Woody Allen

Happy E-Day: What If Elvis Had Lived?

Note: Elvis Presley would be 78 years old today, if he had not (supposedly) died in Memphis in August 1977. This article originally appeared as part of Rocks Off's "Elvis Week" in January 2011, and still seems plausible two years later. Do you realize that Woody Allen, Julie Andrews, the dude who w ... More >>

Five No Nos on an Airplane That Have Nothing to Do with Terrorism, Bomb Jokes, Mile High Clubs or Alcohol

People do a lot of traveling during the holidays. From Thanksgiving through the beginning of the New Year, the airports are packed with people going home to see their families or just trying to get home where they left their eight-year-old boy alone to fend for himself and set up elaborate booby tra ... More >>

To Rome with Love

Everything continues apace in Woody Allen's latest comedy, and that's not so bad.

Woody's Roman Holiday

Woody Allen and two co-stars meet in L.A. to talk about his new film, To Rome With Love, and some old themes (art, death, love).

Capsule Stage Reviews: Don't Drink the Water, First Baptist of Ivy Gap, Mary Stuart, The Seafarer, The Unexpected Man

Capsule Stage Reviews: The Cripple of Inishmaan, Don't Drink the Water, Mary Stuart, The Seafarer

Unscripted: Top 10 Actor/Musician Collaborations

Johnny Depp and Marilyn Manson have been hanging out a lot lately. The actor joined the antichrist onstage a couple of weeks ago at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards show in L.A., and played guitar on "Sweet Dreams" and "Beautiful People." Depp also collaborated with Manson on a cover of Carly Simon' ... More >>

Jewish Christmas: Chinese Take-Out, Woody Allen, and Champagne

Photo by Jeremy Parzen.Champagne isn't just for celebrating. It's also one of the world's greatest food-friendly wines.​Like many Jewish-Americans, I grew up going to the movies and eating classic Americanized Chinese food on Christmas Day. Today, now that I'm all growed up and married to a M ... More >>

The Film Issue: People of the Year

The Film Issue

Looking back on the year in movies, and what's coming in 2012.

Prisoners of Sex: 10 Movie Womanizers, from the Sick to the Sublime

The movies are full of bed-hopping men -- think of Humphrey Bogart's serial flirtations in The Big Sleep (1946), and Richard Roundtree laying his way uptown and down in Shaft (1971). But in Steve McQueen's Shame, slated to open in Houston December 16, womanizing is not just an outgrowth of the plot ... More >>

Happy Hour Hurricanes and Crawfish Bites at Ragin Cajun

​Going to Ragin Cajun on Ash Wednesday was simultaneously the best and worst decision I made this week. Although I expected the restaurant to be busy, I didn't anticipate standing in line for almost 35 minutes to get a tasty but overpriced plate of fried seafood. But I also didn't expect th ... More >>

Future Elvis: What If The King Had Lived?

​Do you realize that Woody Allen, Julie Andrews, the dude who was in the Darth Vader suit, and Ron Paul are all the same age as Elvis Presley would be on Saturday? Look at Woody Allen next time you see him on TMZ and just think, he's as old as Elvis. In order to get in the frame of mind to t ... More >>

The Ten Worst Movies of 2011...In Advance

Oh, don't act surprised.​2011 is barely out of the oven and I'm already filled with dread. Could it be the fact I've spent the entire year so far coughing up chunks of green lung tissue? That I've finally despaired of ever finding a writing gig that doesn't involve "Lady Gaga sex tape" Google ... More >>

Rich People Problems

But compelling ones! Liberal guilt's got soul in Please Give.

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 >>

Pop Rocks: Is Iron Man 2 ScarJo's Finest Performance?

​Unsurprisingly, Iron Man 2 was tops at the box office last weekend. The $128.1 million haul was considered a mild disappointment by some, proving once again that even the fifth biggest opening weekend in movie history can be spun as a negative in Hollywood, where it was also argued semi-convi ... More >>

A Post-Christmas Miracle

​We have been hooked on primo coffee beans roasted locally (well, in The Woodlands) ever since last summer, when we saw a supper show at Dosey Doe Coffee House (25911 I-45 North, The Woodlands) starring songwriter Jimmy Webb. The show was intimate, the venue cozy, the food a nice blend of do ... More >>

Enthusiasm, Curbed

Not even the great Larry David can salvage Woody's shtick.

Summer of Salvation

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

Thank You Lord, For These Thy Gifts: Five Movie Thanksgivings

Thanksgiving isn't just about federally subsidized gluttony and a spike in domestic disturbance calls, it's about slipping into a tryptophan-induced coma while watching TV. This year, instead of enduring another slapstick performance by the Detroit Lions, how about checking out a few Turkey Day them ... More >>

Mighty Aphrodites in Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Penélope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson join forces — and some other stuff — in Woody Allen's (winning!) latest

Cover Story: College Immaterial

It's more of the same in Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream

Life Stinks, Blah, Blah, Blah

Jersey Boys

The story behind Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons comes to the Hobby Center

Avenue Montaigne

Life and art meet sweet in this breezy French comedy

Family Ties

For Argentine director Daniel Burman, life is a movie

London Fog

Woody Allen's second straight English excursion is a failed return to comedy

Getting Personal

Nouveau punk rockeros need love, too

Double Fault

Woody Allen's Match Point can't return serve

Oh, the Horror!

Kick off the fall season with a frightful film festival and some freaky props

24-Hour Pouty People

One day in the life of angst-ridden New Yorkers reveals a promising young director

Half Baked

It's his 45th movie in 40 years, and you're not likely to remember it

Hard News, Baby

After a tough sweeps month, KHOU turns to porno

Letters

Letters For the Week of 05-23

Ol' Dirty Bastard

Hollywood Ending shows Woody Allen in obvious decline -- and delusion

Letters, Week of November 8

Down on the Matt, High-Water Woes, Reaching the Pentacle

As Good As He Gets

Jade Scorpion showcases Woody Allen at his satirical best

The Grandstander

The Contender is a candidate for the year's most high-minded trash

Small Pleasures

Woody Allen's Crooks aims low and succeeds

Allen's Landing

Woody's clever Celebrity charts the descending pain of fame

Party Hearty

Clever and comical T3 ends too quickly

Deja Vu All Over Again

The cocktail party never ends in le cinema du Henry Jaglom

Shtick Figure

In Barbara Kopple's documentary, Woody Allen plays Woody Allen

Love and Abstinence

Director Julie Davis barely connects with I Love You, Don't Touch Me!

The French Connection

The Devil and Woody Allen

Letters

Manhattan Melodies

In Woody's world, everyone erupts into show tunes

A Bust on Broadway

Good idea, good characters, bad result; Allen's roll comes to a stop