Val Kilmer

Rushes

Batman finally

Joel Schumacher's Caped Crusader epic proves the third time's the charm

Letters

Joel Schumacher's Caped Crusader epic proves the third time's the charm

Lone Star Rising

How obscure Texas actor Matthew McConaughey won the lead in Grisham's next big Hollywood thriller, A Time to Kill

Loose ends

Unfocused but compelling, Heat is an ambitious modern detective story

Here be monsters

The Island of Dr. Moreau is a shambles, but too bizarre just to ignore

Devilish fun

Val Kilmer smirks his way through the loopy, retro Saint

Batman on ice

Joel Schumacher, not Mr. Freeze, kills the Dark Knight

Top guns

The Jackal offers the funof watching big-ticket actors trying to spin their images

The greatest story never told

The Prince of Egypt offers up the 10 commandments of (brotherly) love

Opening A New Doors

Wild Child takes over House of Blues

Spiked Up

Get sand in your pants this weekend

After Sunrise

The long walk over, Julie Delpy explores what comes next (i.e., the hard part)

Triple Threat

The Iceman knows three ways to kick ass

Buzz the Tower

The Inwood is playing with the boys

Hello, He's Not Johnny Cash

Walk the Line never strays from the dull telling of a tall tale

Private Dicks

Downey and Kilmer make perfect detectives in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

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Downey and Kilmer make perfect detectives in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Skate Bored

The Z-Boys roll into Dogtown again, and truth is cooler than fiction

Call Him Al

An epic story turns human--and fallible-- in Oliver Stone's Alexander

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

An epic story turns human--and fallible-- in Oliver Stone's Alexander

Damn it, Mamet

The master of macho dialogue loses his touch

Salton Crackers

A parade of crazies keeps this Sea afloat

Wasted Space

Visit Red Planet, and you'll boldly go where everyone has gone before

The sins of the father

Joe the King is as subtle as a smack in the face, which is the point

Bang, Bang, He's Dead

Joe the King is as subtle as a smack in the face, which is the point

MacGruber: Man and Mullet on a Mission

Joe the King is as subtle as a smack in the face, which is the point

Q&A: Local Musician/Actor Billy Blair On Working With Robert DeNiro and Don Johnson in Machete, and Balancing His Two Careers

Billy Blair​For no apparent reason, not one, but two Dallas-based musicians made contributions to Robert Rodriguez's latest film, Machete: 17-year-old Tiger Darrow, a burgeoning local pop artist and Rodriguez intern was afforded the opportunity to score three different scenes in the film, and lo ... More >>

Blais-y Eights: Reasons We Can't Root For Richard Blais

​This probably won't be a very popular sentiment in the Top Chef blogosphere, but we aren't exactly all aboard the Richard Blais bandwagon. Sure, Blais is a true Jedi in the kitchen, and he has an affable personality that shines through both on his happier Top Chef days and his thoroughly ent ... More >>

Kill the Irishman Lacks (Low-) Life

​This probably won't be a very popular sentiment in the Top Chef blogosphere, but we aren't exactly all aboard the Richard Blais bandwagon. Sure, Blais is a true Jedi in the kitchen, and he has an affable personality that shines through both on his happier Top Chef days and his thoroughly ent ... More >>