Mel Gibson

Shame Star Michael Fassbender is Shameless in Depiction of Grueling Sex Addiction.

After The Hangover: Lone Star Creator Kyle Killen Talks About The End (For Now?) of His Canceled (Or Not?) FOX Series

Courtesy FOX BroadcastingKyle Killen and Eloise Mumford on the set of the pilot episode of Lone Star (back when it was known as Midland)​Kyle Killen began yesterday in Covington, about 90 minutes southwest of Dallas on U.S. 67. He was on the set of Lone Star, of course, his FOX series about the co ... More >>

Gig Alert: Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra Tonight at House of Blues

​For those guitar wankers who want to revel in some real greatness, Ottmar Liebert brings him impressive "nouveau flamenco" style to the House of Blues this evening. Besides being nominated for five Grammy Awards, Liebert has released a mind boggling 30 albums since his debut in 1989. The guy' ... More >>

Meet Ron White, the Texas-Born Memory Champ You’ll Never Forget

​For those guitar wankers who want to revel in some real greatness, Ottmar Liebert brings him impressive "nouveau flamenco" style to the House of Blues this evening. Besides being nominated for five Grammy Awards, Liebert has released a mind boggling 30 albums since his debut in 1989. The guy' ... More >>

Far as You Know, We Were Not Getting Hammered at the DWI Defense Project Confab

DWI attorney David BurrowsSeveral hundred defense attorneys are attending an all-day conference at the Belo Mansion today to learn about the next wave of DWI defense work: the blood alcohol test about which we wrote last month. In recent years, police departments across the state have moved away fro ... More >>

Past Action Hero

Even with the Mac kid at his side, John McClane is just...old

Woman's Glib

The awful truth about Nancy Meyers

Ready to Blow

With Terrell Owens, which comes first--the Super Bowl ring or the explosion?

You're in the Server Matrix, Joe.

With Terrell Owens, which comes first--the Super Bowl ring or the explosion?

Welcome to Hooters

Jimmy Buffett inexplicably leads a kid movie to the big screen

Kitty Litter

Steve Martin's Pink Panther piddles on its predecessor

Torah! Torah! Torah!

Protocols of Zion takes a hard look at those who fear Jews

Jokes for Jesus

Plus: Rescue Crew; Gold Fever

Sams' Club

Plus: Lethal Lord 2: Savior's Revenge; Hey Mr. DJ

A Real Wreck

Highwaymen might drive you into a brick wall

Bard to Tears

Shakespeare Fest's Hamlet: There be madness, yet there's sloppy Method acting in't

Dead Star

Star Canyon goes out with a whimper, not a bang

Vanity Fare

Ray Liotta wants to know why he loses roles to...Owen Wilson?

Oscar Worthy

Superb performances distinguish a new adaptation of Wilde's Earnest

Rock in Role

As The Scorpion King, the People's Champ doth layeth the smacketh down

Chin Up

Bruce Campbell knows why bad movies happen to great actors

The Product

Heath Ledger's in no rush to be a star. Why's everyone else in a hurry?

Tom Terrific

Hanks finally grows up and delivers the adult romance of Robert Zemeckis' Cast Away

Sibling Rivalry

The sister cities finally split up for "Gallery Night"

Toy story

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

An odd bird

In Hawke's Hamlet, Shakespeare never sounded or looked so weird

Erin go braless

Julia Roberts fights injustice while trying to keep her top on

The last action zero

Arnold returns to fight Satan -- aw, to hell with it

No guts, no glory

David O. Russell gets to the heart of the matter, down to the last detail

Acrobatic action

Mr. Nice Guy deserves to be the film that finally breaks Jackie Chan

Comfortably numb

The best films of '97 either provoked or entertained

Too much magic

FairyTale is charming, sometimes inspiring--and almost entirely fraudulent

City of angles

How Curtis Hanson turned James Ellroy's epic crime novel L.A. Confidential into one of the year's best films

Oy, Claudius

Branagh's Hamlet may be complete, but something's still a little rotten

Pop fly

Tom Cruise indicts himself as a lightweight in Jerry Maguire

Winners take mall

When the readers voted the rock, the Old 97's came away 'big' winners

Shadows and light

Zeffirelli meticulously recycles the goof-proof romance Jane Eyre

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Big sleep

Kiss of Death fires blanks in an increasingly tough crime saga competition