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    March 29, 2012

    Floor-to-Floor Combat

    Cops versus thugs in high-powered high-rise fight flick The Raid.

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    March 29, 2012

    Houston Japan Festival

    Cops versus thugs in high-powered high-rise fight flick The Raid.

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    October 27, 2011

    Oni-Con 2011

    Cops versus thugs in high-powered high-rise fight flick The Raid.

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    Pop Rocks: Don't Worry Longhorns, There Have Been Worse Beatdowns

    It was ugly, brutal and painful to watch. As a movie fan of some 40 years, I could be describing any number of lopsided fight scenes. But as a UT fan, I'm of course referring to the horrific pounding Oklahoma put on my Longhorns last Saturday. The Sooners dominated every aspect of the game, trounci ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2011

    Houston Japan Festival 2011

    It was ugly, brutal and painful to watch. As a movie fan of some 40 years, I could be describing any number of lopsided fight scenes. But as a UT fan, I'm of course referring to the horrific pounding Oklahoma put on my Longhorns last Saturday. The Sooners dominated every aspect of the game, trounci ... More >>

  • Music

    March 11, 2010

    Dick Dale

    It was ugly, brutal and painful to watch. As a movie fan of some 40 years, I could be describing any number of lopsided fight scenes. But as a UT fan, I'm of course referring to the horrific pounding Oklahoma put on my Longhorns last Saturday. The Sooners dominated every aspect of the game, trounci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    Flashforward: It Didn't Suck This Week!

    ​Lesbians kissing! Asians with rocket launchers! KARAOKE SHOOTOUTS! In one week, FlashForward went from boring to bananas, unleashing a torrent of pulpy action and crazy plot twists that played like Alias on sleep deprivation. The show made minor headway with the mystery in Somalia that will ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2009

    Found Footage Festival

    Discarded home movies get the attention they always wished they’d had

  • Music

    August 13, 2009

    The Young and the Restless

    Welsh indie-pop scamps Los Campesinos! live for the moment.

  • Calendar

    April 23, 2009

    16th Annual Japan Festival

    Are you ready for a gong karaoke contest?

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    March 19, 2009

    Barry Eisler

    Web exclusive!

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    February 12, 2009
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    February 5, 2009
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    August 7, 2008

    John Reep

    Winner of Last Comic Standing is a little bit country and a little bit Dane Cook

  • Calendar

    April 3, 2008

    Houston Japan Festival

    The local Asian community celebrates its heritage

  • Calendar

    March 20, 2008

    Kairu

    Sol y Luna Dance mix hip-hop, ballet and martial arts to tell the story of a hero who faces down evil

  • Calendar

    January 31, 2008

    Brazilian Carnival 2008

    Stages brings Craig Wright back to Houston

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2007

    Miss Pop Rocks: My Sunday With Ralph Macchio

    Stages brings Craig Wright back to Houston

  • Culture

    September 27, 2007

    Art Capsule Reviews

    A picture of our opinions on local exhibitions

  • Film

    August 9, 2007

    Rush Hour 3

    The third time's the guilty pleasure for Tucker and Chan's buddy-cop franchise

  • Calendar

    May 4, 2006

    "Peace" Out

    The third time's the guilty pleasure for Tucker and Chan's buddy-cop franchise

  • Film

    May 4, 2006

    Technicolor Yuan

    China's most expensive film looks lovely but feels empty

  • Calendar

    January 26, 2006

    What's Up, Dog?

    China's most expensive film looks lovely but feels empty

  • Calendar

    October 20, 2005

    The Princess Diaries

    The HMNS presents a phenomenon that just won't Di

  • Music

    September 8, 2005

    The Retribution Gospel Choir

    Wednesday, September 14, at the Proletariat, 903 Richmond, 713-523-1199.

  • Film

    May 12, 2005

    Going Mental

    Mindhunters is truly stupid fun

  • Calendar

    March 10, 2005

    Monster Mash

    Jackal and Hyde breed badass beats

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Video Store

    Jackal and Hyde breed badass beats

  • Music

    August 26, 2004

    Playbill

    Jackal and Hyde breed badass beats

  • Calendar

    July 29, 2004

    Brutal Bronx

    More than three decades after Indian, not much has changed

  • Calendar

    October 2, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    More than three decades after Indian, not much has changed

  • Calendar

    June 19, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    More than three decades after Indian, not much has changed

  • Music

    July 11, 2002

    So Retro

    DJ Mike Snow finds that '80s nights are the Cure for Loverboys and Talking Heads looking for a not so Quiet Riot

  • Music

    February 22, 2001

    Beat-niks

    Two DJ crews refuse to conform to standard rave procedures

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Friends

    Kay Poe and Esther Kim

  • Film

    September 30, 1999

    Hark Felt

    Chinese Ghost Story gives animation a new realm

  • Calendar

    June 18, 1998

    Capitaine Blood

    Chinese Ghost Story gives animation a new realm

  • Film

    July 24, 1997

    Chan Do

    With Operation Condor, Jackie Chan continues his campaign to conquer the U.S.

  • Music

    March 6, 1997

    The Once and Future Dolemite

    Rudy Ray Moore, the brotherman from another land, is still outta sight

  • Culture

    November 28, 1996

    A Willy Good Time

    New Heights crams the whole of Shakespeare into an evening for laughs, and gets them

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