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  • Film

    January 19, 2012
  • Calendar

    October 27, 2011

    Shelter for the Storms

    And punches and kills in a spy thriller.

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    The Dallas International Film Festival Serves Up the Blueberry Hooch

    ​Last night kicked off an annual tradition for Girl Drink Drunk--taking a week off to spend at the movies. Fellow girl drinker and film festival enthusiast Jen joined me in hitting up the opening night festivities at the Angelika at Mockingbird Station. The draw, for me anyway, was actually t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    Farewell, John Hughes

    ​Pardon the break in postings -- I spent the last little while watching this nine-minute tribute to the eight films John Hughes wrote and directed, among them Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Weird Science (co-starring Fort Worth's Bill Paxton) and Pla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2009

    An F5 Destroys Dallas, One in a Series

    Every now and then folks like to subject Dallas to an F5 tornado for the sake of a terrifying what-if short film. The first in line remains the best: the Discovery Channel's Perfect Disaster "Supertornado" episode, which is only missing Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton; if that's what'll happen to the Bal ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 9, 2009

    Aliens, Plural

    You mean there's more than one?

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2009

    Road Trip: On the Set of Local Filmmaker Tom Huckabee's Carried Away

    Patrick MichelsFort Worth-based filmmaker Tom Huckabee's first feature was a post-apocalyptic William S. Burroughs adaptation, in which a 19-year-old Bill Paxton gets a brainwashing and a sex change from militant feminists.For his second feature now, 26 years later, Huckabee is tackling slightly mil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2008

    AFI Dallas: And the Winners Are ...

    Patrick MichelsFort Worth-based filmmaker Tom Huckabee's first feature was a post-apocalyptic William S. Burroughs adaptation, in which a 19-year-old Bill Paxton gets a brainwashing and a sex change from militant feminists.For his second feature now, 26 years later, Huckabee is tackling slightly mil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2008

    AFI Dallas: The Joy in Joy Division, and The Monster Among Us

    Patrick MichelsFort Worth-based filmmaker Tom Huckabee's first feature was a post-apocalyptic William S. Burroughs adaptation, in which a 19-year-old Bill Paxton gets a brainwashing and a sex change from militant feminists.For his second feature now, 26 years later, Huckabee is tackling slightly mil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2008

    AFI Dallas: Fancy, But Not Too

    Patrick MichelsFort Worth-based filmmaker Tom Huckabee's first feature was a post-apocalyptic William S. Burroughs adaptation, in which a 19-year-old Bill Paxton gets a brainwashing and a sex change from militant feminists.For his second feature now, 26 years later, Huckabee is tackling slightly mil ... More >>

  • Film

    March 27, 2008

    Entering Its Second Year, AFI Dallas Avoids the Sophomore Slump

    Patrick MichelsFort Worth-based filmmaker Tom Huckabee's first feature was a post-apocalyptic William S. Burroughs adaptation, in which a 19-year-old Bill Paxton gets a brainwashing and a sex change from militant feminists.For his second feature now, 26 years later, Huckabee is tackling slightly mil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2008

    Serenity Falls on Dallas, Bringing With It Familiar Faces

    Patrick MichelsFort Worth-based filmmaker Tom Huckabee's first feature was a post-apocalyptic William S. Burroughs adaptation, in which a 19-year-old Bill Paxton gets a brainwashing and a sex change from militant feminists.For his second feature now, 26 years later, Huckabee is tackling slightly mil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2007

    Fort Worth Film Fest to Feature Bill Paxton, T-Bone Burnett, Robert Rodriguez ... and Fred Durst

    Patrick MichelsFort Worth-based filmmaker Tom Huckabee's first feature was a post-apocalyptic William S. Burroughs adaptation, in which a 19-year-old Bill Paxton gets a brainwashing and a sex change from militant feminists.For his second feature now, 26 years later, Huckabee is tackling slightly mil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2007

    Making a Killin' Off Kennedy

    Patrick MichelsFort Worth-based filmmaker Tom Huckabee's first feature was a post-apocalyptic William S. Burroughs adaptation, in which a 19-year-old Bill Paxton gets a brainwashing and a sex change from militant feminists.For his second feature now, 26 years later, Huckabee is tackling slightly mil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2007

    The Day Bill Paxton Saw John F. Kennedy

    Patrick MichelsFort Worth-based filmmaker Tom Huckabee's first feature was a post-apocalyptic William S. Burroughs adaptation, in which a 19-year-old Bill Paxton gets a brainwashing and a sex change from militant feminists.For his second feature now, 26 years later, Huckabee is tackling slightly mil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2007

    Dallas: Full of Famous Folk Friday!

    Patrick MichelsFort Worth-based filmmaker Tom Huckabee's first feature was a post-apocalyptic William S. Burroughs adaptation, in which a 19-year-old Bill Paxton gets a brainwashing and a sex change from militant feminists.For his second feature now, 26 years later, Huckabee is tackling slightly mil ... More >>

  • Film

    March 22, 2007

    Moving Pictures

    AFI offers the usual slew of sympathetic losers, but a good measure of Zooey

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2007

    Meet Bill Paxton. Hell of a Nice Guy.

    AFI offers the usual slew of sympathetic losers, but a good measure of Zooey

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2007

    Rolling Out the Red Carpet

    AFI offers the usual slew of sympathetic losers, but a good measure of Zooey

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2007

    If You Ever Made, Saw or Rented a Movie in This State, You Will One Day Be in the Texas Film Hall of Fame

    AFI offers the usual slew of sympathetic losers, but a good measure of Zooey

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2006

    Trivial Pursuits

    AFI offers the usual slew of sympathetic losers, but a good measure of Zooey

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2006

    Wild Bill

    Our tornado-chasin' hero returns to Fort Worth

  • Home Entertainment

    October 27, 2005

    Cameron Crowing

    Our tornado-chasin' hero returns to Fort Worth

  • Film

    September 29, 2005

    Played for Fools

    The Greatest Game cheats history, and just about everything else

  • Film

    October 23, 2003

    Five Golden Reels

    The Deep Ellum Film Festival grows up--nicely

  • Film

    July 24, 2003

    Virtual Family

    It's the Spy Kids in 3-D, but where are Mom and Dad?

  • Film

    April 11, 2002

    The Lord's Work?

    In Frailty, it's a Texas massacre with God's blessings

  • Film

    November 15, 2001

    In the Screening Room

    For the Deep Ellum Film Festival, the third time's the charm

  • Film

    December 7, 2000

    Snow Job

    Vertical Limit isn't a "relationship" flick--it's a numbing Die Hard on ice

  • Film

    April 20, 2000

    Re-boot

    U-571 pays homage to great submarine movies and even provides a few surprises itself

  • Film

    December 31, 1998

    Eight is enough

    Hollywood mainstream in the slipstream: hits, misses, remakes, and blasts from the past

  • Film

    December 31, 1998

    A slightly dirty dozen

    Although many standout films were released in 1998, no one movie really stood out

  • Film

    December 24, 1998

    Meet Joe Young (again)

    The never-ending story of Hollywood going ape for a really big gorilla

  • Film

    December 10, 1998

    Money changes everything

    A Simple Plan dishes up a frozen treat from a moral deep freeze

  • Film

    December 18, 1997

    Schlock poetry

    Don't come looking for subtlety, but Titanic is a great big romantic cornball success

  • Film

    April 24, 1997

    Rip-off

    Traveller packs some charm, but brings few gifts

  • Film

    December 26, 1996

    Aurora Bore ya silly

    The Evening Star can't-- and doesn't--succeed on its own Terms

  • Film

    June 27, 1996

    Joe Bob Briggs

    Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

  • Film

    May 16, 1996

    And your little dog, too

    Putting the audience in harm's way gives Twister its punch

  • Film

    April 25, 1996

    Jagged little pills

    Two poisoners' tales revisit Arsenic and Old Lace with differing results

  • Film

    April 18, 1996

    USA Film Festival

    Two poisoners' tales revisit Arsenic and Old Lace with differing results

  • Film

    July 6, 1995

    Moonstruck

    Alternately corny and inspiring, Apollo 13 is about more than just a space mission

  • Music

    May 25, 1995

    Plastic explosives

    Push the Tripping Daisy and make them come up

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