Charlie Brown

That Round-Headed Kid

In Defense of... The Fray's "Heartbeat"

Looks like Coldplay released their album Mylo Xyloto on Monday. I'm racking my head about what the album title means. Is it the name of Chris Martin's pet axolotl? No idea.So, instead, I'm gonna put Mylo Xyloto off and check out at another soft-rock band -- one often compared to Coldplay -- that r ... More >>

A Man Among Boys

Red Baron's Frozen Beagles

Listomania: The Songs That Give Thanks, a Field Guide

Not a song, but we sure are thankful for this.​It's hard to argue with Charlie Brown: Thanksgiving is here, man (paraphrased). Over on our on food blog, City of Ate, the writers are counting down to Thanksgiving with odes to their favorite T-Day foods. DC9's thinking: why can't we join in on t ... More >>

Morning Glory: Married to the Job.

15 Buck Chuck

This Patch Has Plenty

Staff Trax: Bear in Heaven; Does It Offend You, Yeah?; The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy; The Swell Season; The Go! Team

Welcome to Staff Trax, the weekly feature here on DC9 where we shed some light on the music we've been enjoying of late, regardless of the touring or album release schedules that tend to bear the focus of most of our coverage. Consider it a chance for you readers to get some more insight into ... More >>

Top 10 Thanksgiving Dinners in Movies (And TV)

When it comes to movie holidays, Thanksgiving usually takes a back seat to that overplayed holiday in December. The one with the elves. The one that rhymes with "isthmus." (Sort of.) But why the second-class status, Thanksgiving? The holiday's got all the same potential for family chaos, waxing mor ... More >>

For the Big Fan of the AFI Dallas Film Fest, Some Movie News, Notes and Day Six Picks

Patrick MichelsHenry Selick, and friend Coraline, will receive the Texas Avery Award tonight at 7 at the Nasher Sculpture Center.So, before getting to today's AFI Dallas International Film Festival quick picks, this locally related film note: Former Dallas Observer film critic and all-round good egg ... More >>

Ice Storm = False Advertising

This was taken outside my house this morning!! Actually, I lied. But it is drizzling. Ice Storm! Cold drizzle. Once again, we've been duped by local weatherpeople. And I, for one, don't think it's a honest mistake. I smell a cold, contrived, conspiracy. Last night I watched Chann ... More >>

Charlie Brown Is a Blockhead, But he Did Get a Nice Tree

Seems appropriate that on this freezing-foggy night at 7, WFAA-Channel 8 will air A Charlie Brown Christmas, augmented with 30 minutes' worth of needless extras: "a series of Christmas-themed animated stories entitled Charlie Brown Christmas Tales, based on Schulz's work, in which each of the belove ... More >>

DVD Releases for the Week of February 19

DVD Releases for the Week of January 15

The Gang's Changed

A Blockhead stars at the Bath House

Peanuts, Worth More than Peanuts

Lesse, a Charles Schulz Original Peanuts Strip or a Lock of Che Guevara's Hair ...

Jack-O-Retum

Cat and Dog

Students direct plays at UNT

Cat and Dog

Students direct plays at UNT

For Peanuts

This Is Their Brain on Drugs

Cassavetes Jr. and Justin "in a box" Timberlake team up for real-life tale of killer potheads

This Gourd's for You

Our top DVD picks for the week of March 28

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

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Kiss the Sky

Good Grief

Our columnist is a loser--again--which is more fun for us than him

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Hang on, Snoopy

Good grief! Happiness is Charlie Brown at Theatre Three; Patsy Cline and Magi are magical, too.

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

None the Wiser

Clowning toward Bethlehem

Carol Away

The softer side of Dickens' Christmas

Fair Play

A reason to visit Deep Ellum during the daytime

Dead Zone

A better treat than candy

Ad-libbing on Tokyo Time

Sofia Coppola and her cast get Lost in Translation

Harlem Nights

Single sisters shouldn't settle?

Hallway Gangstas

When bad things happen to good kids, their Luck always holds

Hamming It Up

Neil Hamburger comes with a side of cheese

Royal's Screwups

Wes Anderson's film is like its characters: flawed genius

The Look of Hate

Arthur Miller fixes his Focus on prejudice in 1940s Brooklyn

Scene, Heard

One Ton Records closes its doors

Tongue-tied

Gringo Lingo gripes

Bless the Blockhead

How A Charlie Brown Christmas almost wasn't, then became a tradition

Unburied treasure

The world premiere of Little Mexico is another vivid Teatro treat

Snoopy dogged

A Charlie Brown Christmas doesn't come without its (good) grief

Events for the week

Events for the week

Slouching toward Hollywood

Can four young Dallas filmmakers sell their dream-and still keep their souls? Matt Zoller Seitz follows the trail of Bottle Rocket

Ghosts in the machine

When the vinyl jukebox dies, so will a little piece of the music it played