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Houstonist found this Dad missing his daughter to be the saddest Missed Connection in our career of lighting up you chumps for sucking at talking to folks. Mr. Man, you need to hold yourself together. Like that old lady at the laundromat says, "Home is where your midget is." Reduce the 900 miles to 9 and you're in business. Now back to our regularly scheduled shenanigans already in progress. Strippers are really angels working...

Why, you're asking, would the sophisticated crowd over at Houstonist waste money on a half-baked teen comedy? Funny you should ask. Houstonist, you see, dated John Tucker. So did our best friend. So, looking for a flashback to high school (and the teen comedies of the late 90s), we took a deep breath, put on our big sunglasses so nobody would recognize us, and mubled "oneforjohntucker" at the ticket counter. Safely ensconsed in our seat,...

Woody Allen's latest, Scoop, is his second British-set film starring Scarlett Johansson in a row, and while there are definitely some problems with Scoop, we for one hope he keeps the trend going. Though not nearly as interesting or engaging as last year's Match Point, which garnered an oscar nomination for original screenplay, Scoop certainly has its charm. That charm begins with the plot: a light-as-air bit of nonsense about a journalist who comes back...

OK, you caught us: Houstonist has a secret wish to fufill all your entertainment needs. In that vein, we're instituting a movie calander! You can just call us "entertainment guru". Here's what's opening on your local silver screen this weekend.... Miami Vice, starring Colin Farrell and Oscar winner Jaime Foxx (Ray), headlines this week's openings, directed by Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral), who was the guiding light behind the 80s TV series. Mann is known for...