Michael Fassbender

2012 Summer Guide: Summer Movie Preview

Reviews For The Easily Distracted:
Haywire

Title: Haywire So Is Gina Carano The Next Big Action Star? She certainly has the acting chops for it. Uhhh... Exactly. Rating Using Random Objects Relevant To The Film: Two-and-a-half Jean Claude Van Dammes doing the splits out of five. Brief Plot Synopsis: Private security operative is betray ... More >>

Girl Fight

Steven Soderbergh and his MMA star make impact with Haywire.

Golden Bozos: Your "Official" Live Blog For The 69th Golden Globes

I know, we're all bummed out the Texans lost. But since you've been drinking anyway, you might as well crack open another one and sit through the one awards show even the People's Choice Awards can look down its nose at. I'll be updating this entry throughout the broadcast, so refresh often and try ... 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 >>

Houston Film Critics Society: Best of 2011

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 >>

Free for All: Art Without a Price Tag

We've had a couple of days to recover from all of those holiday parties, and we're already looking forward to this weekend's offerings. Here are a few of the events on our list. On Friday, we'll be stopping by the "Joseph Cohen: Fatto in Italia" opening at Wade Wilson Art. Cohen, part of the Conc ... More >>

What Do Men Want

The birth of psychoanalysis in A Dangerous Method.

The Film Issue: People of the Year

The birth of psychoanalysis in A Dangerous Method.

The Film Issue

Looking back on the year in movies, and what's coming in 2012.

Body Horror

Extreme sex addiction in Shame.

Reviews for the Easily Distracted:
Shame

Title: Shame What Is He Ashamed Of? Not walking around naked, I tell you what. Rating Using Random Objects Relevant To The Film: Four JFKs out of five. Brief Plot Synopsis: NYC sex addict's life of meaningless fornicating is interrupted by the arrival of his possibly unhinged sister. Tagline: ... More >>

Your 2011 Fall/Winter Movie Preview - Part 2

​You know the drill: the fall movie season starts today, my pretties (my review of Contagion will be up soon...there's a reason it didn't make the preview). Yesterday we covered the first half of 2011's most anticipated upcoming releases, determined through a rigorous scientific analysis consi ... More >>

Gothic Type

A new adaptation of Jane Eyre stresses the pursuit of independence.

SUMMER GUIDE: (100) Days of Summer Movies

Enjoy the great indoors!

Fifteen and Pissed: Newcomer Katie Jarvis's Fish Tank

Newcomer Katie Jarvis's teen misfit swims upstream in Fish Tank.

Quentin's Final Solution!

In a triumph of his will, Tarantino makes Holocaust revisionism ridiculously fun in Inglourious Basterds.

Shots in the Dark

Reflecting its moment, Cannes 2008 takes a decidedly serious tone

Shots in the Dark

Reflecting its moment, Cannes 2008 takes a decidedly serious tone