Michael Douglas

Steven Hotze and William Rea, Sitting in a Tree…

Six Degrees of Charlie Wilson’s War

Miss Pop Rocks Has the Flu

Five Movie Presidents Worse Than W.

The In-(F)laws

This Douglas-Brooks remake is bigger and broader, but not better

Extended Labor

Martha Coolidge and Geena Davis are slow to develop the promise of Angie

Hot and Bothersome

Though hooey on harassment, Disclosure knows how to entertain

The Year in Film

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

Going Down

Air Force One nose-dives into an ocean of ennui

Losing It

All work and no play make this a gloomy Game

Closet Case

In & Out goes both ways -- funny and funnier

Is She Really The "Heidi Fleiss of Houston"?

Photo courtesy HCSOSometimes one flip remark transforms things.One Houston cop calls a woman "The Heidi Fleiss of Houston," and the media goes nuts (Hey, including us.)But we're really not convinced Debbie Turbiville is up to Heidi Fleiss's standards.Until we see Joel Osteen's name on a credit-card ... More >>

The King of Kong, Monty Python's Life of Brian: The Immaculate Edition, King of California, Automatons

Photo courtesy HCSOSometimes one flip remark transforms things.One Houston cop calls a woman "The Heidi Fleiss of Houston," and the media goes nuts (Hey, including us.)But we're really not convinced Debbie Turbiville is up to Heidi Fleiss's standards.Until we see Joel Osteen's name on a credit-card ... More >>

Grace Is Gone

A Marine mom dies in Iraq

The Brave One

Leaping thugs in a single bound, our Brave leading lady takes back the night

Black Book

Back home in Holland, Paul Verhoeven uses his basic instincts to craft a slick Holocaust thriller

Freeloader

You, Me and Dupree overstays its welcome

The Kids in America

When the working day is done, Molly & the Ringwalds just want to have fun

Back Door to History

Thank J.R. Quinn for the gay celebrations

Kill Shot

Neil Burger fabricates Kennedy's Assassin, and he's mostly on target

Can't Buy a Thrill

Don't Say a Word has the budget, but not the brains, to chill us

Object of Desire

Liv Tyler toys with the tongue-hanging boys in One Night at McCool's

War Games

With Traffic, Steven Soderbergh takes an unblinking look at America's drug policies

Better in Pairs

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

The Man of Ink

Creator of Wonder Boys and supermen, Michael Chabon is a literary hero

Writer's Blah

Wonder Boys, an insipid tale about a depressed author, could use a few more exclamation points

The Haunting in Rhode Island

Matthew McConaughey is scary bad in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.

For National Boss Day: The Five Most Misundrestoor Bosses In The Movies

It's National Boss Day, because apparently getting more weeks of vacation, a higher salary, and an actual office with privacy isn't enough. You can be forgiven if it slipped your mind. After all, you were probably busy using the phone in your cramped, depressing cubicle to argue semi-publicly with ... More >>

Game Time: Cranking Up The Skank-O-Meter, Your 2009 Boggsies

​It's December 23, and thus 'tis the season of "Best Of..." lists and "[fill in noun here] of the Year" rundowns. Bonus points for any year ending in the number 9 because that means we also get (drum roll please)....DECADE LISTS!! I am a total sucker for stuff like this; it's mindless, it's pointl ... More >>

Meet The Rhodes Kids, Houston's Mobbed-Up '70s Family Band

​The early 70's was a glorious time for the "family showband." The Cowsills started it all a few years earlier, and the lifestyle was soon immortalized on the screen by the fictionalized Partridge Family. But for every group like the Osmonds or the Jackson 5, there were dozens of others, perha ... More >>

Wall Street Bailout

Stone's sequel lets the bad guys off easy.

Photobombs Through the Ages

The pinnacle of modern-day photobombing​Photobombing might have reached its peak at the Golden Globes when Michael Douglas PB'd his way into a picture with his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angelina Jolie. The phenomenon has become popular on the internet, of course, and as with everything el ... More >>

Pop Rocks: By the Dumb's Early Light

Apu chose an alternate path to citizenship​There's a scene in The American President -- Aaron Sorkin's pre-West Wing exercise in wishful liberalism -- when President Shepherd (Michael Douglas) describes America as "advanced citizenship." It's a nice thought, especially in the fantastical conte ... More >>

Pop Rocks: Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Gina Carano

Who doesn't love a woman with an Uzi? Oh, right: the Palestinians.​Steve Soderbergh, the director of Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Traffic, and The Limey has always had an experimental streak. This has come out particularly in recent years, with a remake of Solaris, something called The Girlfriend ... More >>

Odd Couple

She fights like a guy, he grooms like a girl: Gina Carano and Channing Tatum make a good match in Haywire.

Girl Fight

Steven Soderbergh and his MMA star make impact with Haywire.