Steven Spielberg

The 3 Best Musician/Wrestling Tag Teams

The world of wrestling and the world of music have an awful lot in common. You've got you over-the-top characters, the lights, the spectacle, the flashy costumes and choreography. (See this, in fact.) Pretty much the only thing separating them are the injuries, and depending on the rock show not eve ... More >>

Pop Rocks: Why Was I Not Informed of Halle Berry's Straight-to-DVD Shark Attack Movie?

It isn't often (well, not often enough) that a movie comes along that combines two of my favorite things. In the case of Dark Tide -- debuting On Demand March 8 and on DVD March 30 -- those things would be great white sharks and Halle Berry in a bikini. Why yes, there is a synopsis: Kate (Halle Ber ... More >>

Pop Rocks: George, We'll Always Have The Star Wars Holiday Special

After much soul searching and agonizing (and in no way an attempt to drum up publicity in advance of his new movie), George Lucas has decided to retire from big budget movies: George Lucas's cinematic tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen, Red Tails, opens in theaters on Friday, and it might be the last ... More >>

Golden Bozos: Your "Official" Live Blog For The 69th Golden Globes

I know, we're all bummed out the Texans lost. But since you've been drinking anyway, you might as well crack open another one and sit through the one awards show even the People's Choice Awards can look down its nose at. I'll be updating this entry throughout the broadcast, so refresh often and try ... More >>

We Want to Dine with These Five Dead Famous People

Consummate hostess: Dolley Madison.​5. Dolley Madison. Forget about Martha Stewart. As First Lady, Madison took the role of hostess to a whole new level, earning accolades for her brilliant dress, witty conversation, and terrific dinner menus. And she had moxie as well domestic graces: She off ... More >>

Leadbelly's "Midnight Special" Prison in Sugar Land Closing (Although It Might Not Be the Prison He "Wrote" It in)

Texas legislators are likely to agree to closing the century-old Central Unit prison in Sugar Land, mostly because it sits on land near the airport that can be developed. It's one of several Texas Department of Criminal Justice units in the area; a compound of four units is nearby in unincorporated ... More >>

Planet of the Aping

Too much sci-fi, not enough SNL in Paul.

Pop Rocks: It's All Michael Bay's Fault

​Most of my life has been spent seeking out a unifying theory of suckitude in the entertainment universe, "entertainment" in this sense meaning movies, music, and television. Originally, I'd hoped to find someone whose utter horribleness spanned the entire artistic firmament (including literat ... More >>

Diary of a Sad Black Woman

Precious pushes the limits of taste, but locates the heart — and hell — of its heroine's struggle.

No Exclamation Point Necessary

The Informant! gets cute with massive corporate scandal and blows the story.

From Humble: The Woman Who's Played Phantom's Diva More Than Anyone

Photo courtesy Broadway Across AmericaThe longest running Carlotta in Phantom of the Opera, a woman with more than 4,500 Phantom performances as the diva outdone by the young upstart Christine, is Kim Stengel who originally hails from Humble, Texas.Stengel will be returning home as part of the natio ... More >>

Che Is A One-Ton Guerrilla

Soderbergh's two Che Guevara films in one four-hour sitting

The Curious Case of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Old Man Pitt

The Top Five Ballsiest Actors From Texas

Jim McKay, R.I.P.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Julian Schnabel sees only treacle in the story that inspired his Diving Bell

Geekology 101

Judd Apatow explains himself.

Magic Touch

Fantastical meets political in this stunning for-adults-only fairy tale

Hall of Famer

Clint Eastwood is not done yet

Tube Boobs

American Dreamz's nation of idiots lands a little close to home

Monkey Business

Peter Jackson spares no expense for a Kong that's just too long

Dead-On Dead End

Quiet, quirky Morvern Callar chases her freedom

Blood Money

Why John Cusack wouldn't do anything till he made this Hitler movie

Joystick Cinema

It's man vs. machinima when video games become, ahem, movies

Do Look Back

The Band dances The Last Waltz, but can time heal old wounds?

Dust to Dust

Once more, a man calls upon the troops to save The Alamo, before it's gone forever

Kiss of Death

A needless love triangle deflates the tense sniper showdown in Gates

Jewels and Justice

David Yurman yanks a local dealer into court over sales

Toy Story

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

The Final Cut

DVDs pull back the curtain on the movies, but do you really want to see the Wizard?

Color Blind

Ensemble's new artistic director doesn't view things in shades of black and white

Real Life

When He Was King: The city that convicted Muhammad Ali now hosts a film about the boxing legend

Horseman, Pass By

Sleepy Hollow looks great, but it's less filling than Washington Irving

Coming This Week

Kool Keith

Fugitive Justice

Gary Robert Williams's violent career began spectacularly 29 years ago. This is the story of how one determined U.S. marshal brought it to an end.

Moved by the Spirit

Post-slavery Beloved unleashes emotions

Tube Message

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

Tangled Web

From Mexico to L.A. via Alaska and El Paso, Tito Larriva has seen it all -- and more

Letters

Perfect Pitch

John Axelrod has a plan to make classical music hip--and himself hot

Sound Check

Going Down

Air Force One nose-dives into an ocean of ennui

Prisoners of Bore

Bruce Beresford's Paradise Road ends up leading nowhere

A Real Girl

A Sound of Hovering Wings

Angels in America arrives buoyed by hype, but rises on its own power

Full Service Filmmaker

Eagle Pennell's advice for independent directors? Fight.

Robot Man

If you can't find a world of friends, just make them

Shopping for Buddhas

Bertolucci returns from the East with a handful of nothing