Mickey Rourke

The Film of Opportunity

Disorder in the court

Queen Margot and The Madness of King George explore the dark side of royalty

Seen The Wrestler? Then You've Heard Macon Greyson.

Here's something worth mentioning: Local rock outfit Macon Greyson has a song in the Mickey Rourke comeback flick, The Wrestler. The band first announced to its fans that its song "Blacklight", off the band's 2007 release 20th Century Accidents, would appear in the movie back in mid-December via a ... More >>

Dead man acting

Hollywood never realized that Tupac was always better than his movies

Shoot to thrill

In Double Team, Van Damme shuts up and kicks ass--and Rodman doesn't foul out

Blind faith

Coppola brings little insight or verve to Grisham's The Rainmaker

Route 666

Vincent Gallo runs from the devil on the road to Buffalo

'Round midnight

Vincent Gallo runs from the devil on the road to Buffalo

Echoes and Reverberations: You Shoot, We Score

Texas music looks great. It provokes the imagination and illustrates the intangible. For years, we've been providing the necessary flavor to help filmmakers tell their stories. It's what we do; we're obviously good at this kind of thing. And it goes both ways: Movie soundtracks are the kind of thin ... More >>

The Wrestler: Lord of the Ring

Mickey Rourke and Darren Aronofsky make visceral comebacks

Oh, Canada

Midway through the Toronto film fest, and things are looking bleak

Love the Sin

Midway through the Toronto film fest, and things are looking bleak

Living in Sin

The Inwood Theatre gets graphic

Keira Get Your Gun

Domino chronicles the life of a model turned bounty hunter

New releases available this week

Domino chronicles the life of a model turned bounty hunter

Color Bind

What's black and white and red all over? Sin City, pal.

Scars and Bars

Bukowski gets his in a touching, terrifying documentary

The Sorrow and the Pity

In a year of big-screen sadness, our critics comfort those who triumphed

Ghoul Crazy

Handsome Frankenstein at Dallas Children's Theater; Cargo troupe takes Dracula down for the count

Damn Good Yankee

In Once Upon a Time in Mexico, the outlaw Johnny Depp saves the day

The Kids Aren't Alright

Spun spins cranky youths into an American freak show

Penn is Mightier

With Pledge, a stunning trilogy of anguish is completed

Jaws: The Revenge

Take a bite out of cinematic crime, and don't get Whipped

For Old-School Art Pickers, the Thrill is Fading, and So's the Payoff

Take a bite out of cinematic crime, and don't get Whipped

Today In Music News: You Can Soon Play Like Jimi, She & Him Headlines And Sebastian Bach's A Crime Fighter?

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, February 17, 2010...Rock Band is coming out with a Jimi Hendrix edition.  Sweet, more white dudes tryin' to play like Jimi...She & Him is heading across the pond for their first ever headlining show in England. Here's a novel idea, how ... More >>

Ten Food Names that Are Designed to Kill You

The KFC Double Down, which is what you bet to eat it.​Last week, like the Doomsday Clock in Dr. Strangelove, the KFC Web site started a countdown to the release of their new and terrifying sandwich.The big reveal came on Monday. The sandwich is two fried chicken breasts sandwiching bacon, cheese ... More >>

Iron Man 2 Will Lead To 3 And Probably 4, But That Doesn't Mean It's Good

The KFC Double Down, which is what you bet to eat it.​Last week, like the Doomsday Clock in Dr. Strangelove, the KFC Web site started a countdown to the release of their new and terrifying sandwich.The big reveal came on Monday. The sandwich is two fried chicken breasts sandwiching bacon, cheese ... More >>

The Expendables: Stallone Hawks Nostalgia and Really Big Explosions

The KFC Double Down, which is what you bet to eat it.​Last week, like the Doomsday Clock in Dr. Strangelove, the KFC Web site started a countdown to the release of their new and terrifying sandwich.The big reveal came on Monday. The sandwich is two fried chicken breasts sandwiching bacon, cheese ... More >>

Firing City Manager Mary Suhm Won't Fix What's Broken at Dallas City Hall

​In my column in this week's paper, I talk about that "flow control" deal, which has to do with how much trash gets trucked into southern Dallas. As usual, some of the responses I'm getting are from people mad about the way it came out who think the answer is to fire City Manager Mary Suhm. E ... More >>