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Dennis Hopper

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    December 2, 2011

    Happy 30th, Britney! Maybe Now You Can Finally Put These Performances Behind You

    The face that launched a thousand Bob Doles​Where were you in...'81? Rocks Off was in junior high, spending long, solitary afternoons in his bedroom listening to Moving Pictures and Dark Side of the Moon and wondering why no girls seemed to be interested in playing Squad Leader. But 1981 also ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 27, 2011

    Let It Bleed

    Hard at work on his eighth novel, Deadwood author Pete Dexter still packs a punch.

  • Calendar

    August 18, 2011

    Blue Velvet25th Anniversary Screening

    Hard at work on his eighth novel, Deadwood author Pete Dexter still packs a punch.

  • Music

    June 16, 2011

    The Storyteller

    Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt...Ramblin' Jack Elliott has an anecdote for everyone.

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Houston Astros' Sobering Salary Story: Grading Ten Players

    Carlos Lee: Helping others in the grading curve.​I recently saw some sort of metric that indicated that the top five percent richest Americans combined had amassed more wealth than the other 95 percent combined. Don't quote me on that, but it was one of those "look how woefully disproportiona ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Dennis Hopper, Tell Us A Tale Before You Go

    King Koopa has gone where Mario and Luigi cannot follow. Dennis Hopper, the Academy Award-nominated actor from films like Apocalypse Now, Blue Velvet, Easy Rider and yes, Super Mario Bros., passed away Saturday after a long fight with prostate cancer. While Hollywood mourns the death of one of its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2010

    The Week In TV: Back For Another Round

    Lost may be gone, but these other shows are returning for another season.​Summer is upon us, television is a rocky wasteland, and you're probably out grilling right now. This was the week in TV Land: • Summer's a weird time for TV viewers and often a terrible one for TV fans: There are lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Pamela Des Barres, More Than The World's Most Famous Groupie

    ​Pamela Des Barres is the world's most famous groupie. In 1987 she published her first book, I'm With The Band, a collection of journal entries and stories detailing her life growing up in Los Angeles at the height of the 1960s music revolution, her years as a groupie and her relationships with ev ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 8, 2010
  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    (Allegedly) Kinky ATF Agent Gets In Big Trouble In Big Easy

    ​What began as a routine investigation of a malfunctioning fire-alarm system at a suburban New Orleans Residence Inn ended with police discovering a scene worthy of Quentin Tarantino and Dennis Hopper at their most depraved and the arrest of 44-year-old Russell Vanderwerf, a Houston-based agen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2008

    Miss Pop Rocks Loves (the First Half of) the Oscars

    ​What began as a routine investigation of a malfunctioning fire-alarm system at a suburban New Orleans Residence Inn ended with police discovering a scene worthy of Quentin Tarantino and Dennis Hopper at their most depraved and the arrest of 44-year-old Russell Vanderwerf, a Houston-based agen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2007

    A Message from Miss Pop Rocks to All of You Baby Boomers: Suck It

    ​What began as a routine investigation of a malfunctioning fire-alarm system at a suburban New Orleans Residence Inn ended with police discovering a scene worthy of Quentin Tarantino and Dennis Hopper at their most depraved and the arrest of 44-year-old Russell Vanderwerf, a Houston-based agen ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 29, 2007

    The Cool School

    Documentary film looks at the beginnings of L.A.’s art scene

  • Calendar

    June 21, 2007

    “Red Velvet”

    Rudolph Projects fills FotoFest with disturbing domestic-themed images

  • Home Entertainment

    April 20, 2006

    When Stars Don't Align

    Rudolph Projects fills FotoFest with disturbing domestic-themed images

  • Music

    February 16, 2006

    Band Suicide

    Why so many Houston music groups self-destruct right on the brink of having it made

  • Music

    January 12, 2006

    Bayou City Music Mindbender, Part II

    Another chance to test your knowledge of local lore

  • Music

    June 9, 2005

    Gorillaz

    Demon Days

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Road Trip

    Demon Days

  • Calendar

    September 16, 2004

    Fonda Film

    A countercultural icon rolls into town for Easy Rider and The Hired Hand

  • Film

    March 4, 2004

    Hutch Ado About Nothing

    No obvious joke goes untouched in this so-so TV show remake

  • Calendar

    October 9, 2003

    Go West

    Manifest your destiny in Marfa

  • Calendar

    September 25, 2003

    Rev Up

    Motorcycle rally comes to Galveston

  • Music

    September 11, 2003

    Bangkok on Everything

    Terry Allen's lost post-Vietnam-era soundtrack re-emerges decades later

  • Culture

    April 3, 2003

    A Grand Guy

    How Steven Soderbergh kept the Terry Southern tale from turning tragic

  • Music

    March 6, 2003

    Apocalypse Cow

    Finding the press box at Reliant Stadium proves to be a journey into the heart of darkness

  • Film

    October 10, 2002

    Son Set

    Disorganized crime turns boys into men in Knockaround Guys

  • Film

    April 4, 2002

    Independents' Day

    WorldFest is back with the best films you've never heard of

  • Film

    January 17, 2002

    Script Doctor

    Pavan Grover jumps from cellular world to the celluloid world

  • Film

    October 4, 2001

    White Stripe Fever

    Joy Ride parlays a CB radio prank into genuine highway horror

  • Film

    July 6, 2000

    What a Long, Strange Trip

    Denis Johnson's junkies drift along in Jesus' Son, and so do we

  • News

    December 16, 1999

    Back to the Futurist

    The guy who designed Cadillac Ranch wants to build a dolphin space station. Is it any wonder UH is divided over the return of Doug Michels?

  • Film

    October 14, 1999

    Back to the Beat

    Source pays homage to Kerouac and company

  • News

    May 6, 1999

    Sadler's Crowd

    The restaurants changed. The barflies remained the same.

  • Film

    March 25, 1999

    Reel Time

    EDtv tries to upstage Truman on TV's impact

  • Film

    October 1, 1998

    Backwoods Bin of Sin

    Powerful Clay Pigeons scores with country-style noir

  • Film

    August 28, 1997

    Time to Kill

    Matthew McConaughey and Renee Zellweger take a Chainsaw to their careers

  • News

    June 12, 1997

    The Art of Darkness

    Paintings of racist images have made UH alumnus Michael Ray Charles a star in the art world. Some say his Sambos and pickaninnies have a healing power. But others claim all they do is hurt.

  • Film

    June 12, 1997

    That Sinking Feeling

    Speed 2 runs aground before the ship starts its engine

  • News

    June 20, 1996

    Cut & Run

    He made millions sculpting the figures of Houston women while dodging one of the largest malpractice judgments in Texas history. But after botching another surgery, can Dr. Gerald Johnson continue to operate?

  • Music

    June 6, 1996

    Happy Trails

    A cowboy's name hasn't kept bluesman Roy Rogers off his chosen range

  • Film

    April 11, 1996

    Taking Chances

    A cowboy's name hasn't kept bluesman Roy Rogers off his chosen range

  • Film

    February 8, 1996

    Independent Heaven

    A cowboy's name hasn't kept bluesman Roy Rogers off his chosen range

  • Film

    August 3, 1995

    The Wet Look

    Waterworld is a whirlpool of dazzling action, and muddled ideas

  • Film

    May 18, 1995

    War Games

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

  • Film

    October 20, 1994

    Nothing Special

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

  • Film

    June 23, 1994

    On the Fast Track

    Speed proves there's still life in the old car chase

  • Film

    June 16, 1994

    A Shudder of the Soul

    Cronos makes something new from old-fashioned horror

  • Film

    May 26, 1994

    Murder Most Fine

    A tasty noir treat is rescued from the video heap

  • Film

    December 2, 1993

    The Heavenly Twins

    A tasty noir treat is rescued from the video heap

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