Christian Bale

How to Ruin a Perfectly Good Music Festival: Actors

So Ashton Kutcher allegedly got in a fight at the Stagecoach Music Festival. I know, it's a little mind-boggling, that whole idea. Ashton Kutcher was not only at a country-music festival, but reports say he somehow managed to stay true to his douche-roots and get into a fistfight with a security gua ... More >>

Thanks For The Drink! (Now, How Long Do I Have To Sit Here?)

Girl walks into a hotel bar. Traveling alone and therefore (she thinks) drinking alone. She plunks herself down and orders a Sidecar from the bartender who looks uncannily like Kevin Spacey. From across the room, a male stranger, not completely unattractive and certainly not scary-looking, approac ... More >>

Your Ultimate Batman Batsoundtrack Batplaylist

No doubt some of you are sitting bleary and bloodshot from seeing an overnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises, and I am jealous of you. I didn't think to buy tickets early so now I will have to wait until like, next week to see it. First World Problems, dude. The ending of the Christopher Nolan ... More >>

Why So Serious?

Self-important and overstuffed, The Dark Knight Rises feels like Batman forever.

Rest Of The Best: Houston's Top 8 Dance Clubs

With the term "dance club," there are two ways to go. There's the myopic view, where the term strictly means the glitzy, glamorous, fabulous clubs (once known as "discotheques") that maybe aren't specifically for dancing but certainly do include it in their arsenals, and there's the panoptic view, ... More >>

Gothic Council: Is Batman Goth?

Yeah yeah yeah, The Avengers is awesome. Let's not forget that the Dark Knight Rises will soon be here! I have always been keen to claim Batman as a goth icon, but I thought I'd get clearance from the Gothic Council before I committed myself. Joining us this week is fashion designer Batty, webmistr ... More >>

Jim Parsons on Broadway in Harvey, but Who Will Play Harvey?

It was just announced that Houston's favorite nerd, Jim Parsons, will return to Broadway this coming spring. Parsons, who made his big stage debut this past year in Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, will now take on the lead role in the Pulitzer Prize winning play Harvey. Harvey is about a seemingl ... More >>

ACL: Batman's Bale At Bingham, Nick 13 is a 10 On Sunday Afternoon

Marco Torresoh hai Batman!​The widget on our phone says it's only 91 degrees here at Zilker Park but we don't believe that voodoo. The humidity and heat pounding the park reminds us of Houston. We smell Pasadena and our fair city's taco trucks all the way from Austin. Our day started by walk ... More >>

Pop Rocks: Twilight vs. Harry Potter And 9 Other Geek Throwdowns

Still the only crossover I'd pay to see.​Anyone watch the MTV Movie Awards? Anyone? I didn't think so, mostly because I suspect the majority of Hair Balls/Art Attack readers are over the age of 12. And while I have no intention of revisiting the whole "'Music?"Television line of jokes, I did ... 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.

Colin Firth for Best Actor? Not So Fast.

​I realize the actual Academy Awards aren't set to be broadcast until Sunday night, when millions of people will watch -- for the first hour, at least -- as co-hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway lob Nerfball zingers at their fellow actors, make passively tasteless jokes about speech impedime ... More >>

Drink Up, Texas

Sunday liquor sales to close budget gap.

Things You Should Know Before You Start A Band

​A few weeks back we asked our round table what advice they would give other bands in town. Their answers ranged from solidly DIY nuggets from April Brem Patrick to smart business ethos from Andrew Karnavas. Now Rocks Off even feels like we could be in a band. Our powerviolence/noise project ... More >>

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 >>

Top Ten Celebrities This Decade Who Overcame Controversy

The center of all things smarmy and controversial.​Celebrities have money and fame and are constantly surrounded by controversy. Many of them never make it back from a serious legal problem or a major embarrassment. Ask Mel Gibson. Others, however, find their footing and manage to right the s ... More >>

Sleek Chic

West U's Hudson Lounge is a down-home sort of ­upscale club.

10 Sequels That Don't Need To Happen

Please god, no...​For those who've been pining for the return of the "Blue Steel" and the "Magnum," your patience is about to be rewarded: Ben Stiller is dead in the middle of promoting "Little Fockers," out Dec. 22, but he's already got his eye on yet another sequel: "Zoolander 2." Stiller ... More >>

Huey Lewis & the News

Mel Gibson's Rant: Five Celebrity Rants He's Competing With

Mel Gibson, looking up at Sugar Tits​Mel Gibson's lunatic rant has made it online, which means we can stack it up against other lunatic rants.1. Alec Baldwin. Things you don't want to be caught shouting at your pre-teen daughter: "You're a rude, thoughtless little pig" and "I don't give a damn tha ... More >>

50 Cent: Polite, Soft-Spoken, Can F You Up

Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and, albeit sometimes awkwardly, tie it to a bit of Houston rap. We'll incorporate the number five in there somewhere. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Lionel Deluy/ Interscope Records​50 Cent is one of th ... More >>

Five Worst Memorial Day Weekend Movies

Memorial Day weekend officially marks the beginning of summer, and the beginning of summer blockbuster-movie season.Recently studios have been pushing the blockbuster season earlier and earlier -- Iron Man 2 has been out for months, it seems -- but Memorial Day Weekend is still a date where they pla ... More >>

Win A Free HangoverDVD By Telling Your Best Hangover Story

​The Hangover was the biggest comedy of the year, and it's coming out on DVD. We can only imagine what the Mike Tyson bloopers reel looks like.Assuming there is one, you won't have to imagine what it will look like -- we're hoping for a Christian Bale freak-out, with the crew moving away very quic ... More >>

He Said She Said: Our Favorite Fictional Performers, Part 2

​Why is that sometimes the fictional bands in movie and television are cooler than real bands? Sadly, some of He Said's favorite bands don't even have albums or videos to speak of, because they don't even exist. The fun part is imagining how awesome their full-length records and tours would be. Th ... More >>

In Honor Of The Great Chicago Fire: Five Best Movie Conflagrations

On this date in 1871, the Great Chicago Fire began. It burned for three days, destroying four square miles of the city. Originally blamed on Mrs. O'Leary's cow, later reports revealed the blaze resulted from celebrations following the Cubs' last World Series win. NL Central jokes aside, we thought ... More >>

Save Yourself!

From McG's Terminator, that is. What a drag.

Summer of Salvation

The Terminator is back. Plus lots of other movies we can't wait to see this season.

Merry Early Christmas from SXSW

Primal Scream 'Twas the afternoon before Christmas, and all through the blogosphere, not a blogger was blogging, not even Pitchfork. As an early gift, the organizers at SXSW announced even more performers for next year's booze-tastic week out West. A major list is coming in the next few weeks, so ... More >>

The Prestige

Christian Bale simmers in The Prestige

Heart of Darkness: The Dark Knight

Heath Ledger peers into the void as Christopher Nolan's Batman returns

Cop Out: Street Kings

Boys will be boys in this shallow look at dirty police

American Psycho

Before he was Batman, Bale was Bateman

Flock to "Flicker Fusion"

Don't miss the powerful, curious animation screening at DiverseWorks

Joshua, Sunshine, 3:10 to Yuma, Zodiac: 2-Disc Director's Cut

One of Us Must Know

The elusive Bob Dylan is masterfully considered in I'm Not There

I'm Not There

The elusive Bob Dylan, masterfully considered, in I'm Not There

3:10 to Yuma

James Mangold remakes a classic western for our ADD times

Christian Bale

What won't the best actor of his generation do for a role? Not much.

Rescue Dawn

Werner Herzog takes his hero worship Hollywood

DVDs

Same Old Story

Sequels, prequels and threequels headline Hollywood 2007

Never Opening Near You

Music biopics Hollywood won't make

Origin of Innocence

The New World boldly reclaims the Pocahontas tale from Disney

The Wiz

Miyazaki returns with a beautiful but confounding fairy tale

Bat Cave-In

The Dark Knight's origin story can't overcome its Baleful side

Excess Hollywood

In the season of sequels and Happy Meal toys, '05 may be a pleasant surprise.

Ghost in the Machinist

Christian Bale chases phantoms and loses sleep in Brad Anderson's latest

Off Balance

Human feelings are lethal in the childish Equilibrium

Greek Tragedy

When it comes to Captain Corelli, all's fair (as in mediocre) in love and war

Psychological Warfare

Did he or didn't he? Only the makers of the American Psycho dreamscape know for sure.

Glam-rock Goldmine

Stylish Velvet unfolds to reveal real substance