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Little People, Big World

Tiny hidden humans meet the neighbors in Arrietty.

Pop Rocks: Your KIds Probably Hate The Muppets

Don't even bother.​We had some friends over Saturday night, those with children brought theirs, because when you're my age and you want to interact with your age cohort, it's easier to just throw all the rugrats into a room filled with toys and books and let them Battle Royale it out rather th ... More >>

5 Most Needless Song Updates

We got into rock journalism from being a local musician, so we understand both sides of the industry pretty well. We've recorded songs that later-on we wish we'd done very differently, and the temptation to go back and re-try for perfection can be very overpowering. Take it from us, though, do not f ... More >>

Reviews For The Easily Distracted:
Beauty And The Beast 3D

Title: Beauty and the Beast 3D Hey, This Movie's 20 Years Old, What Gives? It's 3D, nimrod. That's, like...a whole new movie. Rating Using Random Objects Relevant To The Film: Four-and-a-half Gaston chins out of five. Brief Plot Synopsis: A New York cosmetologist mistakenly thought to be a scie ... More >>

4 Songs About the Frozen Head of Walt Disney

ZliKiSm​45 years ago one of the men who shaped the world in his image forever passed on. Walt Disney, innovator, animator, and imaginer, lost the battle with lung cancer. Disney left behind him a legacy of theme parks, cartoons, musicals, technological marvels and an institution of family ente ... More >>

Cute Alert: Lucky Dog Rescue's 4th Annual Gingerbread Doghouse Fundraiser

Photo by Stuart RosenbergThe winning Lucky Dog Gingerbread House, by Julie Busch-Johnson and Liz Sanford Westwood Country Club​Some events just make you go "Aww," or in the case of the Lucky Dog Rescue Gingerbread Doghouse Charity Competition, "P-aww." The popular fourth annual event took plac ... More >>

Pop Rocks: How Does The Lion King Stand Up Among Recent Disney Releases?

Hail to the king...of the box office.​Box office analysts were a bit puzzled by the haul taken in by The Lion King 3D last weekend. The 1994 film was given the three-dimensional treatment and released to the tune of almost $30 million, beating both Contagion and fellow openers Drive ($11 milli ... More >>

Shuttle Atlantis: Its 10 Weirdest Mission Patches

In May, as it prepared to take off, we offered a list of the five coolest mission patches of the shuttle Endeavour. We wish we could do the same for the Atlantis, scheduled tentatively to go up on the last shuttle mission Friday, but it appears the ship did not provide as much inspiration as the En ... More >>

2010 Academy Award Nominated Short Films

In May, as it prepared to take off, we offered a list of the five coolest mission patches of the shuttle Endeavour. We wish we could do the same for the Atlantis, scheduled tentatively to go up on the last shuttle mission Friday, but it appears the ship did not provide as much inspiration as the En ... More >>

My Dog Tulip

In May, as it prepared to take off, we offered a list of the five coolest mission patches of the shuttle Endeavour. We wish we could do the same for the Atlantis, scheduled tentatively to go up on the last shuttle mission Friday, but it appears the ship did not provide as much inspiration as the En ... More >>

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 >>

Kickass Movies of the Year

Our Ten Favorites from 2010 – including Jackass 3D.

Rapunzel Takes a Haircut

Disney's latest looks and feels great, so why is the studio selling Tangled short?

Silly Me

The childish, funny, 3-D delights of Despicable Me.

Toys Are Us

In its third installment, Pixar's juggernaut turns morose.

SUMMER GUIDE: (100) Days of Summer Movies

Enjoy the great indoors!

A Work By Brooke Bartholomew Of Friendswood May Be The Face Of Google For A Day

Courtesy Google"Repairing All the World's Breaks"​ Your Google searches may soon start with artwork from a Friendswood eighth-grader.Brooke Bartholomew is one of 40 finalists out of 33,000 contestants, and she's getting a free trip to Google's New York headquarters out of the deal.You want her to ... More >>

Disney on Ice: Let's Celebrate

M-I-C-K-E-Y...

Pop Rocks: Golden Bozos

You know awards season is in full swing when all the celebrities converge upon the Beverly Hilton to get drunk and act like receiving an award from the same organization that once honored Pia Zadora is something to be proud of.That's right, it was Golden Globes night last Sunday. And while the just ... More >>

Year in Film: Three Critics, One List, Ten Best

J. Hoberman, Robert Wilonsky and Scott Foundas put their minds together and come up with their favorite films of the year. Let's hear it for teamwork!

A Report From The Houston Film Critics Awards

Last Saturday at the Museum of Fine Arts' Brown Auditorium, the Houston Film Critics Society (of which yours truly is a member) held its third annual awards ceremony. It was a star-studded affair, if you consider the presence of one star sufficient to use the term.Here's a list of the winners:Best ... More >>

This Week In Deliciousness

MEATSPLOSION!​ Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where we've finally secured the patent on sourdough incense. This week started off with a bang, when Greenway Barista slammed the Luling City Market on Richmond, which is actually unaffiliated with the actual market in ... More >>

The Remaining Summer Blockbusters: Who Will Win, Who Will Lose

The "official" start of summer -- two weeks' worth of upper-90 degree temps notwithstanding -- isn't until this Sunday. For Hollywood however, the summer blockbuster season kicked off in May with the release of Wolverine.In the ensuing month-and-a-half, we've had some box office successes (Star Trek ... More >>

Grounded

Up soars in entirely unexpected ways.

Summer of Salvation

The Terminator is back. Plus lots of other movies we can't wait to see this season.

Leashed Lightning in Bolt

Disney's latest toon is a starry dog story

Ike Kicks Disney In His Frozen Head

Disney's latest toon is a starry dog story

Visual Overload at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston

"Design Life Now" showcases some interesting items — if you have the patience to find them

Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week

"Design Life Now" showcases some interesting items — if you have the patience to find them

Ratatouille

Brad Bird does it again; health inspectors everywhere shaken to their core

Burning the Yule Log

Brad Bird does it again; health inspectors everywhere shaken to their core

The Metamorphosis

Boy turns bug in redemptive kiddie-lit adaptation

Kickin' the Tires

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

Pluck Off

That's not the sky falling, just Disney's Chicken Little

Big Fun, Even Small

That's not the sky falling, just Disney's Chicken Little

Comic Relief

It ain't quite Fantastic, but it'll do in a pinch

Animal Crackers

Plot-light Madagascar still manages clever gags for grown-ups

John Davis, with Sam Ashworth

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Talkin' 'Bot Love

Like Big Fish for little kids, Robots works hard to please everyone

Super, Ordinary

These heroes may be Incredibles, but they're also normal

Undersea No Evil

Parents, take heart: Finding Nemo is better than the average Disney toon

Old News

Reissues dominated, but an international crop of films yielded a good harvest

Joystick Cinema

It's man vs. machinima when video games become, ahem, movies

Frozen Dinner

In Ice Age, three mammals and a baby get warmed over

Boo Who?

Monsters, Inc. opens the door to a world so good it's scary

Building on Perfection

As funny and flawless as the original, Toy Story 2 suffers only from being second in line

Far East Epic

Princess Mononoke struggles with evil and English adaptation

Eight for '98

Princess Mononoke struggles with evil and English adaptation

Fantastic Antics

A Bug's Life brings out the best of Pixar's new breed