John Goodman

Moon Wok: It's Not Bad, You Know It, It's Not Really, Really Bad

She says she wanted to try the food, but we think Cheap Bastard stopped by Moon Wok just to have an excuse to break out her fedora, single white glove and sequined ruby dancing shoes. You can find the place at 8670 Skillman St., 214-221-8888. Times I drove by and said to myself, "Ha. Moon Wok," bef ... More >>

Shearer Gets Serious

She says she wanted to try the food, but we think Cheap Bastard stopped by Moon Wok just to have an excuse to break out her fedora, single white glove and sequined ruby dancing shoes. You can find the place at 8670 Skillman St., 214-221-8888. Times I drove by and said to myself, "Ha. Moon Wok," bef ... More >>

Wired into New Orleans

David Simon’s new HBO series uses fiction to honor The Crescent City’s surreal, heart-breaking reality

What Do Michael Douglas and Jack Abramoff Have in Common? They're Both in This Year's Dallas International Film Festival.

Michael Douglas and Jesse Eisenberg in Solitary Man, one of the first titles announced for the Dallas International Film Festival​After the jump you'll find a list of the first 10 titles announced for this year's Dallas International Film Festival -- you know, The Film Fest Formerly Known as AFI D ... More >>

Going to Towne: Some Picks for Your Friday AFI Dallas Film Festival-Going Pleasure

Patrick MichelsChinatown writer Robert Towne walking the red carpet at NorthPark Center last nightPatrick has posted his bang-up slide show from last night's AFI Dallas International Film Festival kick-off, which comes with the most adorable photo of Rinko Kikuchi you'll find anywhere and several ot ... More >>

Big Fan: AFI Dallas Announces Its Complete Line-Up, Minus the Closing-Night Movie(s?)

Patton Oswalt is the Big Fan, scheduled to play the AFI Dallas International Film Fest this yearMoments ago, the AFI Dallas International Film Festival sent along its complete schedule for this year's fest, which runs March 26 through April 2 -- with, as we've noted before, most screenings taking pl ... More >>

AFI Dallas Announces Its First 15 Films

Paul Dano and Zooey Deschanel in Gigantic, which premiered in Toronto last year and screens this year at AFI DallasThe AFI Dallas International Film Festival just released its first list of films selected for this year's shindig, which runs March 26 through April 2 -- with, as noted last month, most ... More >>

Echoes & Reverberations: Van Halen’s “Almost Infamous”

Paul Dano and Zooey Deschanel in Gigantic, which premiered in Toronto last year and screens this year at AFI DallasThe AFI Dallas International Film Festival just released its first list of films selected for this year's shindig, which runs March 26 through April 2 -- with, as noted last month, most ... More >>

It's Dallas vs. Dallas, As ER Docs Assail McCain's Advisor's Health Care Claims

Paul Dano and Zooey Deschanel in Gigantic, which premiered in Toronto last year and screens this year at AFI DallasThe AFI Dallas International Film Festival just released its first list of films selected for this year's shindig, which runs March 26 through April 2 -- with, as noted last month, most ... More >>

Fast Track to Nowhere

It's anime on overdrive in the Wachowski brothers' souped-up, tricked-out Speed Racer

You've Got to Bee Kidding

No wonder all the bees are dying—Seinfeld's movie is embarrassing

Evan Can Wait

Why in God's name did Steve Carell take the paycheck?

Where, O Where?

The Inwood displays the Coens' Brotherly love

Impossibly Passable

The Inwood displays the Coens' Brotherly love

Face "The Nation"

The Inwood displays the Coens' Brotherly love

RIght Cross

Is George W. Bush a conservative? Author Bruce Bartlett doesn't think so,

and saying that cost him his job.

New releases available this week

Is George W. Bush a conservative? Author Bruce Bartlett doesn't think so,

and saying that cost him his job.

Best Bowling Alley

Don Carter's All Star Lanes

Dirty Jokes

Blondes have more fun

Short Cuts

Blondes have more fun

Malternative Lifestyles

Does drinking flavored malt beverages make men more appealing to women?

Deep Freeze

In the Ice Age, three mammals and a baby try to keep us warm

Small Screen, Big Step

DEJ Productions tries to give "direct-to-video" a good name

Asking for It

Storytelling continues Solondz's bluster of sex, rage and insanity

Are You In or Out?

Or, one man's passion for Clooney, killers, kooks and corn

Pure and Simple

A virginal oaf seeks love Under the Sun

Boo Who?

Monsters, Inc. opens the door to a world so good it's scary

Herald and Mod

My First Mister proclaims the transcendence of a pretty young freak

Décolletage Diva

Liv Tyler makes the boys go crazy-funny in One Night at McCool's

Bona Fide

Joel and Ethan Coen's Brother hits a Homer

Dubya, We Knew You When...

With a homeboy headed for the White House, a handful of his Dallas pals have hopes of making their mark on Washington

The Llama King

Disney finds its own new groove with a dynamic Emperor

Sliding Downhill

Forget Cincy--our experts say the Boys will get a lot worse before they get better

Angel, Low To The Ground

Fox hits another iceberg

Jerry rigged

Bruckheimer's Coyote Ugly pours a lethal cocktail

Squirrel meat

Animated duo return in a very Rocky road movie

You can prick your finger...

Garry Shandling's Planet is a very shambling mess

Nic at night

Scorsese manages to bring out the dead, especially in the living

Method Man
and Redman

Scorsese manages to bring out the dead, especially in the living

All duded up

Jeff Bridges' wacked-out stoner carries the Coens' The Big Lebowski

Tiny mistakes

The Borrowers is fun enough, but gives nothing back

A touch of evil

Denzel Washington's Fallen, and he can't get up