John Travolta

Miss Pop Rocks Loves (the First Half of) the Oscars

Seven Deadly Sins: Celebrity Edition

Ten Possible Reasons for the Cowboys Missing the Playoffs

Pulped Fiction

Quentin Tarantino talks his sophomore film into an early grave

Trading Places

John Travolta shines again in an intriguing, if uneven, look at race in America

The Year in Film

Though not great, 1995 still produced some movies worth seeing (and reseeing)

Woo? Wow!

John Woo's latest isn't his best, but he still leads the action pack

Four Hankies

John Woo's latest isn't his best, but he still leads the action pack

Twin Towers

Travolta and Cage make Face/Off more than skin-deep

Filial Flub

She's So Lovely proves Nick Cassavetes should leave his dad alone

Film at 11

Mad City hammers the idiocy of TV news

Clinton Without Contrasts

Primary Colors gets the libido, misses the idealism

Class Action

A true case offers testimony to the talents of Travolta and Duvall

Unconventional Conflict

War films get redefined by the complex Thin Red Line

Mick Jagger meets Gilley's

Some Girls Ride Bulls

Saturday Night Fever

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston brings back one of those movies people who aren’t film buffs consider classic.

Vinyl Ranch’s tribute to Urban Cowboy

Leon’s monthly country-music installment pays tribute to classic country cinema

Grease Sing-along

The River Oaks Theatre invites you to sing along to an undying musical

Feeling Feverish?

The River Oaks Theatre invites you to sing along to an undying musical

Death From Above 1979

Disco Keeps On Keepin' On

Tuesday-Night Fever

Disco Keeps On Keepin' On

Plenty of Pulp

Disco Keeps On Keepin' On

Hairspray

Movie musical of the musical of the movie is nowhere near divine

Like Pigs to Slaughter

Cast of old men in leather pants on the road to nowhere good

Get Lost

It'd Be Cool if this sequel were any good. Too bad it ain't.

Suddenly This Summer

John Travolta and Scarlett Johansson face off in a Southern-gothic indie

Like Moths to a Flame

Americans likely will swarm to Ladder 49, an unabashed homage to firefighters

Punish This

The latest comic-book movie might just kill you

H-Town Goes Cowtown

It's rodeo time in the city

Not the Sweetest Thing

What a bad feeling -- and taste -- Honey leaves behind

Still the Word

Frankie Avalon comes to Houston to chastise a beauty-school dropout, once again

The Healthy Choice

Aerobics competition merges physical, mental challenges

Pap Fiction

Travolta unloads another awful bomb in Basic

Funeral Rights

A Texas family confronts death, homosexuality and repression

Beat the Parents

Travolta's performance can't overcome the horror of this evil-stepfather cliché

Adjust the Contrast

Director can't juggle the contradictory tones of his ultraviolent action flick 15 Minutes

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

Why was this movie remade?

Saturday Night Fever

Web exclusive!

Grease

A classic musical hits Houston, with Idol in tow

No Rocks Off Movie Night Tonight - We're Saving Ourselves for Urban Cowboy Next Week

Next Tuesday, Rocks Off Movie Night at the Mink returns with the 1980 "classic" Urban Cowboy. Classic if you're from Houston, anyway. The film kicks off our three-week series on movies filmed in and around Houston proper. Ben Stiller's directorial debut Reality Bites and Wes Anderson's hipster-bait ... More >>

Pop Rocks: John Travolta, Humanitarian

​The tragedy of the earthquake in Haiti has, as expected, brought out both the best and worst of humanity. As an example of the former, we've seen the nations of the world send supplies and relief workers to help the stricken Caribbean nation. As for the latter, well, the comments of extraordinar ... More >>

Hairspray

Tracy's having a really big hair day

Nick Gaitan, Houston Music's Wolf-Like Problem Solver

Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to sheaserrano@gmail.com. Kurt Bertilson​Remember ... More >>

Pop Rocks: A World Without Oprah

So long, suckers.​The 25th and final season of The Oprah Winfrey Show kicked off yesterday with a John Travolta dance number, an appearance by Paul Simon (of "and Garfunkel" fame, not the deceased U.S. Senator), and an announcement that Oprah would take the 300 studio audience members in atten ... More >>

The Devil’s Rain

The cast includes Ida Lupino, John Travolta, William Shatner and Ernest Borgnine

Apollo 13 Launched 41 Years Ago: 5 Best Trivia Bits About the Film

Not only is failure not an option, it's not an accurate quote​Forty-one years ago Apollo 13 blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center, and things went swimmingly for a while. Last year we listed our favorite dweebiest nit-picks about the movie; this year let's look at some favorite pieces of ... More >>

The Five Worst Music Movies Ever*

* That aren't actual musicals *eye roll*​It would be easy to pick out a bunch of terrible musicals to make fun of. First off, most musicals seem stuck in the 1930s, when every song everywhere sounded like a show tune, and therefore stank. Second, we're afraid of polarizing our audience. You ... More >>

Last Night: Mastodon At Fitzgerald's

Photo by Marco TorresMastodon gets the devil horns.​Mastodon, Black Tusk, Venomous Maximus Fitzgerald's October 27, 2011 Mastodon on the stage upstairs at Fitzgerald's is like a bull in a china closet, an anaconda in a cage full of mice, or at least John Travolta in a room full of handsome me ... More >>

Top 20 Throwback TV Theme Songs Part 2

Only a big dummy wouldn't have this show on the list.​Yesterday, we hit you up with the best ten TV theme songs that didn't quite make the top of our list. We heard a few quibbles from fellow television aficionados, but their cries of frustration were muffled by the sounds of "The LOOOVVE BOA ... More >>

Movies at Miller: Grease (Rockin’ Rydell Edition)

Only a big dummy wouldn't have this show on the list.​Yesterday, we hit you up with the best ten TV theme songs that didn't quite make the top of our list. We heard a few quibbles from fellow television aficionados, but their cries of frustration were muffled by the sounds of "The LOOOVVE BOA ... More >>