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Roman Polanski

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    Old News

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    How Quantum of Solace Stacks Up

    As you may have noticed, a new James Bond movie opened last weekend. Sony executives are celebrating Quantum of Solace's $70 million opening - the biggest for any Bond movie - by snorting gold-plated cocaine atop a palanquin borne by castrated former Viacom employees, but we at Hair Balls are qu ... More >>

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    Chinatown

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    Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired Argues the Case...

    Was Polanski a pedophile or merely a patsy?

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    November 8, 2007
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    Polish Film Festival

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    To The Shores Of Tripoli: Five Pirate Movies

    We're not saying the Somali pirates are bad at their job, exactly; just that it doesn't take a lot of skill to take over ships when you're the only guys with guns. They showed the extent of their foresight most recently by hijacking some American ships, thus rousing the sniper-y might of the United ... More >>

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    October 4, 2007

    The Passenger

    MFAH caps off film series with a little Jack

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    The Popcorn King

    Rush Hour 3 director Brett Ratner has been called a fauxteur, a womanizer and, worse, over budget. Why you should take him seriously anyway.

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    August 9, 2007

    Rush Hour 3

    The third time's the guilty pleasure for Tucker and Chan's buddy-cop franchise

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    August 2, 2007

    Knife in the Water

    Roman Polanski’s debut is a thriller

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    April 27, 2006

    Thank Hell for Little Girls

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    Artful Dodging

    Polanski's Oliver Twist misses the grit of Dickens's classic

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    Ghost in the Machinist

    Christian Bale chases phantoms and loses sleep in Brad Anderson's latest

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    March 20, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Christian Bale chases phantoms and loses sleep in Brad Anderson's latest

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    Dead Weight

    Kathryn Bigelow gets Water-logged with too many plots

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    October 18, 2001

    Blood Brothers

    Albert and Allen Hughes deliver a sensuous but grisly message From Hell.

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    December 28, 2000

    Better in Pairs

    Generally a letdown, the year in film offered some well-crafted works that are best viewed as double features

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    November 2, 2000

    Catherine the Great

    Deneuve shows the depth of her talent in Place Vendême

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    Death Done Wrong

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    May 21, 2009

    Summer of Salvation

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  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Remembering 1969, Part 1: Altamont, Rosemary's Baby, Santana at Woodstock and More

    1968 might have been - at least politically - one of the most turbulent years of the '60s. Students rioted left - specifically, the Left Bank in Paris - and right against the war in Vietnam, while back home racial tensions escalated, especially after the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The po ... More >>

  • Film

    August 13, 2009

    Family Business

    Papa Coppola returns, successfully, to the clan in Tetro.

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    We're Not That ACORN, Dammit

    ​They say that any publicity is good publicity, so since KTRH-AM spends 15 hours a day talking about ACORN, it must be a good thing to have a business in Houston named Acorn International, right?Apparently not.Acorn International, which is a consulting firm, has posted a new message on its website ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    Memorial High: Staying Classy As Ever With The Stratford Rivalry

    ​Memorial High, the west-side bastion of education for suburbanites, is riling up the women at the website Jezebel.And with good reason.Someone sent the site a t-shirt apparently produced for their annual game with Stratford: It features two horses (Memorial's teams are the Mustangs) having se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Flashforward, Episode 3

    If nothing else, at least there's eye candy...​Oh, FlashForward. If you were a person, you would be the really eager dyslexic kid who wants to make daddy proud but just can't make the homework make sense. And just like that situation, there's a way to fix the problem and make everything work, ... More >>

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    October 15, 2009
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    February 25, 2010

    Oscar Time

    The 2010 Academy Award-nominated Shorts screen at the Angelika.

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Pop Rocks: With Friends Like These

    ​Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski remains under house arrest in Switzerland, awaiting possible extradition to the United States for fleeing sentencing after pleading guilty to "unlawful sex" with a 13-year old in 1977. His attorneys are, naturally, fighting this possibility, while a numbe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Five Musicians Who Can Help Mel Gibson Reform His Image

    ​Just in case you haven't heard the audio tapes of famed actor/ultra-religious headcase Mel Gibson unleashing slur-filled invective at his wife Oksana Grigorieva, you can listen to them here, but you've got to be warned, it is not even remotely safe for work unless you work in a Neo-Nazi biker ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    Preemo's Flight 713: Houston Underground Rap's Newest Star

    Larami SerranoPreemo at Kobain, 2010 Houston Press Music Awards showcase​Preemo has earned a ton of praise this past year; and rightfully so. Concrete Dreams, his first proper full-length showing, remains to be one of the year's three best Houston rap albums. So when he let loose that he was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    Rock Stars' Troublesome Family and Friends

    ​Wednesday, the NAACP released an extensive, in-depth study of the main six groups which provide the lion's share of support for the infamous Tea Party movement, and the results of their study are not encouraging. It chronicles a great deal of cross-pollination between Tea Party and white supr ... More >>

  • Film

    December 23, 2010

    Karina Longworth's Top Ten Movies of 2010

    ​Wednesday, the NAACP released an extensive, in-depth study of the main six groups which provide the lion's share of support for the infamous Tea Party movement, and the results of their study are not encouraging. It chronicles a great deal of cross-pollination between Tea Party and white supr ... More >>

  • Film

    December 23, 2010

    J. Hoberman's Top Ten Movies of 2010

    ​Wednesday, the NAACP released an extensive, in-depth study of the main six groups which provide the lion's share of support for the infamous Tea Party movement, and the results of their study are not encouraging. It chronicles a great deal of cross-pollination between Tea Party and white supr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Paul Revere & The Raiders: From Batman To Manson

    ​With their bright Revolutionary War-style outfits, tri-cornered hats, and energetic antics, Paul Revere and the Raiders were certainly one of the most visual pop/garage rock bands of the 1960s. But beyond that aspect laid a tight, five-piece combo who notched up a string of hits ("Kicks," "Hu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Purple, Possessed & Pervy: Rock's Top 10 Houses

    harleyslist.blogspot.comJohn Lennon and Yoko Ono in a happy pose in front of their home (and future site of Lennon's assassination).​Celebrity homes will always be a source of fascination, offering a glimpse at the intimate, private side of those who live their lives in the public eye. And it' ... More >>

  • Film

    January 12, 2012

    White People Problems

    The parental rage of brownstone Brooklyn in Carnage.

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