Central Intelligence Agency

House Bill Wants to Protect Internet Privacy from Employers' Snooping. What Privacy?

The Texas House is about to pass a bill that would bar employers from forcing employees and job applicants to cough up their social media passwords. Proponents here and around the country claim social media should be protected under the Fourth Amendment. Last time I checked, the Fourth Amendment ... More >>

Old Habits

Die Hard’s latest breaks new ground in incoherence and stupidity.

Zero Dark Thirty Reports and You Decide

Knowing the ending doesn't kill the thrills in the hunt for Bin Laden.

Muslim Hunting

David Horowitz has made taunting college students a spectator sport. Sometimes he's actually right.

Gmail Got Petraeus; You're Next, Mr. All-Caps Commenter Guy

Hey, All-Caps Guy. We need to have a talk. Really. I sometimes poke you with a sharp stick. You poke back. That's what I want. But sometimes when you poke, I wince. Not for me. For you. You know, I hope, that every single thing you say online lives forever on servers. You know, I hope, that you ne ... More >>

Safe House is Action-Packed with a Six-Pack

Ryan Reynolds' abs should get an exec producer credit.

A Dose of Adrenaline

Chef Tell: Dishes in Disguise?

​Last night's episode of Top Chef provided A) the best text messages sent by friends watching the show before I was, and B) the most quality "sheesh"-inducing insults during tasting and Judges' Table so far this season.I knew the Quickfire was going to be good because well, I got a text that said ... More >>

Knight and Day: Tom Cruise, Please Stop Talking.

Dallas, Get Ready for Chaos! (Maybe.)

Freddy Rodrigurez in the Planet Terror half of Grindhouse​Patrick Michels and I are at City Hall for this afternoon's big ol' teevee announcement with the mayor and Pistol Pete. And we'll return shortly with a few choice quotes and, better still, photos. But here's the big announcement, which I tr ... More >>

Green Zone: American Hero Matt Damon and His WMD of a Movie Confirm the Big Lie, Hollywood-Style

With Dallas Republicans in Pain, One Local Leader Believes He Has the Cure

How County Chair Jonathan Neerman Plans to Ease the Dallas GOP's Woes

Echoes and Reverberations: Dead Kennedys “Rock Against Politics”

Charlie Wilson Said

See him on the screen and in person

Getting on Target

Moolah for Mullahs in Charlie Wilson's War

All aboard the '80s way-back machine for Mike Nichols' good time Charlie

Rendition is an Ordinary Terrorism Thriller

It's not torture, but this latest terrorism flick comes close

A Star is Bourne (Again)

Amnesiac-spy trilogy culminates in a thrilling Ultimatum

Undercover Brothers

The Big Valley

Now, This is a Channel 11 Exclusive We Can Get Behind

Like Herding Sheep

De Niro takes a loooong, sloooow look at the history of the CIA

Hacked

Harrison Ford runs smack into a Firewall, poor guy

Blood for Oil

Brilliant, confounding Syriana digs for a necessary truth

Nicked Name

Hall of Fame is Hall of Same Ol' Mediocre Barbecue

Focking Wonderful

Streisand and Hoffman save a family--and a movie, too

Thanks for the Mammary

Plano group wants FCC to get a handle on breasts

Elmore or Less

There's little merit toThe Big Bounce

Start Making Sense

Alias' creator tries--one more time--to make a hit out of a near miss

Till Death. That's It.

The In-Laws is bigger and broader than the original, but not better

Deadly Skies

Plus: The Original Crusaders; Out, Damned Potholes; Someone's Lying

Run, Matt, Run

Damon was Bourne to play an assassin who's lost his way

Miscue 9/11

Hollywood drops another nuke in New York, and it's just a dud

Nuke It

It's up to Ben Affleck to save the world, and that's The Sum of All Fears

Damage Control

Schwarzenegger takes on terrorists in Collateral Damage

Chief, It's Chaos

Tony Scott, with Redford and Pitt, plays a mad but vigorous Spy Game

The Opposite of True

How The Dallas Morning News spins the Trinity River project

Eat the Vote

Fresh ideas from Tom Landis

ESP in TX

Explore new worlds, places, and times from the comfort of your own home

Free for y'all

Bronco Bowl's Four Plans From Outer Space

Political coup

Wag the Dog paints the White House a brilliant black

The truth, and the consequences, are out there

Conspiracy Theory gives slick thrillers a good name

Busted

Julio Mercado is Dallas' brand-new DEA boss, and he's inherited kilos of trouble. His city is about to be declared a drug disaster zone, but all his narcs seem to care about is snitching on each other.

Letters

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

The dark half

That Thing You Do and The Long Kiss Goodnight cast ugly shadows

Spies like us

Idiotic agents sabotage the flawed, energetic Mission: Impossible

Events for the week

Rogue agency

The CIA should open its files on slain Guatemalan guerrilla Everardo

Bad Company

Drugs from Bolivia. Cash to Panama. Arms to Nicaragua. Bo Abbott says the CIA called - and he delivered.