Robin Williams

The 5 Best Things to Eat or Drink This Weekend: Yaki Snack Attack, Arepas at Revival, East Montrose Tour of Homes and Bugs with Brews

Still haven't made plans for the weekend? It's not too late. It's never too late. Carpe diem and whatever else Robin Williams yelled at his English class in that movie where they all stood on their desks as the whitest act of defiance you've ever seen on-screen. Yaki Snack Attack at Grand Prize Bar ... More >>

Is O.N.E. Becoming a Houston Rap Folk Hero?

There's a scene in 1997's Good Will Hunting where Matt Damon is talking to Robin Williams about getting beaten as a child. He tells Williams that his foster dad used to lay out things on a table (wrench, belt, etc) and ask which one he wanted to be hit with. Damon said he always chose the wrench. Wh ... More >>

When The Beach Boys Went To The Movies

The Beach Boys have embarked on a 50th-anniversary reunion tour this year, kicking off the media blitz with a Grammy performance featuring everybody from Maroon 5 to Foster the People. As one of the pioneering rock bands of their era, the Beach Boys made a return to the spotlight that was met with ... More >>

Play It Again, Sam: 10 Artists & Comedians Signed To Casablanca Records

Casablanca Records was a record company started by Neil Bogart -- no relation to the late legendary actor Humphrey Bogart, although Neil was a big Bogie enthusiast and admirer. In the 1970s, Casablanca Records was the go-to label for disco much like Death Row was the go-to place for gangsta rap in t ... More >>

Bumbaklat Hits: Pop's 10 Most Unforgivable Reggae Misappropriations

Can you feel it yet? Don't let all this rain fool you -- Summer is on its way. Sure, that means triple-digit temperatures, mutant mosquitos and Astros-fan apathy, but it also means live music outdoors. And where there's live music outdoors, there is always reggae. It's some kind of rule. Persona ... More >>

Last Night: Girls At Fitzgerald's

Girls, Young Man, Fanfarlo, Unknown Mortal Orchestra Fitzgerald's March 13, 2012 San Francisco's Girls kept it going strong last night, touring in support of their album Father, Son, Holy Ghost. Another vaunted acted of the Pitchfork set, they held up even better live than their 9.3 album prepared ... More >>

For President's Day: The Best Movie Portrayals of 15 Presidents

Portraying presidents on screen is always tricky. Crass imitation makes the thing look like a comedy skit, but completely ignoring the mannerisms and voice that people know doesn't work either. There have been some laughingly inept acting jobs when it comes to the 44 people who have been the countr ... More >>

The Houston Press Underground Rap Awards, Vol. 3

We are 75 percent of the way through with 2011, and somehow it is still unclear: a) Which underground rapper is having the best year; b) Which is the best underground rap song of the year; c) Which underground rapper has had the best verse of the year; d) Which underground rapper will land atop the ... More >>

The Monster at the Door

Jo Koy

Top Five Black Friday Fight Videos

Give it or I'll punch you in the jugular​When you are in a battle for your life, you often resort to scratching and clawing, screaming and yelling. When you are in a fight for a plasma television on Black Friday, well, you'll probably do the same thing. Welcome to Black Friday, America's cele ... More >>

$5 Awesome: The Toys Soundtrack

Rocks Off has picked up some CDs over the years at prices so low we think that it would've been less insulting to the artists if we had stolen them. Some of these have become our favorite albums, and in this column we'll tell you what they are and why! ​For Rocks Off's money, there is no more ... More >>

Despicable Me: Win Free Preview Passes, And See The Five Most Despicable Movie Characters

Despicable Me, starring the voice of Steve Carrell, tells the tale of someone who's very despicable. Truly despicable.On the other hand, the character meets up with a couple of cute kids, and it's a cartoon, so we're guessing there's some redemption in the end.There's no redemption for the following ... More >>

Give Me No Man's Land: 5 Songs For The Fallen

​Today is Memorial Day, and Rocks Off would like to honor our brave and beloved dead as we honor everything - through music. At no time in American history have there not been men and women in life-threatening danger trying to protect us, whether it was a declared war or not. This is a sacrifice w ... More >>

Paycheck Prince

Jake Gyllenhaal goes to the gym, but cannot beef up The Sands of Time.

(Don't) Book 'Em, Dano: 42 Artists Who Have Absolutely No Business Touring Together

​ When Rocks Off received word last week that indie duo The Big Pink was embarking on a 2010 tour with NYC's A Place to Bury Strangers, our initial thought was, "Cool," followed closely by, "Ew." For once, there's a promo poster we really have no desire to see. But then our next thought was, "Coul ... More >>

A Baton Rouge Soap Opera (Starring Sheriff's Deputies) Comes Here

Photo by de*Seems like hurricane evacuees are not the only ones who flee Louisiana to Houston for safety. A Baton Rouge family recently escaped here to get away from the local cops, whom they claim maliciously prosecuted them repeatedly after the family tried to expose corruption at a homeowners ass ... More >>

Slo-Mo Football-Movie Finales: The Top Five

What I’m Thinking About When I Think About Films From the 1980s

Dead Poets Society

Chloe Dao, winner of Project Runway and native Houstonian, introduces the film that inspired her success at the MFAH

Reign Over Me

Adam Sandler plays a 9/11 widower and finally nails a somber role

Voter Fraud

Barry Levinson wags the dog again, but his bark is worse than his bite

Pause and Effect

A truly universal remote leads to Sandler's best movie in years

Jesus Saves

Sarah Silverman speaks the unspeakable. And funny? Oh, hell, yes.

Aboard Game

Zathura sweeps you into its alternate reality

Big Fun, Even Small

Talkin' 'Bot Love

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

Dancing to Death

Nature is noxious in Michele Brangwen's "Black Rain"

The Hustle

Why the biggest deal at Sundance was no big deal at all

Playing On Fear

Spielberg and Hanks spawn a daring new genre: the post-9/11 comedy

My Morning Jacket

It Still Moves (ATO/RCA/BMG)

The Year of Living Dangerously

Cinema 2002 counterbalanced a treacherous world

Best Electrolysis Practioner

Dr. Esta Kronberg

Photo Opportunity

Mark Romanek makes a great bad man of Robin

Sleepless in Alaska

A frazzled Al Pacino tangles with a psychotic Robin Williams in Insomnia

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

A venomous troll and a poofy rhino fight for children's affection in Death to Smoochy

Sly Foxx

He steals Ali, but will Hollywood give Jamie Foxx a shot at the title?

Rave Rules

No one over 25 should be in attendance, but if you are, here's the game plan

Mr. Robotic

Robin Williams wastes his comic talents in the mawkish, mechanical Bicentennial Man

The Witching Hour

Night & Day

September 24 - 30, 1998

Tube Message

Everyman's Jim Carrey examines TV's omnipotence in The Truman Show

The Manic Professor

This antiquated vehicle becomes a showcase for digital effects

Pop, Pop, Fizz, Fizz

In Fathers' Day, Billy Crystal and Robin Williams need some comic relief

Press Picks

Press Picks

They Grow Up Fast

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

Family Values

The Birdcage updates La Cage Aux Folles with some political bite

The Perils of Being Human

Bill Forsyth stumbles on the road to profundity

Mrs. Doubtfire