Gary Cooper

The Way We Die Now

Movie violence has never been better — or more reckless.

Marjane Satrapi: There Is No "Clash of Cultures"

Graphic novelist on east, west and how all stories are autobiography.

How to Appear Knowledgeable at a Texans Gamewatch Sunday (From the Bad Advice Dept.)

Photo by Marco TorresOh, and wear a mask.​You don't have to be a football fan to find yourself at a Houston Texans gamewatch party Sunday when they take on Baltimore. Which can be a problem, because you'll be surrounded by fanatics and you don't want to look foolish. Luckily, you can look li ... More >>

The Eight Toughest Soldiers Texas Ever Produced (Featuring Heroism, Betrayal & Many Dead Bodies)

Audie Murphy, starring in the story of his own life​Our war heroes are presented to us in different varieties. There are those we create for ourselves, in the mold of what we think a hero should be: David Crockett (nobody but Walt Disney called him Davey), astride the ramparts at the Alamo goi ... More >>

The Five Sexiest Old Actresses Who Died In 2010

As in every year, people died in 2010. Famous people. Sexy people. Or people who were, at one time, both famous and sexy. While they may have been elderly by the time they went to join the Great Majority, it is as they were in their prime that they should be remembered. Keeping that in mind, here ... More >>

Green Zone: Win A Free DVD, And Learn Why Matt Damon Is The Best Of The Ocean's 11 Actors

Thank God Brad Pitt didn't star in this​Green Zone, by shaky-cam master Paul Greengrass, is the latest movie to try to buck the trend of box-office poison that is the Iraq War.Many have tried, but even the most celebrated of the Iraq War flicks, The Hurt Locker, wasn't a blockbuster. (Maybe ... More >>

For Opening Day: Five Terrific Baseball Movies, None Of Which Star Kevin Costner

Opening Day is finally here, and we can once again try to resolve our love/hate relationship with the Houston Astros.As of this writing, they are undefeated, so -- so far, so good.Baseball, for all its problems, has long had an unbreakable hold on Americans. So have movies. So here are five great ba ... More >>

Movies Houstonians Love: — For Whom the Bell Tolls

The former mayor faces down the fascists

From Reverence to Rape in Defiance

Hollywood plunders meaning from the Holocaust – again

Supermarket Sweep in The Promotion

Male fulfillment and lack thereof

Outta the Box

Into the Sunset

The beautifully done Open Range still has to graze on the western's leftovers

Jailhouse Shock

Did a Channel 13 reporter sneak her way into an exclusive?

Film Buff

The naked truth about why Houston isn’t the third coast

Terror Firmer

John Malkovich turns Peruvian politics into a big-screen thriller

Dirty Deeds

Someone oughta put a Capra in Sandler's ass

Scene's From A City's Soul

Houston failed to preserve much of its heritage. Now the fight is on to protect the priceless photographic images of that vanishing past from the same fate.

Capra Corn

The Majestic has the sap but not the magic of the master

End of the Bend?

Jetports and elite resorts may do what border bandits, blistering heat and harsh desert life couldn't: rob Big Bend of its rugged beauty.

Hammond of the Gods

Eugene Hawthorne ditches his bass and goes barefootin' with soul-jazz

Out of Time

Narcissism drives Warren Beatty into the 'hood

Press Picks

Shoot the Sheriff

Stallone seeks, but doesn't find, redemption in Cop Land