Gary Sinise

This Grandpa Only Knows Five Bands On This Year's Warped Tour

It's my job to have at least a passing knowledge of what most bands and artists sound like. In my one of seven capacities here at the paper, I am in charge of music listings, those things in the back of the paper that tell you what is happening every week. (While I am on the subject, I need let yo ... More >>

For President's Day: The Best Movie Portrayals of 15 Presidents

Portraying presidents on screen is always tricky. Crass imitation makes the thing look like a comedy skit, but completely ignoring the mannerisms and voice that people know doesn't work either. There have been some laughingly inept acting jobs when it comes to the 44 people who have been the countr ... More >>

Tea Party Princess

Victoria Jackson went from the big leagues of comedy to the rabid right of modern politics.

Game Time: College Football Realignment: FINAL PRS Ratings (Sort of)

The Day After...everything was pretty much the same​As the day began on Monday and rumblings of a last-second, desperation effort to keep the Big 12 together were beginning to gain traction, if the various schools involved had Facebook pages, their relationship statuses would have looked like this ... More >>

For The 40th Anniversary Of Apollo 13: The Dorkiest Complaints About The Movie's Accuracy

​Forty years ago today, the second-most famous space words ever were uttered: "Houston, we have a problem."THAT'S NOT WHAT HE ACTUALLY SAID, some people are likely screaming at this point. Yes, it was actually "Houston, we've had a problem." Deal with it.When it comes to Apollo 13, though, many ca ... More >>

Screen on the Green: Apollo 13

Houston, ah, we have a big ass problem

Pop Rocks: Your George Bailey-Free Christmas Viewing List

Christmas, Christmas time is here. Time for ulcers to bleed freely and the roughly 22 percent of the U.S. population who identify themselves as "other than Christian" to smile through clenched jaws and wait for the adult contemporary stations to stop playing Bruce Springsteen's "Santa Claus is Comin ... More >>

Embarrassment of Riches

Black Like Me?

One man's deceptions help to highlight our own flaws in The Human Stain

Greek Out

Distributors still don't honeymoon with small romantic comedies

Good Trouble

John Frankenheimer influences a new generation of thrill seekers with Reindeer Games

E.T. on Death Row

Director Frank Darabont gets metaphysical in The Green Mile

Snakes Alive

De Palma and Cage craft a creepy thriller

Cold-Blooded Sacrifice

Mel as Mogul

Gibson's star power drives Ransom

The Year in Film

Though not great, 1995 still produced some movies worth seeing (and reseeing)

Moonstruck

Both corny and inspiring, Apollo 13 is about more than a space mission

The Age of Innocents

With Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks shows, again, that it's a gift to be simple