The Moving Picture Blog

Because of an embargo on early reviews, I can't tell you how much I enjoyed Get on Up , or whether I think Chadwick Boseman is a Best...

There are guilty pleasures, and then there are guilty  pleasures. Houston QFest programmer and board president Kristian Salinas is not a...

Dinesh D'Souza's America: Imagine the World Without Her may be fading at the boxoffice, but the passion of its champions remain...

You know, there was a time when you wouldn't see a pull-quote like this in a movie ad. It was a time when shame had not yet become an...

Sometimes, an interview just clicks . James Garner and I communicated directly only once, during an extended conversation for a 2004 cov...

Can't believe I'd never even heard of this classic TV moment until today. Thank you, A.V. Club , for brightening my day by makin...

Yeah, I know: This looks like it could be as hokey as hell. But come on: How can you possibly not want to see a scary movie in which so...

My Cowboys & Indians cover story piece on the great Robert Duvall is now available for your on-line reading pleasure.

Does this mean Chris Hemsworth needs to start looking for another job?

And yes: There's more where that came from.

Back in 1973, the late, great movie movie makeup artist John Chambers -- yep, the guy John Goodman portrayed in Argo -- went on tour to pr...

After the 1 pm Thursday screening of A Hard Day's Night at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston , I am going to host a brief dialogue wit...

I'll be talking about the enduring enchantment of The Princess Bride Wednesday on KUHF-FM's Houston Matters show. The program ai...

Evidently, my Variety review of America: Imagine the World Without Her , the latest  feature from conservative commentator and author Di...

George Harrison (left) and some other famous guy So there I was, seated with Eric Idle and Michael Palin, lunching at a posh Manhattan ...

I am an immigrant's son, and I get paid to go to the movies. Truly, this is the land of opportunity. And so, to celebrate the birthday...

Seven years ago this week, I rediscovered 1776 on Turner Classic Movies. At 1:30 ET/12:30 CT Friday afternoon, you, too, can re-evaluate (o...

Note: Back in October 1985, director Richard Lester -- the bloke being poked by John Lennon in the above photo -- came to Houston for a ret...

Whenever I feel blue, I can count on this clip of Joseph Gordon-Levitt from Marc Webb's (500) Days of Summer to lift my spirits. Go a...

Over at Hollywood Elsewhere , Jeffrey Wells posted a link to this New York Times article about funerals in my hometown of New Orleans an...