Subject: Jim Carrey

• Prison Love

  June 5, 2007

• Capra Corn

  The Majestic has the sap but not the magic of the master

  December 20, 2001

• An Hour in Sunny 99.1's Holiday Hell

  Band Aid: Do they know it's Christmastime at all? Most people I know hate Sunny 99.1, but not me. And I should really hate it. Any radio station supported by the American Dental Association has to suck. But every time I listen to it, I either hear something so corny and half-baked that I can't turn back to the Ipod. It's like pouring liquid Valium in my ears. I don't have to worry about hearing the same Nirvana song I've heard for the past fourteen years, like on the Buzz. Nor do I get to hea

  December 2, 2008

• Attention Passengers: Forget Bush Intercontinental, Here Are The Five Best Karaoke Movie Scenes

  If Buddha, Mohammed, and Jesus Christ joined hands and strolled down Westheimer turning automobiles into unicorns while singing "Blasphemous Rumors" I don't think it would get as much coverage as that infernal karaoke machine at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (including right here at Hair Balls). And so, to commemorate this latest attempt to put Houston on the cultural map, here are some memorable karaoke scenes from the movies.5. Duets (2000) I just returned from a meeting with Paul Kru

  December 5, 2008

• Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor & A Former Press Reporter Ready For Sundance

  Want to see Jim Carrey making out with Ewan McGregor?You can, thanks to former Houston Press reporter Steve McVicker.The film based on Press stories he wrote about a relentless con man, I Love You Phillip Morris, will be showing at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, and publicity is starting to build.This site has several photos from the film. (He also mistakenly calls McVicker a Houston Chronicle reporter; Steve now works for an attorney in town.)

  December 5, 2008

• Slideshow: Snakes on an Album

  One of the songs slithering around Rocks Off's head lately is "Snake Farm," the title track to grizzled Hill Country troubador Ray Wylie Hubbard's 2006 album, where the singer and a comely employee of the ramshackle reptile house between San Marcos and New Braunfels get it on amongst the other tongue-flicking creatures. That set him wondering how many other musicians the legless vipers have inspired, both musically and visually, and it turns out quite a few others have snakes on the bra

  December 22, 2008

• The Joy of Being Stupid

  December 29, 1994

• Dead Bang

  February 16, 1995

• Our Man At Sundance, Part Two: The Screening

  Former Houston Press reporter Steve McVicker is reporting from the Sundance Film Festival:Well, Sunday's screening of "our" film, I Love You Phillip Morris, came and went last night, with still no official word of having been snapped up by any major distribution company for mucho dollars. However, if the  overwhelming positive reaction of the sold-out crowd at the 1,270-seat capacity Eccles Center last night was any indication, an offering will soon be on the table.  In my humb

  January 19, 2009

• Batman, At Last

  June 22, 1995

• Scary Carrey

  June 20, 1996

• Good-bye to Summer

  September 5, 1996

• Magical

  June 12, 1997

• Tube Message

  June 4, 1998

• Hard as a Rock

  June 24, 1999

• Living and Dying with Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor Over Sundance

  How I turned some newspaper stories into a book which became a movie that caused those two guys to kiss

  February 19, 2009

• Jamie Kennedy

  December 25, 2008

• Yes Man Repackages Jim Carrey's Greatest Hits, Which Maybe Weren't So Great to Start With

  December 18, 2008

• Just for Laughs

  Spike Lee's gloriously unpolished concert film focuses on the yuks -- to our great amusement

  August 17, 2000

• The 99-Cent Dog Store

  It's low-rent, but legal

  September 11, 2008

• Not so Bad: "Horton Hears a Who!

  After the unspeakable Grinch, Horton is a surprisingly strong Seuss adaptation

  March 13, 2008

• Cool Front

  Things get chill when DJ Icey spins into town

  August 19, 2004

• On the Bill

  January 19, 2006

• Spider-Man 3

  Overstuffed plot, empty action ruin Spidey's run

  May 3, 2007

• 17 + 6 - 5 + 1 - 3 + 7 = 23!

  Shocking numerical revelations await in Jim Carrey's totally freaking random thriller

  February 22, 2007

• Same Old Story

  Sequels, prequels and threequels headline Hollywood 2007

  December 28, 2006

• Anchor man?

  Playing against type, Will Ferrell can't quite ground this artificially whimsical romantic comedy.

  November 9, 2006

• Less Pain Forever and Peachcake

  Now We Have Something to Celebrate

  September 14, 2006

• Naomi Then and Now

  April 13, 2006

• Backhanded Slapstick

  Jim Carrey's brand of fun warms a reheated Dick and Jane

  December 22, 2005

• Explosive Action

  Get a bang for your buck this Fourth of July

  June 30, 2005

• Shock Treatment

  An experimental director and a harrowing tale fit The Jacket perfectly

  March 3, 2005

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  January 6, 2005

• Leaning Sideways

  In a year when small movies came up big, picking the best was a Payne

  December 23, 2004

• Sour Lemony

  Jim Carrey is in fine form, but the rest of Snicket is less fortunate

  December 16, 2004

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  December 2, 2004

• Think Different

  Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies requires a brain cell or two?

  May 29, 2003

• Power Play

  Jim Carrey goes from physical to metaphysical comedy in Bruce Almighty

  May 22, 2003

• Popsy

  Thursday, June 27 and Sunday, June 30

  June 27, 2002

• The Truth Is Out There...

  A rogue mascot reveals secrets of the trade

  December 20, 2001

• Full-Body Homage

  A fitness expo for all body types -- as long as they're fit and thin

  November 8, 2001

• Back to School

  Judd Apatow's Freaks and Geeks grow up, more or less, and move to a dorm

  August 30, 2001

• Better in Pairs

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

  December 28, 2000

• Pops Goes the Grinch

  A Very Merry Pops!

  December 7, 2000

• We'll All Cry Boo-Hoo

  Ron Howard's cuddly new Grinch puzzles our puzzler till our puzzler's puzzled out

  November 16, 2000

• Dr. Jekyll and Jim Carrey

  The freewheeling comedic actor has double the fun in Me, Myself & Irene

  June 22, 2000

• Warp Factor Ten

  Galaxy Quest is an exhilarating and affectionate parody of all things Roddenberry

  December 23, 1999

• Thank You Very Little

  Carrey craftily channels Kaufman, but is the late comedian worthy of a lofty bio-pic?

  December 23, 1999

• Half-Truth

  October 1, 2009

• Pop Rocks: Tips For Strip-Mining Our Childhoods

  ​Spike Jonze's live-action version of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are led the box office this weekend, grossing over $32 million. Last month, another children's book adaptation, Sony Pictures' version of Judi and Ron Barrett's Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, scored similar numbers for its first three days.WTWTA has earned mixed reviews so far, with most critics praising the impressive visuals while also pointing out the issues arising from expanding the sparse narrative into a f

  October 20, 2009