Charlton Heston

Riding It Out In Style On High Island

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LL Cool J rocks microphone, silver screen

We Get Ike, Dallas Gets A Minor Earthquake

LL Cool J rocks microphone, silver screen

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LL Cool J rocks microphone, silver screen

As He Likes It

Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet may be complete, but something's still a little rotten

Hit and Myth

Hercules fritters away its strengths

Exodus Lost

Prince of Egypt goes wrong with Good Book rewrites

Best Car for Houston Roads

High-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle (Humvee/Hummer)

Desplechin's A Christmas Tale is the Gift This Season Needs

Holiday Feast, Extra Stuffing

Paydirt!

Oliver Stone delivers the ultimate guy movie with Any Given Sunday

Declawed

Cats & Dogs is all bark and no bite

I Am Legend

That old "last man on earth" setup? It really works

Monkey Trials

Super Monkey Ball Adventure takes a wrong turn

Why Don't Mexican Women Like to Mamar Vergas?

The Mexican replies

Why Do You Do Your 'Dos the Way You Do?

The Mexican replies

Skater Boyz N the Hood

Teen rebels rule in Larry Clark's Wassup Rockers

Lion in Winter

C.S. Lewis's world comes to life in The Chronicles of Narnia

To Beer or Not to Beer

The Montrose Beer and Gun Club plays coy

Power Play

Jim Carrey goes from physical to metaphysical comedy in Bruce Almighty

Rock and Ruin

The Westbury Squares speak from what's left of the shopping center that gave them a name

Aping an Icon

Tim Burton monkeys around with the original Planet of the Apes, but is it evolution?

Kane Mutiny

The industry's initial reaction to Welles's masterwork should serve as a lesson to WorldFest filmmakers

WorldFest: Wild, Mild and Wicked

Moviegoers may find both their Sixth Happiness and Seventh Heaven in these 40 featured indie films

Sucking (Blood), Austin-style

Princes and Princesses of Darkness and some musicians descend on SXSW

Worried About Swine Flu: Here Are Five Virus Movies To Feed Your Fears

Got flu? Hopefully not, and hopefully all this talk of pandemics and Madagascar closing its borders are just media hysteria. Still, there's nothing wrong with a little self-imposed isolation for you and the family, so here are some timely cinematic selections for you to watch in between hand-washin ... More >>

Turducken Lovin'

​America has harbored an infatuation with the Turducken since John Madden mentioned it in a Thanksgiving Day broadcast several years back. The mere idea of a turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken brings carnivores to their knees, thanking God, Charlton Heston, and their lucky stars ... More >>

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​America has harbored an infatuation with the Turducken since John Madden mentioned it in a Thanksgiving Day broadcast several years back. The mere idea of a turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken brings carnivores to their knees, thanking God, Charlton Heston, and their lucky stars ... More >>

(Very Possibly) Excerpts From The State Board Of Education's Curriculum Standards For The 2012-13 School Year

​There's been a whole lot of hooting and scorn from a nation who has watched as far-right-wingers have forced their odd, minority political views into Texas textbooks. There are some carping liberal complainers who think -- difficult as it may be to believe -- that Thomas Jefferson should be menti ... More >>

New On DVD: Elementary, My Dear Iron Man

​With his 2009 film Sherlock Holmes, out on DVD today, Robert Downey, Jr. joins a long line of distinguished and, hmmm, sometimes odd, actors to play Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous detective. The first name that comes up is Basil Rathbone, who many consider the definitive Sherlock, making 14 ... More >>

The Film Issue

​With his 2009 film Sherlock Holmes, out on DVD today, Robert Downey, Jr. joins a long line of distinguished and, hmmm, sometimes odd, actors to play Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous detective. The first name that comes up is Basil Rathbone, who many consider the definitive Sherlock, making 14 ... More >>

The Film Issue

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