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Better Tagline: "My dinner with Ali." Not So Brief Plot Synopsis: Following his defeat of Sonny Liston in February, 1964, Cassius Clay (Eli Goree) hangs out in a Miami hotel room with friends Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge), Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom, Jr.), and spiritual adviser Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir) to discuss — among other things — the future and the state of the world. "Critical" Analysis: One Night in Miami is a fictionalized version of a meeting between some of the most iconic figures ...

During normal times, the music writers here at the Houston Press have about a six months "coming soon" schedule of area concerts we use to coordinate coverage. Its a formidable list, incorporating  our citys many venues and the fact Houston is an expected stop for just about every touring act. I made the mistake of taking a look at the last one we got, in late January, and saw how many shows didnt happen this year. Its a little thing, in the face of 330,000 deaths and a crippled economy, bu...

Better Tagline: [ominous Zack Snyder chuckling noises] Not So Brief Plot Synopsis: Its morning in America, but for Diana Prince (Gal Godot), life consists of working as an archaeologist for the Smithsonian, "surreptitiously" fighting crime as Wonder Woman, and reminiscing about her lost love, Steve Trevor (Chris Pine). "Lucky" for her, the arrival of a new batch of relics, including a curious stone, signals a change for Diana, awkward co-worker Barbara Minerva (Kristen Wiig), and wannabe ener...

Better Tagline: "Used to be there was money in newspapers." Not So Brief Plot Synopsis: Civil War veteran Captain Jefferson Kidd (Tom Hanks) ekes out a living traveling across Texas and reading newspaper stories to the locals for ten cents a head. But his placid lifestyle is upended when he happens upon Johanna (Helena Zengel) a young girl abducted by the Kiowa as a baby and recently freed. Reluctantly, he decides to deliver her to relatives some 400 miles away, even though shed rather return...

Elton John’s Debut Album Launch Him Into Stardom This week on the WPDH Album of the Week, well feature the debut album from the great Elton John, which is celebrating 50 years this year. Elton John released his self-titled debut album on April 10, 1970. It was released by Uni Records as his debut album in the United States. Many Americans assumed his first album was Empty Sky, but that was not released until 1975 in the United States. His self-titled included his breakthrough song Your Song, ...

really desperate housewife." Not So Brief Plot Synopsis: 1970s stay-at-homer Jean (Rachel Brosnahan) leads a fairly drab existence until husband Eddie (Bill Heck) surprises her with a baby. Sure, the guy keeps odd hours, but this is a new development, and before you can say, "It aint Ozzie and Harriet ," Eddie has disappeared, leaving Jean to care for young "Harry" with no one but Cal (Arinzé Kene), one of Eddies associates, to help her along. "Critical" Analysis: Newborns, as any parent w...

Not So Brief Plot Synopsis: Cris Cringle (Mel Gibson), responsible for supplying good children with presents every Christmas, is dealing with supply issues and thinner margins, thanks to dwindling numbers of gift-worthy kids. This forces him to take a contract from the U.S. Government, and if that wasnt enough, one lump of coal recipient has responded by hiring an assassin (Walton Goggins) to take out the jolly old elf once and for all. "Critical" Analysis: The thing about most depictions of S...