Gene Wilder

Top Five Houstonians As Hurricanes

Shiny, Happy People

Patricia Hernandez paints sympathetically flawed figures that look like someone you might know

Chocolate Kisses

Thanks to Depp and Burton, Willy Wonka just got weirder

Uurrpp!

Kevin Costner makes a mess of a cowboy legend

Malice in Meyerland

The sale of the neighborhood pool pits some older residents against newer arrivals

Rise Up, Texas

Robert Earl Keen leadsTexas acts on tour

Independents' Day

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

Springtime for Mel

Brooks's latest Producers is flawed, but it's better than the first

Blessed Are the Buttmunches

Brooks's latest Producers is flawed, but it's better than the first

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Brooks's latest Producers is flawed, but it's better than the first

Bad News

One more awful remake strikes out

Excess Hollywood

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

Gong Hits

Test-screen your video art at the Aurora Picture Show

Alan Ruck's Day On

A traveling production of The Producers stars Cameron from Ferris Bueller's Day Off

When Harry Met Santa

Christmas comes early courtesy of Harry Connick Jr.

The Five Best Dom DeLuise Movies, Such As They Are

Dom DeLuise -- actor, chef, and father of that guy who was on 21 Jump Street -- passed away Monday at the age of 75. Rather than wallow in misery and grief at the loss of another of cinema's titans, we prefer to look back fondly at a movie career mostly spent co-starring alongside Gene Wilder and B ... More >>

Last Call For Art: Two Great Musicals, Expertly Done

​Two of the season's best stage productions close this weekend, The Phantom of the Opera by Broadway Across America and The Producers at Masquerade Theatre. Make sure you see at least one of them.First is Phantom. This is the Broadway touring company, of course. (The show arrived in Houston with t ... More >>

Young Frankenstein

Who knew they made tails and top hats in size giganto?

This Week In TV: Joss Whedon Is A Free Man

It's been nice knowing you, Dollhouse. Now how about that Serenity sequel, Whedon?​It's way too cold outside, I can't believe I'm back at work, and I've already braved one after-Christmas sale. This was the week in TV Land: • I watched the finale of The Sing-Off. That's how little there was ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: The Designated Mourner, Intelligence-Slave, Young Frankenstein,

It's been nice knowing you, Dollhouse. Now how about that Serenity sequel, Whedon?​It's way too cold outside, I can't believe I'm back at work, and I've already braved one after-Christmas sale. This was the week in TV Land: • I watched the finale of The Sing-Off. That's how little there was ... More >>

Movies That Make Us Hungry

Big Night​It's really freaking hot outside, in case you hadn't noticed. And when it's really freaking hot, we get really freaking lazy (more so than usual) and we want to watch movies. Lots of them. In succession. Trouble is, movie theaters are crazy-expensive and this summer's movie lineup ... 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.

Happy Birthday Stevie Wonder: The Cliff's Notes Version

​Today pop legend Stevie Wonder turns 61 years old, and to this day he continues to thrill audiences around the world with his pop prowess and ear for a hook. And damn, 61 is pretty young, but consider he's been in music since he was all of 12, back when he released The Jazz Soul of Little Ste ... More >>

The 5 Dirtiest Lines from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Willy Wonka wants you to ride his boat into this fudge tunnel. What?​Like a lot of kids, I grew up watching Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory all year round -- but especially during the holidays. The movie is, to me, the best adaptation of a Roald Dahl book so far (just barely ahead of Mati ... More >>

This Week in Deliciousness

Behold, the loser of the world's first high-stakes game of Duck Duck Goose.​Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where we're currently taking bets on how many Jack Sparrows it will be possible to see in one day at Dickens On the Strand. Our guess: 14. Not counting the p ... More >>