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Spoiler Alert

Whodunit in the thriller John Dies at the End? The '90s.

The Rise of Found-Footage Horror

Why the new scary movies don't look like movies at all.

The Rise of Found-Footage Horror

Why the new scary movies don't look like movies at all.

Hollywood Babble-On

Pop Rocks: Like You Didn't See That Nicolas Cage Thing Coming

This is still better than he looked in The Wicker Man.​Nicolas Cage was arrested in New Orleans last Friday for domestic abuse, disturbing the peace, and public drunkenness (or as we call it in my house, The Wife's Undergrad Spring Break Trifecta). Let me repeat that: Cage was arrested in New ... More >>

Pop Rocks: Condition Critical

"There are rules for policemen. I mean, critics."​While looking for ways to avoid writing about Charlie Sheen again researching topics for today's column, I found myself going through Roger Ebert's web site over at the Chicago Sun-Times. Christ, but that guy writes a lot. He was fairly prolif ... More >>

Superhero Slob

Seth Rogen schlubs it up as The Green Hornet's masked man.

Kevin Smith & Scott Mosier LIVE

Don't ask, "How was the flight?"

Vanished Honky-Tonk Heavyweight Damon Bramblett Reappears Tuesday

myspace.com/damonbramblett​Jesse Dayton recently wrote to us that he's cutting two of Damon Bramblett's songs on his next album. Dayton compared Bramblett to Mike Stinson as one of the cream of Texas' current songwriter crop. In the early 2000s, Austinite Bramblett was a hot item on the exploding ... More >>

Name That Cop Movie: Kevin Smith's latest is a cliche-filled comedy

Kevin Smith's latest is a cliché-filled movie-trivia comedy — so crazy it just might work!

Pop Rocks: "Fly, Fatass, Fly!"

Before I'm accused of size discrimination, a little source material: If you've spent even five second on the internets in the last two days, you're aware of the escalating hostilities between movie director/"person of size" Kevin Smith and Southwest Airlines. Smith, 39, originally purchased two ... More >>

Southwest Airlines Picks On The Wrong Fat Guy

​Southwest Airlines, the pride of Texas, has picked on the wrong fat guy.Kevin Smith, the director of Clerks and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, was tossed off a Southwest plane this weekend in Oakland because he was deemed a safety risk because of his weight.Like any modern person, he took his ou ... More >>

Pop Rocks: Sell Me On New Moon

​I'm going to step away from the sarcasm for a minute and present you with an honest overture that will hopefully foster understanding and goodwill between yours truly and certain segments of the Hair Balls readership. To wit: can somebody -- anybody -- tell me what tell me what the big deal is a ... More >>

Werewolves Got Fingered: The 5 Worst Movies (Besides Twilight: New Moon) With the Best Soundtracks

​Good news, all you fans of condensed screen versions of self-indulgent Mormon vampire pseudo-erotic clit-tease fantasies: Twilight: New Moon is being released in only eight days. Rocks Off, accustomed to scorn from literary snobs for his steadfast support of the Harry Potter series, actually pick ... More >>

Distant Early Warning: Bobby Bare, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Mariza, Green Jelly, Randy Rogers, etc.

​Between The Buried And Me, Devin Townsend Band, Cynic, Scale The Summit: Mon., Jan. 11. Meridian. Billy Dean: Fri., April 16. Dosey Doe Coffee Company. Bobby Bare: Sat., May 22. Dosey Doe Coffee Company. "The Canvas Grand Opening" With Chase Hamblin, listenlisten, Sideshow Tramps, The Mighty Orq ... More >>

Miss Pop Rocks: Scooby Doo Hits 40, And A Nation Asks How

​Last week saw the commemoration of a dark milestone in our country's history. Millions of Americans used this anniversary as an opportunity to reflect on the misery and hardship many are still enduring as a result. In writing this, I hope not only to correct certain revisionist interpretations o ... More >>

Tonight: Heybale! at Blanco's

"Wine Me Up," live at D&L's Texas Music Cafe, Austin, SXSW 2005 I remember a time when it seemed like I went to Blanco's every week. If it wasn't the Hollisters, it was folks like Jim Lauderdale or Chris Wall or some other totally legit act that would pack the little joint like a sardine can. ... More >>

The Force Is Weak with the Long-Delayed Fanboys

Millennium Albatross

Balls...Hair Balls: The Top Five Bond Girl Names

Zack and Miri BEEEEEEEEEEP

Kevin Smith Blows His Wad with Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Strictly Softcore

Aftermath: Heybale! at the Continental Club

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, Nosferatu: The Ultimate DVD Edition, Live Free or Die Hard and Manufactured Landscapes

New releases this week

Live Free or Die Hard

Even with the Mac kid at his side, John McClane is just...old

Extra! Read All About It

Go-Nowhere Men

Kevin Smith's still hanging at the Quick Stop, trying to grow up. Or not.

Vince Charming

Vaughn ensures an amicable Break-Up

Heybale

Saturday, October 15, at the Continental Club, 3700 Main, 713-529-9899.

You Got Served

For a fun way to pass the time, you could do worse than Waiting...

New releases available this week

Jersey Hurl

For Kevin Smith, growing up means selling out

Big Wet Kiss

Richard Curtis is in Love with love, so what's new?

Horseshoes and Hand Grenades

Coming close wasn't good enough for Brother Luck

Male Fraud

Jason Lee lies to juggle two women, because, hey, it's A Guy Thing

Full Frontal Assault

Soderbergh shoots in digital and hits his target: Hollywood

Dr. Strange

Grant Morrison's the best writer in comics--and maybe the oddest

Nuclear Waste

It's up to Ben Affleck to save the world, and that's The Sum of All Fears

Lipstick Traces

You wanna kiss Jessica Stein, but does she merit the attention?

Confess, Greg

For years, Fletch was out of print. Now, his father explains why.

Fanboy Theater

Jay and Silent Bob feeds the addictions of Kevin Smith junkies

Going... Going... Gone

Going Independent

Chewing the Fat

Amanda Peet and her perfect choppers grind up the brainless suitors in Whipped

Rave On

Impressive Human Traffic isn't always pretty, much like the scene it covers

Hard as a Rock

Rotation

Night & Day

May 28 - June 3, 1998

Love and Abstinence

Director Julie Davis barely connects with I Love You, Don't Touch Me!

Catch Her in the Rye

In the delightful Chasing Amy, there's more to sex than love

Making Change

End Games

Director Boaz Yakin gives a Fresh twist to tales of the drug trade