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  • Film

    May 17, 2012

    Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator

    More culture-clash yuks than comedy revolution.

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Messy Lawsuit Features Rival Crime Scene Clean-Up Companies

    A dirty job​Who knew the crime scene/trauma clean-up business was so, um, cut-throat? If the allegations in a local civil court case are to believed, only rival drug lords conduct their business more ruthlessly. According to plaintiffs John DiGulio and K.P. Management, two area men and their ... More >>

  • Culture

    March 10, 2011

    The ALL CAPS chicas

    A dirty job​Who knew the crime scene/trauma clean-up business was so, um, cut-throat? If the allegations in a local civil court case are to believed, only rival drug lords conduct their business more ruthlessly. According to plaintiffs John DiGulio and K.P. Management, two area men and their ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 27, 2011

    2nd Annual United Nations Association Film Festival

    A dirty job​Who knew the crime scene/trauma clean-up business was so, um, cut-throat? If the allegations in a local civil court case are to believed, only rival drug lords conduct their business more ruthlessly. According to plaintiffs John DiGulio and K.P. Management, two area men and their ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Hardeep Puri At Bush Intercontinental: Leading Indian Diplomat Tamps Down Outrage

    Hardeep Puri: A little Houston hospitality​India's leading ambassador to the U.N. is reacting to outrage about his security check at Bush Intercontinental by telling the media in his native country it wasn't as bad as reports indicated. India's top diplomat to the UN Hardeep Puri today sought ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    WikiLeaks: Texas Company Helped Pimp Little Boys To Stoned Afghan Cops

    DynCorp: WikiLeaks is not kind​Another international conflict, another horrific taxpayer-funded sex scandal for DynCorp, the private security contractor tasked with training the Afghan police. While the company is officially based in the DC area, most of its business is managed on a satelli ... More >>

  • News

    July 1, 2010

    Peanut Butter Miracles

    Amid the chaos that is Haiti, Dr. Patricia Wolff has made ending child malnutrition her life's work.

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    This Week's Cover Story: The Man Who Sued The Pope

    ​Most times when you ask Houston lawyer/theologian Daniel Shea a question, you get a treatise in response, one that can take in everything from the Edict of Constantine and to the deeds of Admiral Rickover to the sins of many a modern-day bishop in the ongoing sex abuse scandal roiling the Rom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    For World AIDS Day: U2's "One" and Some Pretty Sobering Statistics

    Rocks Off knows it's all about the H1N1 these days, but according to the World Health Organization, only 42 percent of the estimated 9.5 million people worldwide who need antiretroviral therapy are currently receiving treatment. Please remember the HIV/AIDS charity or support group of your choice t ... More >>

  • Music

    September 10, 2009

    Pine Leaf Boys

    Rocks Off knows it's all about the H1N1 these days, but according to the World Health Organization, only 42 percent of the estimated 9.5 million people worldwide who need antiretroviral therapy are currently receiving treatment. Please remember the HIV/AIDS charity or support group of your choice t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    Who's Leaving First: Ed Wade, Cecil Cooper or Roy Oswalt?

    The Astros were able to actually win a series this weekend, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in two of three games. And the good news is that they should be able to win a couple of games this week as their next four games are against the Colorado Rockies, another losing team, like the Astros, but on ... More >>

  • Music

    May 21, 2009

    Heads of State

    The Astros were able to actually win a series this weekend, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in two of three games. And the good news is that they should be able to win a couple of games this week as their next four games are against the Colorado Rockies, another losing team, like the Astros, but on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2008

    Pot Hole: Live Oaks Lofts Snubs Stoners

    The Astros were able to actually win a series this weekend, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in two of three games. And the good news is that they should be able to win a couple of games this week as their next four games are against the Colorado Rockies, another losing team, like the Astros, but on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2007

    It’s Getting Hot in Here: The Kyoto Protocol, Ten Years Later

    The Astros were able to actually win a series this weekend, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in two of three games. And the good news is that they should be able to win a couple of games this week as their next four games are against the Colorado Rockies, another losing team, like the Astros, but on ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 23, 2007

    The Best Man

    Gore Vidal digs for political truisms

  • Calendar

    May 18, 2006

    Age-Old Love Story

    Gore Vidal digs for political truisms

  • Music

    January 23, 2003

    Fallout Shelter

    Nuclear Assault's Danny Lilker detonates a few mushroom clouds

  • Film

    April 11, 2002

    Barry Bad

    Sonnenfeld's comic caper is in Big Trouble

  • News

    March 9, 2000

    What the Doctor Ordered

    Sonnenfeld's comic caper is in Big Trouble

  • News

    December 23, 1999

    News of the Weird

    Sonnenfeld's comic caper is in Big Trouble

  • Film

    September 25, 1997

    New Studio, Same Old Stuff

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

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