Hollywood

Ask a Rapper: Hollywood F.L.O.S.S. Has Some Internet Questions For Us

The hip-hop world is a less than sensible place - lots of times, you're even required to clarify when bad means bad and when bad means good - so once a week we're going to get with a rapper and ask them to explain things. Have something you always wanted to ask a rapper? Email it to introducinglisto ... More >>

R.I.P., Hollywood Video In Montrose: What's Next For The Old Tower Theater?

Photo by joe_stephens_3​Swamplot confirms what we've been thinking for a while: The Hollywood Video store, in that nice old theater near Westheimer & Montrose, is not long for this world. Employees are telling customers the place is closing, and the marquee out front is being dismantled.Video ... More >>

Pop Rocks: New Blood For Hollywood. Please

​I used to review movies (over here, if you care), an endeavor I had to quit for a variety of reasons: my hectic neurosurgery rotation, for one, as well as the increasing physical demands of the new Mrs. Vonder Haar, Carla Gugino. But among the non-imaginary factors influencing my decision was the ... More >>

Modern-day piracy, Mexican style

​I used to review movies (over here, if you care), an endeavor I had to quit for a variety of reasons: my hectic neurosurgery rotation, for one, as well as the increasing physical demands of the new Mrs. Vonder Haar, Carla Gugino. But among the non-imaginary factors influencing my decision was the ... More >>

Death Rumors Swirl About Houston's Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze, one of a handful of famous Hollywood types from Houston, has been sick for a long time.Today, rumors started coursing throughout the Internet and Twitter and whatever that the end had finally come.His publicist, however, is denying the rumors, according to this article that doesn't q ... More >>

Turning the Screw: UGK, DMX, Common, The Kanye, T.I., Ice Cube, Trick Daddy, Lil Keke and More

Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: Hollywood F.L.O.S.S., "Attack of Hollywood" Wire To Wire The new UGK is really good. Buy it ... More >>

Idol Beat: Hollywood Week, Part 1

[Note: Because a lot of people are apparently into American Idol, Rocks Off asked contributor Ray Cummings to keep track of this season for us. This is his first report.] "Hollywood Week" marks the point in American Idol's grist-mill rigamorole calendar where the kid gloves come off, when being ... More >>

As Oscar Nominations Loom, The Five Worst Best (Recent) Pictures

The paradox of the Oscars is that while nobody outside of the incestuous parallel reality of Hollywood really cares about them, we still find ourselves drawn to the spectacle like illiterates to a Rock of Love marathon. The nominations for the 81st Academy Awards will be announced this week, so we d ... More >>

Best Films of 2008

Looking back at Che, The Dark Knight, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire, Wall-E and many others, and looking ahead to 2009

Cutout Bin: Martha Tilton et al.'s Christmas at Our House

Martha Tilton "and other great Hollywood vocal stars" Christmas at Our House (Tops/Mayfair, 1958) Merry Christmas, son. I'm sorry daddy lost his job, and mommy's too friendly with the bottle to be much help. If we start saving now, maybe we'll be able to get a tree next year. But daddy was lucky ... More >>

Not to Be: Hamlet 2

Full of itself and not half as funny as it thinks it is, this movie is simply tragic

Apocalypse Whatever: Tropic Thunder

Ben Stiller's Hollywood send-up lacks firepower

Cantinflas and Fence Hoppers

Ben Stiller's Hollywood send-up lacks firepower

The Joy in the Bubble

Cannes 2007 was a success, but how many of its movies will you actually get to see?

Get Lit: First Assistant, Second Assistant

Cannes 2007 was a success, but how many of its movies will you actually get to see?

Wonderful Life

Houston Ballet conjures the Golden Age of Hollywood

Rotation: Lex One

Houston Ballet conjures the Golden Age of Hollywood

Message Bored

Hollywood ho-hum horror keeps ripping off the best, turning out the worst

L.A. Story

Hooray for Christopher Guest's Hollywood, where Purim gets Oscar buzz and Charlie Rose his due

Vampires of Moscow

Hooray for Christopher Guest's Hollywood, where Purim gets Oscar buzz and Charlie Rose his due

Deep-Sixed

Hollywood pounces on 6-6-06 with a needless Omen revival

The Reel Truth

Hollywood claims the sky is falling. To which we say Puh-lease.

Home Wreckers on DVD

Hollywood claims the sky is falling. To which we say Puh-lease.

Explosive Action

Get a bang for your buck this Fourth of July

Cut and Paste

Beauty Shop is clipped straight from its predecessors

Bomb-alie

A French auteur makes a Hollywood-style epic about love and war

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Best Video Store

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Best Place to Buy Trojans and Truffles

Hollywood Book and Cafe

Film Buff

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

On Location

Marie Jones's two-man play pits Hollywood against a tiny Irish town

From Hell to the Theater

The Houston Press Indie Film Series makes its debut

Butthole Surfers

Saturday, July 13

Fight Club

When it comes to producing movies, it's a fine art (or Art Linson)

Cat Fight

Peter Bogdanovich works out his demons on Citizen Hearst

Reel War

The Army and Hollywood join hands to wage virtual, bloodless battles

Best Neighborhood Spot in Tanglewood

Café Toulouse

"Look! I Made This!"

Robert Altman wants your attention, if not your affection

Weary of the Wows

A Houston junket and the jaded of Hollywood

A Dog's Life

A former Houston Post writer recalls how she pawed her way

to the top in Hollywood

Harmonists Way

A bittersweet tale of German music makers before the fall

Letters

A bittersweet tale of German music makers before the fall

Whale's Tale

Gods and Monsters traces a gay film director's complex life

Night & Day

November 12 - 18, 1998

Static

November 12 - 18, 1998

Sssssssucks

November 12 - 18, 1998

Still Tragic

With The Gods, the Alley fails to save The Greeks

Gallic Glories

With The Gods, the Alley fails to save The Greeks