The Alamo Drafthouse will expand to two new Houston locations in 2013, one in Midtown, the other in northwest Houston, the growing Austin-based company announced today. The much-loved chain, which features an eclectic schedule of films in theaters that have table food-and-drink service, already operates two Houston-area locations. One is in West Oaks Mall. The other is in Katy. share: [...]

Renovation of the old Angelika Theater Center space downtown is expected to begin “immediately,” Sundance Cinema announced. The new Sundance Cinema complex is projected to open Nov. 1 after “extensive refurbishment,” the company said in a press release late Thursday. We reported yesterday (linking to an item in the Chronicle) about downtown Houston getting a new movie theater to replace [...]

Gosh, I hate the Oscars. Despite the much-ballyhooed efforts to make this year’s awards hipper, edgier and more relevant to the younger generation, I found the ceremony to be as unwatchable as ever. Maybe more so. Here, in the order in which they occurred, are what I consider the show’s high points. Kirk Douglas. Partly because he’s Kirk Douglas and [...]