?

Houston's history is dotted with albums that, fairly or not, have been swept aside. We'll examine them here. Have an album that you think nobody knows about but should? Email sheaserrano@gmail.com. Killa Cal-Wayne About My Brother's Business (mixtape, 2010) ​As a rapper, Killa Cal-Wayne is s ... More >>

The French Soccer Team: Five Movies That Would Have Ended Differently With Les Bleus In Them

When the going gets tough....​France is in an uproar over their soccer team, which has not only sucked to an incredible degree in the World Cup but which has also gone on strike -- IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WORLD CUP -- because their feelings were hurt.Why did they strike? One of the players criticized ... More >>

Seagram's Gin 2011 Calendar: How To Get In It

Pimping Seagram's worked out well for this guy​Attention ladieeeez: do you think you're hot? Do you like middle-shelf alcohol? Are you at least 25? If you answered "yes" to all of those, not only are you awesome, but you might want to head over to Club Illusions Thursday for your chance to be on S ... More >>

Houston Music Fight Club: Brett Koshkin vs. Ceeplus Bad Knives, Late Nite Pie vs. Mai's, Nick Gaitan vs. ???

​This week brings three new bouts and a special announcement to all past winners and losers of our imaginary brawls on Houston Music Fight Club. Next Tuesday, Rocks Off is presenting David Fincher's Fight Club at our (mostly) weekly Movie Nite at the Mink. We would like all past winners and losers ... More >>

Rick Ross Is Completely Innocent and the Greatest Rapper Alive

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.​Last year, president of Don Diva magazine Sam Ferguson played a major role ... More >>

The Not-So-New Kids on the Block

Still Hangin' Tough?

Fast and Loose: The Bank Job

True or false? This heist flick is too much fun to fact-check

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, Nosferatu: The Ultimate DVD Edition, Live Free or Die Hard and Manufactured Landscapes

New releases this week

Tony Bennett

Shooter

Who better to save America than an armed Mark Wahlberg? Seriously

Fly Me to the Moon

Astronaut Farmer dares to dream

This is Their Brain on Drugs

Cassavetes Jr. and Justin "in a box" Timberlake team up for real-life tale of killer potheads

Same Old Story

Sequels, prequels and threequels headline Hollywood 2007

There's the Beef

Richard Linklater's ensemble polemic may just turn you off burgers for good

Sans Quentin

Lucky Number Slevin plays Tarantino's game, without Tarantino's results

Hard Ride

Stuck with Bruce Willis in rush-hour traffic? You could always walk

Wars, Penguins and Gays: Oh, My!

The year in review

True Blue Confessions

Let's join Madonna for a friendly round of Celebrity Breach of Confidentiality

Color Bind

What's black and white and red all over? Sin City, pal.

Method Rocking

Minnie Driver and Juliette Lewis have started bands. Come on, you know you're curious.

Mute Button

Michael Keaton hears dead people living in White Noise

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Fallen Angels

Charlie’s high-flying heroines kick ass, but not the sequel syndrome

My Way

Stanley Jordan plays his own kind of jazz

Signs of Faith

Mel Gibson has a close encounter with God -- or just a mean E.T.

FotoFatigue

With 140 venues, FotoFest makes you suffer for your art

Hart Failure

Audiences are the real POWs in this unoriginal and ponderous Bruce Willis effort

Better in Pairs

Generally a letdown, the year in film offered some well-crafted works that are best viewed as double features

God(grand)-fathers

Aging mobsters just want a warm place to sleep in The Crew

T-Rex in Mouse Ears

The Mesozoic Era undergoes the Disney treatment in Dinosaur

Two A.M. Special

Artful Dodging

Alternative-theater operators believe the megaplex wars won't affect them

News Hostage

The Sound of Money

Dumb Like a Fox

Tunnel Vision

Daylight is hopelessly dim

Intensive Care

After Extreme Measures, Hugh Grant's career is in stable condition

Foreign Affairs

Choice Chan

Newman's Own

In Nobody's Fool, Paul Newman shows he's not getting older, he's getting better