Owen Wilson

Miss Pop Rocks: Memo to Larry King: Retire

Totally Commercial: Super Bowl Color Commentary with Miss Pop Rocks

Lives at the Crosswalk

Snore War

Owen Wilson goes down Behind Enemy Lines and lands in familiar terrain

Book Review: The Longest, Dullest Trip Home

Owen Wilson goes down Behind Enemy Lines and lands in familiar terrain

Ready for Takeoff

Wes Anderson's Bottle Rocket is a whimsical delight

Sssssssucks

Wes Anderson's Bottle Rocket is a whimsical delight

All Climax

Feeling is forgotten in hard-sell Armageddon

Trouble in Tinseltown

Permanent Midnight parades another too-hip heroin addict

School Ties

Permanent Midnight parades another too-hip heroin addict

Rushmore or Less

Murray tries to rescue a comedy stalled in self-importance

Voodoo Child: He Ain't Not Heavy

Exploring the phenomenon of the lesser showbiz brother

Always a Bridesmaid

Skirt-chasing Vince Vaughn is Wedding Crashers' master of ceremonies

Justice League: The New Frontier, The Darjeeling Limited, Death at a Funeral, Beowulf: Director's Cut

Skirt-chasing Vince Vaughn is Wedding Crashers' master of ceremonies

The Year In Film

Judd Apatow's pretty good year and much more

The Wendell Baker Story

Wendell Baker is a dysfunctional Wilson family affair

Burning the Yule Log

Wendell Baker is a dysfunctional Wilson family affair

The Edge of the Spotlight

Trouble for "Texas Troubadour" Chris Knudson

Unreal Estate

Cartoon kids poke around Spielberg's Monster House

Freeloader

You, Me and Dupree overstays its welcome

Kickin' the Tires

Pixar's latest is no lemon, but it does have that used-Cars smell

Oh, Grow Up

Failure is McConaughey's perfect movie, and a pretty good one for us

Festival Crashers

A film fest descends on the Capital City

Grizzly Fate

He loved filming bears in the wild. The bears had other plans.

Lt. Nanny

Vin Diesel moves in, and the laughs move out

Sea of Loathe

Wes Anderson takes Bill Murray out to sea and strands him there

Constricted

A PG-13 rating squeezes the life out of Anacondas

switchfoot

No matter what you call 'em, they're headlining the Music Awards

Hutch Ado About Nothing

No obvious joke goes untouched in this so-so TV show remake

Free Will

Another SNL vet may be the next Bill Murray. Seriously.

Vanity Fare

Ray Liotta wants to know why he loses roles to...Owen Wilson?

End of the Road

Trio is the network where great shows go to die, and so much more

Fly Spy

Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson's cash-in pays off

In the Company of Moles

De Niro is an ex-CIA man who grills his daughter's fiancé in the cinematic sitcom Meet the Parents

The Final Cut

DVDs pull back the curtain on the movies, but do you really want to see the Wizard?

Minus a Plus

First-rate acting elevates this film beyond its familiar plot

Pop Rocks: New Blood For Hollywood. Please

​I used to review movies (over here, if you care), an endeavor I had to quit for a variety of reasons: my hectic neurosurgery rotation, for one, as well as the increasing physical demands of the new Mrs. Vonder Haar, Carla Gugino. But among the non-imaginary factors influencing my decision was the ... More >>

What's Wrong with Wes Anderson?

A decade after Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums, Generation Y's anointed auteur tries for a comeback with Fantastic Mr. Fox.

SUMMER GUIDE: (100) Days of Summer Movies

Enjoy the great indoors!

10 Sequels That Don't Need To Happen

Please god, no...​For those who've been pining for the return of the "Blue Steel" and the "Magnum," your patience is about to be rewarded: Ben Stiller is dead in the middle of promoting "Little Fockers," out Dec. 22, but he's already got his eye on yet another sequel: "Zoolander 2." Stiller ... More >>

No, Really, How?

Learning to say what you mean and mean what you say in How Do You Know.

The Gang's All Here

But the Focker franchise has seen better days.

The Ten Worst Movies of 2011...In Advance

Oh, don't act surprised.​2011 is barely out of the oven and I'm already filled with dread. Could it be the fact I've spent the entire year so far coughing up chunks of green lung tissue? That I've finally despaired of ever finding a writing gig that doesn't involve "Lady Gaga sex tape" Google ... More >>

Adios "Age Of Aquarius": A Zodiac Realignment Playlist

​If Twitter is good for one thing, it's the immediate and rapid dispersal of breaking news. If Twitter is good for two things, it's that, plus the immediate and rapid dispersal of whatever trumped-up rumor, lie, or fakery that manages to draw the ire of the millions of poor saps reading along ... More >>

Hall Pass

The Farrellys fulfill their raunch and goo quotients.

The Film Issue: People of the Year

The Farrellys fulfill their raunch and goo quotients.

The Film Issue

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

All Retro Everything: This Week In Houston Rap Videos

​Ah, rappers and music videos. Some are vehicles for self-promotion, others are tools used to promote a message, a gaggle of asses or some good ol' wholesome debauchery. In the case of the Houston rap class, music videos are always eye opening glimpses into the future, either telling what a ta ... More >>