Roald Dahl

Top 5 Grocery Products I Wish Existed In Real Life

In a world that contains dulce de leche Cheerios, peppermint patty-flavored coffee creamer and vegan mayonnaise, it's hard to imagine needing, let alone wanting, greater variety in foodstuffs. Yet still I do. Here are my top products I wish actually could be bought in a supermarket. 5. Cashew Butte ... More >>

5 Fictional Foods That I Wish Were Real

As a child, I dreamed of diving head first into Roald Dahl's famous chocolate river. As an adult, I still do. Every. Single. Day. Here are five other Fictional Foods That I Wish Were Real (in no particular order because truly, I want them all):

Daniel Handler/Lemony Snicket

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows

Johnny Depp plays a vampire family-man

The 5 Dirtiest Lines from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Like a lot of kids, I grew up watching Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory all year round -- but especially during the holidays. The movie is, to me, the best adaptation of a Roald Dahl book so far (just barely ahead of Matilda, of course). Gene Wilder plays the manic Willy Wonka with that perfect ... More >>

Save Ferris: Pop-Culture Origins Of 16 Famous Band Names

Groovehouse​This one's for the pop-culture junkies. For those who, like us, are tickled by all forms of pop media, whether it be literature, film or music... this list encompasses them all. A surprisingly high quantity of bands have named themselves after books, songs, and films; some are obvi ... More >>

Top Five Food-Themed Children's Books

​With a glut of adult food memoirs on the market, it's easy to forget that some children's book rank among the best culinary literature. Here are my Top Five Food-Themed Children's Books. 5. Stone Soup (Marcia Brown). A wonderful lesson in collective cooking, Stone Soup recounts how visiting ... More >>

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Sweets for the not-so-sweet

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.

What a Fox

Wes Anderson brings his Wes Anderson-ness to animation — and it's a fantastic fit.

Coraline in Wonderland

Things are not as they seem in Henry Selick's stunning stop-motion fairy tale

For Groundhog Day -- The Five Best Movie Rodents

February 2 marks that special days in Western civilization, in which we commemorate the mystical powers of a being emerging from a hole in the ground. No, I'm not talking about Easter, but rather Groundhog Day. And what better way to mark the annual resurrection of Punxsutawney Phil then listing som ... More >>

He's a Peach

Get Set Go

Saturday, April 8, at Helios, 411 Westheimer, 713-526-4648

Heavenly Hag

Emma Thompson's Nanny McPhee becomes a thing of beauty

Fire Flies

The fourth Harry Potter rushes through its paces

Chocolate Kisses

Thanks to Depp and Burton, Willy Wonka just got weirder

Sour Lemony

Jim Carrey is in fine form, but the rest of Snicket is less fortunate

By the Wayside

This weird school will wow kids

Independents' Day

WorldFest is back with the best films you've never heard of

Planet of the Ape

Monkeybone drops you into a surreal world overrun by your worst simian nightmares

Toy Story

The creators of Chicken Run find a little soul in a lump of clay

Greed is Good

Veruca Salt would like it all. If not now, then eventually.

They Grow Up Fast

Matilda is a girl wise beyond her years; Jack, a boy trapped in a man's body

Beat the Heat!

1996 Summer Guide