Matt Damon

Promised Land's Hard Sell

For Matt Damon and company, the message is the message.

The Bourne Legacy

Who's the new guy?

Is O.N.E. Becoming a Houston Rap Folk Hero?

There's a scene in 1997's Good Will Hunting where Matt Damon is talking to Robin Williams about getting beaten as a child. He tells Williams that his foster dad used to lay out things on a table (wrench, belt, etc) and ask which one he wanted to be hit with. Damon said he always chose the wrench. Wh ... More >>

We Bought a Zoo Ticket Giveaway

We Bought a Zoo stars Matt Damon, Thomas Haden Church, Colin Ford, Scarlett Johansson, and Elle Fanning; Cameron Crowe directs. The Houston Press has ten passes to give away for the film We Bought a Zoo. These are passes for four, good any Monday through Thursday, except holidays, at any Houston A ... More >>

Animal House

Oh, don't be such a cynic. Matt Damon needs your love in We Bought a Zoo.

The Film Issue: Team Margaret

Pop Rocks: Matt Damon Should Totally Make That Porno He Talked About.

"The InPORNant!" No?​Matt Damon has always seemed like a pretty personable guy. He comes across as pretty smart, isn't known for being a cad (poor Minnie Driver notwithstanding) or acting like a jackass in public, and generally seems like one of the few celebrities we might actually invite int ... More >>

Clean Out Your Locker, Bring Me Your Playbook: A Championship Tale

Photos by Mikey V​Two months ago, Rocks Off wrote about the less-than-auspicious start of the under-15 football team we have been coaching. Two nights ago, they played in the championship game. It was a remarkable turnaround, really. The coaching staff knew going in that the team was going to ... More >>

Contagion

Steven Soderbergh turns the star-studded Hollywood disaster flick on its head.

Friday: Bun B, Lupe Fiasco & Lola Monroe Hail Trae Day

Photos by Shea Serrano​Trae Day feat. Trae Tha Truth, Bun B, Lupe Fiasco, Lola Monroe, Jay'Ton, Pyrexx, etc. Delmar/Dyer Sports Complex July 22, 2011 5:01 p.m.:Pulling up to the fourth annual Trae Day. Good crowd already. Good. Some immediate questions: First, How long will it be before you ... More >>

The Five Best Talk-Show Guests, Ranked

The new Tom Hanks movie Larry Crowne was a bland bomb, but that's okay: He did publicity for it, and that means showing up on (just about any and all) talk shows as a guest. What makes a good talk-show guest? Someone who understands the dynamic -- you're not having anything close to a real conversa ... More >>

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The 10 Sexiest (Male) Texans Of Our Lifetime

Last week we gave you our 10 Sexiest Texans of Our Lifetime. It was a list that was, admittedly, vagina-biased. We make it up to the people who love guys with this definitive list, which involved more asking around than the first one. Here are, then, the 10 sexiest Texas men of our lives: 10. Sea ... More >>

Another Year

2010 is old news. Here are ten to watch out for in 2011.

Kickass Movies of the Year

Our Ten Favorites from 2010 – including Jackass 3D.

Death by Eastwood

Saint Clint chokes the life out of Hereafter.

Angelina Jole & Salt: Win Free Preview Passes, And Learn Five Less Frenetic (And We're Guessing Better) Spy Movies

Angelina Jolie's big picture -- is she in the "needs a hit" category yet? -- opens this month, and is generally being described as "a female Bourne" or terms like that.Which means plenty of frantic cutting, shaky camera work, pulsing music, CGI explosions and -- well, you know the list of ingredient ... More >>

Green Zone: Win A Free DVD, And Learn Why Matt Damon Is The Best Of The Ocean's 11 Actors

Thank God Brad Pitt didn't star in this​Green Zone, by shaky-cam master Paul Greengrass, is the latest movie to try to buck the trend of box-office poison that is the Iraq War.Many have tried, but even the most celebrated of the Iraq War flicks, The Hurt Locker, wasn't a blockbuster. (Maybe ... More >>

NBC's Thursday Night: A Fond Farewell, For Now

We'll miss you, Mark.​Last night was season-finale night for NBC's comedies, and each show's sendoff matched its overall vibe: Community was strong and mock-conventional; Parks and Recreation was hilarious and engaging; 30 Rock was bittersweet but solid, definitely showing its slight age; and ... More >>

Today's DVDs: The Thrill Of Victory, The Agony Of Valentine's Day

Photo courtesy Warner Bros. Who else was Clint gonna call?​Director Clint Eastwood, actors Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. That powerhouse trio could have chosen to tell just about any story they wanted and made it into an Academy Award worthy film. They chose Invictus, the real-life story o ... More >>

Texas State Rep Goes All Hollywood With Matt Damon

​We expected nothing more than "Bourne in Iraq" from Green Zone, but we were pleasantly surprised. Although the movie didn't delve too far into the juicy tales of utter administration incompetence that the book did, it still delivered a good bit of entertainment and a fair recapping of the WMD sea ... More >>

Mission Finally Accomplished

American hero Matt Damon and his WMD of a movie Green Zone confirm the big lie, Hollywood-style.

All's Well That Ends Well

Not much truth, but plenty of reconciliation in Clint Eastwood's Invictus.

No Exclamation Point Necessary

The Informant! gets cute with massive corporate scandal and blows the story.

The Bourne Ultimatum, December Boys, Interview, Undead or Alive

The Bourne Ultimatum

Amnesiac-spy trilogy culminates in a thrilling Ultimatum

Crackers & Cheese

Sir Lancelot Waves Goodbye, and His Private Parts

Ocean's Thirteen

Ocean's Thirteen is a washed-up threequel. How much you wanna bet Hollywood makes a bundle?

The Big Valley

Like Herding Sheep

De Niro takes a loooong, sloooow look at the history of the CIA

Bait and Switch

A hero of the Hong Kong new wave returns the compliment

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

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Blood for Oil

The brilliant, confounding Syriana digs for a necessary truth

Black Forest

Terry Gilliam returns, with no one but himself to blame

Excess Hollywood

In the season of sequels and Happy Meal toys, '05 may be a pleasant surprise.

More than Music

Hollywood goes Texan at the South By Southwest Film Festival and Conference

Faker's Dozen

A rare superior sequel, Ocean's Twelve entertains with cinematic sleight of hand

Farrelly Mediocre

The idiots what brung you Dumb and Dumber ain't funny no more

Safe, Cracked

The Italian Job, a remake better than the original, is a steal

Take a Hike

Gerry survives nicely on scant dialogue and ample images

Far from Happy

The year's best featured plenty of sad white guys

Bourne Free

Matt Damon plays an assassin searching for his Identity in a film that doesn't dumb you to death

White Stripe Fever

Joy Ride parlays a CB radio prank into genuine highway horror

Better in Pairs

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

Mexican Combo Plate

Billy Bob's adaptation of Pretty Horses mixes together too many ingredients, all of them undercooked

A Snooze Runs Through It

Redford's Bagger Vance substitutes pretty for powerful

Combat Reality

Spielberg desanitizes WWII with the powerful Saving Private Ryan

Down by Law

Even Francis Ford Coppola can't make much of John Grisham