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Happy Birthday, Proclaimers! 5 Songs That AREN'T "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"

It's likely that all you know of The Proclaimers is their single American hit, "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)." Not that that is necessarily a bad thing. After all, that song is completely awesome, and if it's good enough to send off David Tennant from Doctor Who, then it is good enough for the likes of ... More >>

Thieves Stealing UPS Packages: Five Things They Won't Want When They Open Them

According to a report from KHOU, neighbors in midtown caught two men stealing UPS packages and called police, who arrested them. By the looks of the video -- and knowing the area -- these were probably homeless men looking for something they could pawn. Given the time of year, it's not uncommon to h ... More >>

KAB Tha Don Knows Children's Movies

Tonight, KAB tha Don, monsterly dignitary, will host a mixer celebrating the release of his first proper mixtape, Bully On The Beat, at SF2 North (215 W. Greens Rd). Now, KAB is nothing short of a Houston Press fan favorite. He is big and mean and, should he choose to be, hyperintimidating. His men ... More >>

5 Origin Stories We'd Rather See Than Puss in Boots

Shrek spin-off Puss in Boots debuted at number one its opening weekend and has continued to dominate the box office ever since. Although much worse films have had that honor (lookin' at you, Paul Blart Mall Cop), we must still ask -- really? This makes the fifth film of the Shrek genus and while Boo ... More >>

Why Do Mexican Business Owners Hire People Dressed as Shrek to Advertise Their Business?

And why do Mexicans Want to Redistrict Political Boundaries in their Favor?

And Now, the Least Anticipated Movies of Fall/Winter 2011

​Pop Rocks will return Thursday. The fall/winter movie season kicked off last weekend as Contagion dominated the box office (the highly touted Warrior, not so much). I've already covered, in some depth, those releases coming up in the remainder of 2011 that might merit a closer look. We learn ... More >>

Mesrine (Part 1 & 2)

Ten Songs We Are Sick Of Hearing At Football Games

Take that Crazy Train right on out of here, Ozzy. Thanks.​That sound you heard Sunday was the collective shattering of the playoff hopes of thousands of Houston Texans fans as the team suffered yet another home loss, this time against the hapless San Diego Chargers, bringing their record to 4- ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Madame Butterfly, Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up, Shrek the Musical

Shrek the Musical

You've got to look past the green ogre outside to find the hero inside

Broadway Film Series: Shrek

It isn't easy being green - and ugly to boot

4 Summer-Movie Soundtracks We Already Hate

​Last week, we told you of some upcoming summer-movie soundtracks that look like they're going to be fantastic. If positivity is your thing, go read that article. This one is going to be all about the upcoming soundtracks that make us wince so hard it feels like someone's chopping our balls with a ... More >>

Hey, Broadway Across America Subscribers -- You Might Be Getting Crummier Seats This Year

​Subscribers to the Broadway Across America series began getting their renewal notices for the 2010-11 season this past weekend, and at least one of them isn't happy."I've had the same seat for four years, and now I find that I'm getting moved eight rows back," says Valerie Gordon. "It's not a ver ... More >>

Blog Stars

Ten local sites that rock our world

Pop Rocks: Why 2010 Is Going To Suck, Pt. 1

I know I'm not the only person who feels like high-fiving everyone at the end of the holiday season, heady with the triumph of having survived another two weeks of forced jocularity, awkward family moments, bad TV, and worse music. The new year, with it's promise of fresh opportunities to screw up a ... More >>

The Best and Worst Christmas Specials of All Time

Every winter brings the onslaught of family tension, shopping, and that most American of pastimes, the Christmas special. They're typically half an hour, though they can be longer, and they often take characters from an already-established world and run them through the gauntlet of festivities surro ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: The Elixir of Love, Little Shop of Horrors, Mary Poppins, The Rocky Horror Show

Pop Rocks: Tips For Strip-Mining Our Childhoods

​Spike Jonze's live-action version of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are led the box office this weekend, grossing over $32 million. Last month, another children's book adaptation, Sony Pictures' version of Judi and Ron Barrett's Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, scored similar numbers f ... More >>

Is It Just Me, Or Does The New Eddie Murphy Film Look Terrible?

I have this vague memory of being a kid and watching Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood on Saturday Night Live. There was Eddie Murphy, making serious fun of my childhood idol Mr. Rogers by creating a freaky, parallel universe where Mr. Robinson could joke freely about his wife leaving him ("I'm so glad t ... More >>

DreamWorks, In Your Face: Monsters vs. Aliens

In this latest round of effects vs. storytelling, effects win. Big.

Capsule Stage Reviews: Beauty and the Beast, A Fertle Holiday, The Nutcracker, Sunshine Boys

My Neighbor Totoro

Rice screens the only film to warm hearts and pop eyes at both Troma and Disney

Julie Andrews

Acting royalty Dame Julie is the latest to appear in the Brilliant Lecture series

Enchanted

Fairy-tale land and the real world collide to no good end in Enchanted

Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week

The Princess Bride, Killer of Sheep, Innocence, La Vie en Rose

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Cate camps it up for Queen Hard with a Vengeance

Shrek the Third

Third time's the charmless for Shrek franchise

A Guide to Being Cool

Stuff you need to know this week to avoid musical ostracism

Same Old Story

Sequels, prequels and threequels headline Hollywood 2007

Our top DVD picks for the week of March 7

Lion in Winter

C.S. Lewis's world comes to life in The Chronicles of Narnia

Bird Droppings

Disney's Valiant effort never leaves the hangar

Animal Crackers

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

Horse Senseless

Racing Stripes is strictly for kids. More precisely, it's not for them either.

Fahrenheit 2004

Remembering the movies that heated up cinemas this year

Flirt for the Cure

Peddling flesh in the fight against cancer

USA-holes

Team America takes no prisoners and spares no swear words

Floundering

Cruel, vapid and unfunny, this Shark bites

Nice Pussy

A killer cat steals a wonderful movie

Oral Surgery

Reconstructing Smash Mouth

Depp's of the Sea

In Johnny and the crew's slick and handsome Pirates of the Caribbean, more is somehow less

Fly Spy

Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson's cash-in pays off

Tapeheads

Gore Verbinski and Naomi Watts throw their hats into The Ring

Poi Dog Pondering

She beats the crap out of a white girl. He wants to destroy San Francisco. Together they are Lilo & Stitch.

Frozen Dinner

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

Losin' It

A host of first-timers lit up the screen in 2001

Boo Who?

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

Declawed

Cats & Dogs is all bark and no bite

Mouse Bait

Shrek plunders the Magic Kingdom for empty laughs