Published on October 8th, 2014 | by Kevin Cook
On Sept. 24, ESPN — the self proclaimed “worldwide leader in sports” — suspended Grantland Editor-in-Chief Bill Simmons for three weeks, in the wake of incendiary remarks Simmons made on his podcast, The B.S. Report. The …... Read More →Published on June 29th, 2013 | by Kevin Cook
By Kevin Cook (@KevinCookUH) A movie needn’t be cerebral to be good, and veteran director Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012) has banked heavily on that with White House Down, an unabashedly crowd-pleasing action flick …... Read More →Published on June 11th, 2013 | by Kevin Cook
By Kevin Cook Louis Leterrier’s Now You See Me, essentially a heist film with a twist of Vegas-style magic, is itself a cinematographic magic trick, and all the slick action, quick dialogue, and flashy action sequences …... Read More →
Published on June 5th, 2013 | by Kevin Cook
Aubrey Coleman found himself back at the University where he starred as a player, except now he was coaching others to reach their basketball goals. Coleman returned to the UH Athletics/Alumni building to train a handpicked …... Read More →Published on June 3rd, 2013 | by Kevin Cook
By Kevin Cook Louis Leterrier’s Now You See Me, essentially a heist film with a twist of Vegas-style magic, is itself a cinematographic magic trick, and all the slick action, quick …... Read More →Published on May 28th, 2013 | by Kevin Cook
By Kevin Cook Given the commercial and critical success of Star Trek Into Darkness, plus the fact that the key pieces of the cast remain under contract to Paramount for a third film, there isn’t any …... Read More →Published on April 27th, 2013 | by Kevin Cook
By Kevin Cook Few enough students remember the halcyon days before Hillary Clinton and Joe Lieberman gave birth to the Entertainment Software Rating Board with their puritanical caterwauling on the Senate floor, railing against the danger …... Read More →Published on April 26th, 2013 | by Kevin Cook
By Kevin Cook Ghost House Pictures’ “Evil Dead” remake/reboot, directed by Hollywood first-timer Fede Alvarez, is a shiny, expensive dud that lacks any of the original film’s heart — the quirky je ne sais quoi that rapidly propelled …... Read More →Published on April 24th, 2013 | by Kevin Cook
Ezra Pound once exhorted, “make it new,” and The Center for Creative Work seeks to do just that as it kicks off the Spring 2013 Dionysia with the fourth annual Ekphrastic Arts Festival, April 24 and …... Read More →
Published on April 23rd, 2013 | by Kevin Cook
The Houston Rockets fell Sunday to the Oklahoma City Thunder 120-91, collapsing on the road and showing their age and inexperience against the playoff-tested Thunder. The Rockets are the youngest team in the NBA, with a …... Read More →
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