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The city of Houston has no shortage of entertainment. With four professional sports teams, Houston sports fans are spoiled with great athletic performances every season. In order to house all of these events, the city has provided its citizens with some of the top sports and entertainment infrastructure in the nation,...

Thanks to characters that dare to face a childhood terror, uncharted space and an Earth-shattering event, moviegoers have three potential box-office hits to look forward to this weekend. Lights Out After David F. Sandberg created a YouTube short that caught the attention of the YouTube community, James Wan came...

It’s OK to be shaking in your boots when facing 1,000 ghouls or ruthless drug lords. The key to beating both, however, is keeping cool—something the characters in this weekend’s two new releases are plenty good at. “Ghostbusters” Physicist Erin Gilbert (Kristen Wiig) and paranormal researcher Abby Yates (Melissa...

Apparently, animated fish invade theaters better than aliens from outer space. While there’s no harm to visit (or revisit) Dory’s waters, this weekend sees the arrival of three worlds that promise a thrilling time—if you don’t mind the risks, that is. The BFG After a row of political dramas, Steven Spielberg returns...

“The Shallows” starring Blake Lively is entertaining, despite eschewing from the more thought-provoking tropes of the survival genre. Set on a nondescript and secluded cove somewhere in Mexico, the film sees Nancy Adams (Blake Lively) stranded, battling against a predatory great white shark and her own various...

Everyone is gleefully swimming in Pixar’s ocean right now, which is justified considering they have waited for 4,745 days. As this weekend will prove, however, not every place brings laughter to its inhabitants. The only way to survive is to wake up the inner fighter. The Shallows Nancy Adams (Blake Lively) loves the...

Yep, the screams are currently filling theaters. For this weekend, moviegoers have two choices to drop the fear and grin ear-to-ear, and both feature protagonists who must harden their wills to reach the finish line. Central Intelligence Calvin (Kevin Hart), a meek accountant, used to be a star athlete in Central...

The turtles are thriving, and the apocalypse is still happening, but for this weekend three kinds of magic are poised to cast their names as king of the box office. And no, Disney is not on the list. Warcraft A dark portal has opened, and the human world lies on the brink of ruination at the hands of violent orcs...

Everyone has heard the saying “you are what you eat,” which can be interpreted to mean if you eat healthful foods you’ll be healthy and if you eat unhealthful foods you’ll be unhealthy. This for the most part rings true. Well Hippocrates said, “let food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be thy food.” Coincidentally...

While professors are busy finalizing our grades, we’re busy finalizing our summer plans. Some of us have already mapped out our travel routes while others feel stuck at home. If you’re spending the summer in Houston, there’s no need to feel like you’re missing out. There are plenty of cool things to do in Houston, and...