Christopher Walken

The Lying Game

Ensemble Excess

Illuminata's quality cast starts strong but loses focus

Balls...Hair Balls: Best Bond Villains

In compiling a list of the best Bond baddies, one has to establish a few parameters. For starters, you must take into account the bad guy's ultimate objective, weighting plans for global conquest/destruction more heavily than mere monetary gain. Then there are more esoteric factors, like backgro ... More >>

War Games

Crimson Tide dives deep, but ends up dead in the water

Excess Brattage

Crimson Tide dives deep, but ends up dead in the water

Letters

Crimson Tide dives deep, but ends up dead in the water

Always a Bridesmaid

Skirt-chasing Vince Vaughn is Wedding Crashers' master of ceremonies

Rendition

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

Balls of Fury

Answer all correctly and win a Def Leppard album

Hairspray

Movie musical of the musical of the movie is nowhere near divine

Voter Fraud

Barry Levinson wags the dog again, but his bark is worse than his bite

Pause and Effect

A truly universal remote leads to Sandler's best movie in years

Gay-Unit

Twisted G is most definitely not trapped in the closet

Keira Get Your Gun

Domino chronicles the life of a model-turned-bounty hunter

Get Inside. It's Summertime!

Your guide to the season's hottest films (and the other ones, too)

Lowbrow, Meet Eyebrow

Between The Rock and a hard place, The Rundown isn't so bad

Year of the Woman

The big-screen dames of cinema 2003 will keep you watching

Toss It Outback

Kangaroo Jack is a real punch in the pouch

Catcher in the Sky

Spielberg gets caught up in the thrill of the chase

Almost Famous

Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell isn't Carrie Bradshaw. Like, really.

Horseman, Pass By

Sleepy Hollow looks great, but it's less filling than Washington Irving

1998 Houston Press Music Awards Winners

Sleepy Hollow looks great, but it's less filling than Washington Irving

Jay Mohr

Last Comic Standing founder still finds time for the road

Who Might Replace Simon Cowell on American Idol? Funny You Should Ask...

[Ed. Note: Thanks to Craig Hlavaty for sparking this idea with his suggestion that Andy Rooney take over for Mr. Cowell.] As most of you no doubt already know, American Idol returns tonight, which means a return to watching overly processed people performing overly processed versions of overly proc ... More >>

He Said She Said: Songs For A First (Perhaps Only) Date, Part 2

​He Said is going to admit right here and now that he has never been a master of the first date. True it is that we have dated some very awesome and artistic women, but we always lack when it comes to that first swing out of the box. He Said is way better at the weeks, months and years after that ... More >>

Jay Mohr

The creator of Last Comic Standing stops off in Houston

Alley Offers An Intriguing 2010-11 Season

No, not THIS Amadeus​The Alley Theatre is mounting some ambitious, big-name productions for the 2010-11 season, according to an announcement released today.Among the shows will be Amadeus, the popular Mozart play that hasn't been done here in a long while; the Pulitzer-Prize winning August: Osage ... More >>

Backmasking Bieber, Black Keys, Kanye, Etc.: What Do You Hear?

​"It's my sweet Satan ... Oh I will sing because I live with Satan." "Turn me on, dead man." "Turned out nice again." "Eat donkey crap." Every since the beginning of rock and roll, listeners and disgruntled parents alike have been searching for hidden meanings in music. Was Paul dead, w ... More >>

Last Night: Kid Cudi & Chip Tha Ripper At Reliant Arena

Photos by Larami Serrano​Kid Cudi, Chip Tha Ripper Reliant Arena July 19, 2011 6:58 p.m.: Pulling up. Holy crap. There is (what seems like) a neverending line of kids waiting to get in. Crazy. There's also a KRBE truck here. Is Kid Cudi a KRBEian now? What's happened? 7:29: Inside. 7:31: T ... More >>

Footloose 2011

There Will Always Be a Time to Dance