For the fourth year in a row, News Radio 590 KLBJ will bring you Jeff
Ward at the Movies LIVE at the Alamo Drafthouse Village. This 3-hour
"invitation only" cocktail party interrupted by Jeff Ward's famous
radio show will showcase the 2008 Summer Blockbuster Movie Season -
what's new, what's hot, and what's happening in the movie and film
industry this summer. The event will offer attendees the rare
opportunity to eat, drink, talk about movies and interact with Jeff and
his guest, movie critic Gary Cogill.

Listen to Jeff Ward every weekday from 3-7p to win tickets.

Who is Gary Cogill?

Gary Cogill is an award-winning film critic for WFAA-TV in Dallas. He is a three-time Katie Award winner and has worked in the Channel 8 news department for more than 16 years. Gary is also a consistent contributor to Good Morning Texas as well as Texas Cable News.

Gary has been interviewing actors, writers and directors since the mid-1980s and is a nationally recognized film critic. "When you sit in a room with Robin Williams, you better be ready," Gary said. "He always makes fun of what I wear, and if you push the right button, he'll fly around the room."

His work has appeared in numerous television markets around the United States, and Gary has appeared on the cable movie channel American Movie Classics.

"I have seen Steve McQueen drive backward in The Blob, more than 50 times, and I sat through Lawrence Of Arabia by myself four nights in a row as a 10-year-old. That should tell you a lot about me," Gary said.

In 1996, Gary co-hosted a popular morning TV show in Seattle called 7 Live. "I was lucky enough to fly with The Blue Angels and not throw up. I also appeared on stage with Stacy Keach in An Inspector Calls," Gary said. "Don't get excited, I was an extra."

Gary is also a nationally recognized radio personality. In 1997, he co-hosted the popular syndicated morning radio show Daybreak USA, heard in more than 200 markets in the United States and Canada.

During the 1990s, Gary was heard on a daily basis on the nationally syndicated radio show USA Overnight.

Gary spent two years hosting his own live radio call-in talk show on 570 KLIF,Talk Radio in Dallas, discussing everything from politics to religion to movies. On Wednesday nights, his "Story Time" on KLIF became a North Texas favorite as Gary would read stories to children while their parents tucked them into bed.

Gary's film column appeared for two years in The Fort Worth Press, and he was a feature writer and columnist for Best Choice video magazine, with a monthly circulation of 250,000.

During the 1980s, Gary wrote, produced and directed hundreds of TV commercials while writing advertising copy, short films and documentaries.

Gary has been reviewing movies for the Jeff Ward Show on Newsradio 590 KLBJ since 2002. Gary talks movies with Jeff every other Friday afternoon.

It's your chance to call-in and discuss the latest in film at 836-0590 or toll-free 877-590-KLBJ (5525).