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George Clooney

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    5 Bands George Clooney Likes

    Boy, the Houston media is in a tizzy about George Clooney today. The King of Hollywood is in town this evening as part of the "Brilliant Lecture Series" at the Wortham Center. (Celebrity With a Cause Alert: Clooney, who will be interviewed by Houston socialite Lynn Wyatt, will probably discuss his a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 3, 2012

    George Clooney: Hollywood Humanitarianism: To Whom Much Is Given, Much Is Expected

    Boy, the Houston media is in a tizzy about George Clooney today. The King of Hollywood is in town this evening as part of the "Brilliant Lecture Series" at the Wortham Center. (Celebrity With a Cause Alert: Clooney, who will be interviewed by Houston socialite Lynn Wyatt, will probably discuss his a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Houston's Al Green & Some Dude Named George Clooney Arrested In Sudan Protest

    U.S. Rep Al Green of Houston got arrested today for protesting outside the Sudanese Embassy in D.C., but few people took note. That's because among the other people arrested were George Clooney, who you might have heard of. The orchestrated arrests were part of Clooney's campaign to raise interest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    DVDs & Blu-rays: The Ides of March

    The Ides of March stars George Clooney and Ryan Gosling; George Clooney directs. The Setup: George Clooney just took home a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama for his performance in The Descendants, so expect to see lots of coverage of him as the Oscars approach. This review, just to be clear ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2012

    Golden Bozos: Your "Official" Live Blog For The 69th Golden Globes

    I know, we're all bummed out the Texans lost. But since you've been drinking anyway, you might as well crack open another one and sit through the one awards show even the People's Choice Awards can look down its nose at. I'll be updating this entry throughout the broadcast, so refresh often and try ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2011

    Reviews for the Easily Distracted:
    The Descendants

    Title: The Descendants Doesn't George Clooney Have An Oscar Already? Nominated five times, won once (Best Supporting Actor for Syriana). Rating Using Random Objects Relevant To The Film: Four Kilauea volcanoes out of five. Brief Plot Synopsis: A Hawaiian land baron must come to grips with the f ... More >>

  • Film

    November 17, 2011

    Fantasy Island

    Alexander Payne's Hawaiian excursion might be the feel-good movie of the year. Uh oh.

  • Film

    October 6, 2011

    The Ides of March

    Intrigue drowns out argument in political thriller.

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Your 2011 Fall/Movie Preview (Part 1)

    ​Note: Pop Rocks will return next week. Labor Day has come and gone, which means the official start of the fall movie season is just around the corner. In fact, two of the more anticipated releases of latter 2011 -- Warrior and Contagion -- come out tomorrow. After what has been widely rega ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 16, 2010

    Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2010

    ​Note: Pop Rocks will return next week. Labor Day has come and gone, which means the official start of the fall movie season is just around the corner. In fact, two of the more anticipated releases of latter 2011 -- Warrior and Contagion -- come out tomorrow. After what has been widely rega ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    George Clooney Bringing Enron Story To The Screen?

    Enron, directed by (and starring?) George Clooney​Enron -- the semi-musical, not the company -- was a hit in London's West End and a failure on Broadway. The fact it bombed in America made it less likely we'd see a production in Houston. But now comes word out of London that George Clooney, o ... More >>

  • Film

    September 2, 2010

    The American

    Turning the thriller inward.

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Pop Rocks: Flame, Hollywood, Flame

    Another well-adjusted Prop 8 supporter​I'm sure you've all heard the terrible news by now: Judge Vaughn "Mussolini" Walker declared California's gay marriage ban unconstitutional. Obviously I don't have to tell you what severe ramifications this will have, not only for the soul of our country ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2009

    A Report From The Houston Film Critics Awards

    Last Saturday at the Museum of Fine Arts' Brown Auditorium, the Houston Film Critics Society (of which yours truly is a member) held its third annual awards ceremony. It was a star-studded affair, if you consider the presence of one star sufficient to use the term.Here's a list of the winners:Best ... More >>

  • Film

    December 17, 2009

    Destination Unknown

    Up in the Air steers clear of the predictable route, lands the emotion.

  • Articles

    December 10, 2009

    Destination Unknown

    Up in the Air steers clear of the predictable route, lands the emotion.

  • Film

    November 5, 2009

    Got Your Goat

    We don't mean to sound paranoid, but: Did aliens abduct George Clooney's sense of humor?

  • Film

    September 11, 2008

    Intolerable Cruelty: Burn After Reading

    Remarkably consistent, the Coens make another mockery

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2008

    When’s George Clooney Going to Go into Therapy?

    Remarkably consistent, the Coens make another mockery

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2008

    John Royal’s Top Ten All-Time Greatest Sports Movies

    Remarkably consistent, the Coens make another mockery

  • Film

    April 3, 2008

    Fourth and Inches: Leatherheads

    George Clooney's ode to screwball comedies of yore is sooooo close. But yet.

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2008

    Seven Deadly Sins: Celebrity Edition

    George Clooney's ode to screwball comedies of yore is sooooo close. But yet.

  • Film

    October 11, 2007

    Michael Clayton

    Watch your back, Grisham: Michael Clayton's no ordinary legal thriller

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2007

    Let Me Wash That for You, Honey

    Watch your back, Grisham: Michael Clayton's no ordinary legal thriller

  • Film

    June 7, 2007

    Ocean's Thirteen

    Ocean's Thirteen is a washed-up threequel. How much you wanna bet Hollywood makes a bundle?

  • Film

    January 25, 2007

    Nostalgia Trip

    Steven Soderbergh tries, and largely fails, to make 'em like they used to

  • Home Entertainment

    March 16, 2006

    Hoop Dreams Come True

    Steven Soderbergh tries, and largely fails, to make 'em like they used to

  • Film

    December 22, 2005
  • Film

    December 22, 2005

    Rogues' Gallery

    Racists, louts and terrorists earned their place among the best of 2005

  • Film

    December 8, 2005

    Blood for Oil

    The brilliant, confounding Syriana digs for a necessary truth

  • Film

    October 20, 2005

    Exhuming McCarthy

    The Red Scare returns in Good Night, and Good Luck

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2005

    Sexy Socialites

    Hold on to your weekend with the eye candy at Sundown

  • Calendar

    March 4, 2004

    Nashville Star

    The voice that wooed George Clooney comes to town

  • Film

    October 9, 2003

    A Ball, Screwed

    The Coens make a '40s comedy with a Cary named Clooney

  • Film

    May 29, 2003

    Safe, Cracked

    The Italian Job, a remake better than the original, is a steal

  • Film

    January 23, 2003

    Mind Games

    Clooney toys with the twisted delusions of Chuck Barris

  • Film

    January 2, 2003

    The Year of Living Dangerously

    Cinema 2002 counterbalanced a treacherous world

  • Film

    November 28, 2002

    Ocean's Ill Heaven

    Clooney and Soderbergh do a remake worth watching

  • Film

    January 11, 2001

    Road Outrageous

    The Coens take Homer on a Southern-fried odyssey in O Brother

  • Film

    December 28, 2000

    Better in Pairs

    Generally a letdown, the year in film offered some well-crafted works that are best viewed as double features

  • Film

    September 30, 1999

    Desert Gold

    An imaginative Three Kings skewers the combat genre

  • Film

    July 1, 1999

    Splendor in the Crass

    An imaginative Three Kings skewers the combat genre

  • Film

    January 14, 1999

    Unconventional Conflict

    War films get redefined by the complex Thin Red Line

  • Film

    July 30, 1998

    Take Two

    A fun documentary follows From Dusk Till Dawn

  • Film

    June 25, 1998

    Leonard's Canny Charmer

    Out of Sight satisfies the eyes, mind and emotions

  • Film

    September 25, 1997

    New Studio, Same Old Stuff

    DreamWorks's first film is a conventional tale of glam and guns

  • Film

    June 26, 1997

    Batman on Ice

    Director Joel Schumacher, not Mr. Freeze, kills the Dark Knight

  • Film

    December 19, 1996

    Love and Other Agenda Items

    Director Joel Schumacher, not Mr. Freeze, kills the Dark Knight

  • Film

    January 18, 1996

    Bloody Fun

    Tarantino meets Rodriguez and, no surprise, all hell breaks loose

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