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Sam Raimi

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Pop Rocks: And Now, Your Least Anticipated Movies of 2012

    The end of the year is always a nice time for going to the theater. Studios are desperate to cram anything they want for "awards consideration" into the final two weeks of December, leading to a larger than usual number of thoughtful, well-made films available for your holiday viewing pleasure. Yea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Pop Rocks: The Least Anticipated Movies of 2012

    The end of the year is always a nice time for going to the theater. Studios are desperate to cram anything they want for "awards consideration" into the final two weeks of December, leading to a larger than usual number of thoughtful, well-made films available for your holiday viewing pleasure. Yea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    Unexpected Moments in Houston Theatre 2011

    There are moments in theater when your heart seems to stop and you dare not breathe, lest you miss the power on stage. There are moments when you want to collapse in the aisle with uproarious laughter. And there are moments, usually quieter and often minor, when there is simply the click of recognit ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 27, 2011

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Evil Dead: the Musical, Oliver Twist, The Retreat from Moscow, There Is a Happiness That Morning Is, Wait Until Dark

    There are moments in theater when your heart seems to stop and you dare not breathe, lest you miss the power on stage. There are moments when you want to collapse in the aisle with uproarious laughter. And there are moments, usually quieter and often minor, when there is simply the click of recognit ... More >>

  • Film

    August 11, 2011

    Simian Disobedience

    The making of a monkey activist in Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    Danny Elfman's Ten Greatest Soundtracks

    ​Last Tuesday, Warner Bros. music released a 25th anniversary box set commemorating the orchestral soundtrack work Danny Elfman has done for Tim Burton. Elfman, the former front man for the wonderfully weird art-pop band Oingo Boingo, was first recruited by Burton to score his film Pee Wee's B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    To Get You In The Mood For Summer Movie Season, The Worst Blockbusters Of The '00s

    ​For better or worse, the summer movie season kicks off this weekend with the release of Iron Man 2 (which I believe is a Black Sabbath documentary).It's the time of year when temperatures rise and IQs drop as folks looking for relief from the sweltering heat seek shelter in air-conditioned theate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    The Five Real Reasons Spider-Man 4 Won't Happen

    ​I imagine most of you are aware of the sad news by now, but just in case you hadn't heard, Spider-Man 4 isn't happening: A few days after script issues pushed it off the May 2011 calendar, Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios announced today that Spider-Man 4 ain't gonna happen at all, and that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    Win A Drag Me To Hell DVD By Telling Me Why The Hell I Should Watch It

    ​Drag Me To Hell got some of the most stunning reviews of the year. Check out Metacritic's page: The Los Angeles Times said the movie "does everything we want a horror film to do: It is fearsomely scary, wickedly funny and diabolically gross." Entertainment Weekly said director Sam Raimi "has made ... More >>

  • Film

    May 28, 2009

    Heaven Can Wait

    Hell is much more fun. Sam Raimi is back with Drag Me to Hell.

  • Culture

    May 21, 2009

    Summer of Salvation

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

  • News

    December 25, 2008

    Best Films of 2008

    Looking back at Che, The Dark Knight, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire, Wall-E and many others, and looking ahead to 2009

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2008

    When Trees Attack: In Movies & Real Life

    Looking back at Che, The Dark Knight, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire, Wall-E and many others, and looking ahead to 2009

  • Home Entertainment

    August 9, 2007

    Elvis Is Everywhere

    Looking back at Che, The Dark Knight, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire, Wall-E and many others, and looking ahead to 2009

  • Home Entertainment

    May 24, 2007

    Good Clean Smut

    Looking back at Che, The Dark Knight, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire, Wall-E and many others, and looking ahead to 2009

  • Film

    May 3, 2007

    Spider-Man 3

    Overstuffed plot, empty action ruin Spidey's run

  • Film

    February 8, 2007

    Message Bored

    Hollywood ho-hum horror keeps ripping off the best, turning out the worst

  • Film

    May 4, 2006

    Only in America

    A chilling real-life ghost story yields another Hollywood horror

  • Film

    August 4, 2005

    G'Dead, Mate

    Zombies rise again, this time from down under

  • Calendar

    June 30, 2005

    Explosive Action

    Get a bang for your buck this Fourth of July

  • Film

    June 16, 2005

    Bat Cave-In

    The Dark Knight's origin story can't overcome its Baleful side

  • Film

    March 17, 2005

    Mad About It

    Costner and Allen are the upside of The Upside of Anger

  • Film

    October 21, 2004

    Attack of the Clones

    The ghosts of Takashi Shimizu's Ju-On series return -- again -- in The Grudge

  • Film

    September 23, 2004

    Dead Good

    Shaun of the Dead revives the zombie comedy with a U.K. twist

  • Film

    July 1, 2004

    Run, Do Not Crawl

    Spider-Man swings in this touching, thrilling sequel

  • Music

    August 21, 2003

    Dwele

    Subject, Virgin

  • Culture

    August 14, 2003

    For Love of the Game

    Kevin Costner doesn't make friends. He makes movies, dang it.

  • Film

    February 20, 2003

    The Devil You Know

    This comic book adaptation may be gritty, but Ben Affleck isn't

  • Film

    February 13, 2003

    Bloody Hell

    Daredevil is a grown-up adaptation, but still too two-dimensional

  • Film

    January 2, 2003

    The Year of Living Dangerously

    Cinema 2002 counterbalanced a treacherous world

  • Culture

    July 11, 2002

    Fight Club

    When it comes to producing movies, it's a fine art (or Art Linson)

  • Film

    May 2, 2002

    World Wide Web

    Spider-Man does whatever a spider can and much more

  • Culture

    February 7, 2002

    Flame On

    Out of financial and creative bankruptcy, Marvel Comics is mighty once more

  • Culture

    June 28, 2001

    Chin Up

    Bruce Campbell knows why bad movies happen to great actors

  • Film

    February 15, 2001

    Damning with Faint Praise

    Keanu Reeves, the low-wattage movie star, somehow makes Sweet November easier to watch

  • Film

    July 13, 2000

    Whistlin' Trixie

    You'll lap it up as the title character in Alan Rudolph's quirky comedy trips over her own tongue

  • Culture

    July 13, 2000

    Win, Lose, or Draw

    Or: How do you bring a comic book to life without killing a superhero?

  • Calendar

    July 6, 2000

    Evil Dead Cabaret

    Creation Entertainment's Salute to Star Trek, Sci-fi, and Xena

  • Film

    September 16, 1999

    Solid Delivery

    Costner scores by striking out the schmaltz

  • Film

    April 29, 1999

    Hands Up

    Ganja, gore and good humor the fun's back in a horror flick

  • Film

    January 21, 1999

    Wonderfully Wicked

    A Simple Plan spins gold from stark greed

  • Film

    December 31, 1998

    Eight for '98

    A Simple Plan spins gold from stark greed

  • Film

    November 26, 1998

    Very Bad It Is

    Berg's sour script kills off suspense as well as a stripper

  • Film

    February 16, 1995

    Dead Bang

    Gonzo Western The Quick and the Dead is ludicrously entertaining

  • Film

    December 1, 1994

    Friends and Fantasy

    Adolescent girls, murder, a kingdom of dreams: these are the ties that bind

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