Pete Vonder Haar - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/pete-vonder-haar/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Sun, 18 Jul 2021 09:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Pete Vonder Haar - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/pete-vonder-haar/ 32 32 103504436 Comicpalooza Returns, With Mandalorians and Lokis Galore https://houstonnewmedia.org/comicpalooza-returns-with-mandalorians-and-lokis-galore/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=comicpalooza-returns-with-mandalorians-and-lokis-galore Sun, 18 Jul 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/a-return-to-form-for-comicpalooza-11605658 Fan conventions used to be the domain of — in the words of Grace from Ferris Bueller's Day Off — geeks and dweebies (and to a lesser extent, wastoids and dickheads). Having attended gaming cons in the early '80s, I can personally attest to the ove...

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]]> 143124 Reviews For The Easily Distracted: Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain https://houstonnewmedia.org/reviews-for-the-easily-distracted-roadrunner-a-film-about-anthony-bourdain/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reviews-for-the-easily-distracted-roadrunner-a-film-about-anthony-bourdain Fri, 16 Jul 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/things-to-watch-roadrunner-a-film-about-anthony-bourdain-11604615 Title: Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain Describe This Movie Using One Fandango Quote: GARDNER BARNES: Anyway, you know me; gotta roll, gotta bird dog, gotta cross females and fences. And if you'd all just ... come with me, you'd see. Brie...

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]]> 141342 This Is The Way … To Comicpalooza 2021 https://houstonnewmedia.org/this-is-the-way-to-comicpalooza-2021/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-is-the-way-to-comicpalooza-2021 Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/things-to-do-comicpalooza-2021-11604650 Delta variant be damned, American (and Houston) are pushing to return to something resembling normalcy, and that means the return of our beloved Comicpalooza. The event was canceled last year, thanks to COVID, but returns in somewhat abbreviated fashio...

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]]> 141098 Reviews For The Easily Distracted: The Forever Purge https://houstonnewmedia.org/reviews-for-the-easily-distracted-the-forever-purge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reviews-for-the-easily-distracted-the-forever-purge Fri, 02 Jul 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/review-the-forever-purge-11595628 Title: The Forever Purge Describe This Movie Using One Rick and Morty Quote: VENDOR: Oh, have you been here before? RICK: No, no, but I've been to a few planets with the same gimmick. You know, sometimes it's called The Cleansing or The Red Time. ...

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]]> 138631 Hair Metal Reigns With Warrant and Lita Ford at Warehouse Live https://houstonnewmedia.org/hair-metal-reigns-with-warrant-and-lita-ford-at-warehouse-live/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hair-metal-reigns-with-warrant-and-lita-ford-at-warehouse-live Sat, 26 Jun 2021 11:43:00 +0000 https://www.houstonpress.com/music/review-warrant-and-lita-ford-and-warehouse-live-11591265 Warrant, Lita Ford Warehouse Live June 25, 2021 Jani Lane, Warrant's original lead singer, said in a 1995 interview with Musician magazine that he knew the writing was on the wall for hair metal when he saw a huge poster for Alice in Chains' Dirt ...

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]]> 137229 Reviews For The Easily Distracted: F9: The Fast Saga https://houstonnewmedia.org/reviews-for-the-easily-distracted-f9-the-fast-saga/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reviews-for-the-easily-distracted-f9-the-fast-saga Fri, 25 Jun 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/review-f9-the-fast-saga-11590480 Title: F9: The Fast Saga Describe This Movie Like Stefon from SNL: STEFON: New York's hottest new club is "F9." Director Justin Lin has gone *all out.* This place has everything: hot rods, motorcycles, child endangerment, throw-up music, beefy fisticuf...

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]]> 136992 Reviews For The Uneasily Quarantined: In The Heights https://houstonnewmedia.org/reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-in-the-heights/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-in-the-heights Fri, 11 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/things-to-watch-in-the-heights-11576565 Title: In the Heights Describe This Movie In One Life is Worth Losing Quote: GEORGE CARLIN: That's why they call it the American Dream: because you have to be asleep to believe it. Brief Plot Synopsis: There are eight million stories in the n...

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]]> 133746 Reviews For The Uneasily Quarantined: Cruella https://houstonnewmedia.org/reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-cruella/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-cruella Fri, 28 May 2021 09:30:00 +0000 https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/things-to-watch-cruella-11570695 Title: Cruella Describe This Movie In One Reservoir Dogs Quote: MR. BLONDE: Are you gonna bark all day little doggie? Or are you gonna bite? Brief Plot Synopsis: London's fashion scene is all bark, some bite. Rating Using Random Objects ...

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]]> 130749 Reviews For The Uneasily Quarantined: Army Of The Dead https://houstonnewmedia.org/reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-army-of-the-dead/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-army-of-the-dead Fri, 21 May 2021 11:43:00 +0000 https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/things-to-watch-army-of-the-dead-11565834 Title: Army of the Dead Describe This Movie In One (Bastardized) "The Hollow Men" Quote: T.S. ELIOT: This is the way the world ends, Not with a bang, but a beej Brief Plot Synopsis: When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will h...

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]]> 129356 Reviews For The Uneasily Quarantined: Spiral https://houstonnewmedia.org/reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-spiral/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-spiral Fri, 14 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/review-spiral-11565091 Title: Spiral Describe This Movie In One WarGames Quote: JOSHUA: Shall we play a game? Brief Plot Synopsis: Crackpot concocts clever contraptions, killing crooked cops. Rating Using Random Objects Relevant To The Film: 2 Shrimp Scampi ou...

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]]> 127948 Reviews For The Uneasily Quarantined Wrath Of Man https://houstonnewmedia.org/reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-wrath-of-man/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-wrath-of-man Fri, 07 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/things-to-watch-wrath-of-man-11563134 Title: Wrath of Man Describe This Movie Using One Simpsons Quote: BART: He's like some sort of non-giving up, [truck]....guy Brief Plot Synopsis: Still no honor among thieves. Bummer. Rating Using Random Objects Relevant To The Film:&nbs...

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]]> 126602 Reviews For The Uneasily Quarantined: Without Remorse https://houstonnewmedia.org/reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-without-remorse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-without-remorse Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/review-without-remorse-11560447 Title: Without Remorse Describe This Movie In One Clerks Quote: VIDEO CUSTOMER: Ooh, Navy SEALS! Brief Plot Synopsis: Grieving widower kills and kills again. Rating Using Random Objects Relevant To The Film: 1.5 Castle Wolfensteins out o...

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]]> 125132 Never Mind The ‘Rona, Here Are Your 2021 Oscar Picks https://houstonnewmedia.org/never-mind-the-rona-here-are-your-2021-oscar-picks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=never-mind-the-rona-here-are-your-2021-oscar-picks Fri, 23 Apr 2021 09:30:00 +0000 https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/things-to-watch-the-93rd-academy-awards-11558125 It's been a weird movie year (been a weird everything year, if we're being honest), with dozens of big budget films pushed from 2020 release to this year or beyond and studios leveraging streaming services to do small screen rollouts, some (Godzilla vs...

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]]> 123776 Reviews For The Uneasily Quarantined: Boys From County Hell https://houstonnewmedia.org/reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-boys-from-county-hell/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-boys-from-county-hell Fri, 23 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/things-to-watch-boys-from-county-hell-11556511 Title: Boys From County Hell Describe This Movie Using One Lost Boys Quote: GRANDPA: One thing about living in [Six Mile Hill] I never could stomach: all the damn vampires. Brief Plot Synopsis: Sure and that's a fine coffin ye got there. Rati...

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]]> 123786 Reviews For The Uneasily Quarantined: In The Earth https://houstonnewmedia.org/reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-in-the-earth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-in-the-earth Fri, 16 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/review-in-the-earth-11555725 Title: In the Earth Describe This Movie Using One Day of the Triffids Quote: TOM: Keep behind me. There's no sense in getting killed by a plant. Brief Plot Synopsis: Flora flusters fauna. Rating Using Random Objects Relevant To The Film:...

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]]> 122384 Reviews For The Uneasily Quarantined: Moffie https://houstonnewmedia.org/reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-moffie/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-moffie Fri, 09 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/things-to-watch-moffie-11553128 Title: Moffie Describe This Movie Using One Monty Python's Flying Circus Quote: COLONEL: It's a pig's life — *man's* life — in the modern Army. Brief Plot Synopsis: Gay South African teen has less pleasant time in the military than most. Rati...

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]]> 121080 Reviews For The Uneasily Quarantined: Godzilla Vs. Kong https://houstonnewmedia.org/reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-godzilla-vs-kong/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-godzilla-vs-kong Wed, 31 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/things-to-watch-godzilla-vs-kong-11549965 Title: Godzilla vs. Kong Describe This Movie In One Godzilla (2014) Quote: DR. SERIZAWA: Let them fight. Brief Plot Synopsis: Seriously? Rating Using Random Objects Relevant To The Film: 3.5 Doug McClures out of 5. Tagline: "One will fall." B...

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]]> 118985 Reviews For The Uneasily Quarantined: Nobody https://houstonnewmedia.org/reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-nobody/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-nobody Fri, 26 Mar 2021 09:30:00 +0000 https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/things-to-watch-nobody-11547577 Title: Nobody Describe This Movie In One Mr. Show Quote: MARK: Shut up, honey! I have to live with this and you have to support me! Brief Plot Synopsis: Mr. McGee, don't make Mr. Mansell angry. You wouldn't like him when he's angry. Rating Us...

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]]> 118088 Reviews For The Uneasily Quarantined: Zack Snyder’s Justice League https://houstonnewmedia.org/reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-zack-snyders-justice-league/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-zack-snyders-justice-league Fri, 26 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/review-zack-snyders-justice-league-11547860 Title: Zack Snyder's Justice League Describe This Movie Using One Simpsons Quote: HOMER: I'm a white male, age 18 to 49. Everyone listens to me, no matter how dumb my suggestions are. Brief Plot Synopsis: There is nothing brief about this mov...

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]]> 118092 Reviews For The Uneasily Quarantined: Cherry https://houstonnewmedia.org/reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-cherry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reviews-for-the-uneasily-quarantined-cherry Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/review-cherry-11542951 Title: Cherry Describe This Movie Using One Sid and Nancy Quote: NANCY: Never trust a junkie. Brief Plot Synopsis: Drugs continue to be bad. Rating Using Random Objects Relevant To The Film: 1.5 Private Jokers out of 5. Tagline: "St...

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