Mark Wahlberg

Pain & Gain: American Idiots

Michael Bay injects potent absurdity into the unbelievable true story of Pain & Gain.

These Old AQUA VELVA Commercials Alone Should Get Pete Rose Into The Hall Of Fame (w/ VIDEO)

Major League Baseball decided to delay announcing the 2013 Hall of Fame induction class until Wednesday this week so as not to have the news buried by coverage of the historic clash between Alabama and Notre Dame for the BCS title. For Major League Baseball, it's a refreshing dose of self awareness ... More >>

Mostly Cloudy

Looking for David O. Russell in Silver Linings Playbook.

Texans-Titans: The Best Rapper Tweets

UPDATED: Memorable Houston Concerts of 1992

UPDATE (2:03 p.m.): Alice In Chains was advertised but dropped out, and was replaced with Australia's Baby Animals. The year 1992 was an important one for me as far as Houston concerts are concerned: It's the first time I went to a concert within the Houston city limits, the "Outside Broadcast" leg ... More >>

2012 Summer Guide: Summer Movie Preview

Stryper's Michael Sweet: "We Stick To Our Guns"

See more with Michael Sweet in this week's issue of the Houston Press. In the 1980s, contemporary Christian music was on the cusp of accepting a nice little jolt of electricity for headbangers everywhere. That jolt of electricity, my friends, was Stryper. They burst onto the scene and have since p ... More >>

Dio Disciples Keep Ronnie James' Metal Flame Alive

When Ronnie James Dio succumbed to stomach cancer in May 2010 (some reports say it occurred here at M.D. Anderson), heavy metal lost its arguably greatest voice. And with a career spanning decades in bands like Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath/Heaven & Hell, and his own Dio, he left a lot of material to ... More >>

Pop Rocks: Remake My Day III (John Hughes Edition)

They wouldn't dare...​We've done this on Pop Rocks a few times already, not that it's made any difference. All those upcoming crimes against cinema -- from The Birds to Fright Night to Escape From New York -- are all due to be released in the next few years (Fright Night this summer). And ther ... More >>

Will Ferrell: Win Passes To The Other Guys And See His Five Best Funny Or Die Videos

Will Ferrell has been a little uneven in his comedies lately -- Land of the Lost and Semi-Pro, for instance -- but you know the slump won't last. Not only because he's inherently hilarious, but because we've got Funny or Die providing all the evidence we need that he hasn't become some secluded sta ... More >>

SUMMER GUIDE: (100) Days of Summer Movies

Enjoy the great indoors!

Bad Marriage

Tina Fey and Steve Carell go lowbrow and chemistry-free in Date Night.

My Blue (Screen) Heaven

Thanks to the magic of 3-D CGI, Peter Jackson makes a one-dimensional Lovely Bones.

Aftermath: Gavin Rossdale at House of Blues

Photos courtesy of Kimi HernsbergerPicture yourself as a snail-sized shovel with the mind of an eight-year-old in the backyard of your parents' house during summer vacation in the suburbs, slowly digging in the dirt looking for nothing in particular, your mom yelling at you to stop or you'll dig you ... More >>

Judas Priest's Screaming Seer Rob Halford

Master of Metal

The Joy in the Bubble

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

Bait and Switch

A hero of the Hong Kong new wave returns the compliment

Wars, Penguins and Gays: Oh, My!

The year in review

Good Shot

Lord of War unloads one of the year's best cinema moments

Black Gold

A gusher lay beneath the surface, but you had to drill deep

Storm Warning

Disaster film sinks under its own melodramatic weight

Prepare for Landing

The appropriately named Jet Li may prove Americans are finally primed for Far East mayhem

Short Cuts

Director borrows from the Robert Altman stylebook to create his Magnolia "masterpiece"

Naked Ambition

Peddling smut is this young man's version of the American Dream

End Game

This is the way the year ends, this is the way the year ends, this is the way the year ends, not with a bang but a ... year-end roundup