Kirsten Dunst

Now, HP Ladies Can Stay in Town to Spend a Fortune on a Haircut

D.O.A.

Drop Dead Gorgeous isn't likely to win any popularity contests

Bloodlust

Interview with the Vampire and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein try to invigorate the horror genre

Natural women

Little Women is an old-fashioned movie in the very best sense

Personal best

From a year full of startling and memorable movies, here are our favorites

Mood indigo

Diane Keaton's Unstrung Heroes is a sad, silky meditation on death

Patchwork saga

How To Make an American Quilt stitches a contrived view of romance

Bored game

Jumanji begins as Pandora's Box and ends up a parlor trick

Toys for thoughts

G.I. Joe was a wimp; these Small Soldiers are ready to kick butt

L7

Slap Happy (Wax Tadpole/Bong Load)

How to Lose Friends and Nick and Norah: Double Your Disappointment

Two mediocre adaptations by two directors who really should have known better

Barely Passing

All's not Wellesley when Julia cracks a Mona Lisa Smile

Spider Bites

Overstuffed plot, empty action ruin Spidey's run

The Mystery of the Tween Demo

Bringing smarty back, Nancy Drew returns for another generation of young consumers

Royal Flush

Bringing smarty back, Nancy Drew returns for another generation of young consumers

French Confection

Sofia Coppola pays opulent tribute to the innocent boredom of a teen queen

Crowe Flies Home

Elizabethtown is a mess, not that its director should care

From Major to Minor

Why the best films of 2004 look like indies but aren't

Run, Do Not Crawl

Spider-Man swings in this touching, thrilling, superior sequel

Forget Me Not

Inside the Spotless Mind is a big and beating heart

Funny Boy

Life is coming up cow patties for kid comedian Corbin Corona

Eye Spy

Young detectives gear up for a challenge

Q & Eh

Plus: Man Crush; I Already Miss the Sumbitch

Mag Light

Today's music magazines suck up to celebs--and just plain suck

Their Aim Is True

There are plenty of reasons to hate Phantom Planet. Don't.

Bobby Love

De Niro--no surprise--is the reason to like City by the Sea

Fallon Fast

Saturday Night Live's prime player is rapidly outgrowing television's small screen

Dream Weaver

Spider-Man slings pop mythology for the masses

Cat Fight

Bogdanovich works out his demons on Citizen Hearst

All Grown Up

The Brothers offers hope of life after romantic comedy

Gimme an 'F'

Bring It On is nothing to cheer about

The goddaughters

Sofia Coppola mixes nostalgia, suburbia, and teen lust into a volatile blend in The Virgin Suicides

Decline and fall again

History's least funny era makes an amusing comeback in Dick

Tonight, Tonight: Ratatat at The Palladium, Street Dogs at The Loft, Atari Teenage Riot at Trees and Jenny & Johnny at the Granada

As seems to be the norm in these parts, Tuesday is quite a bit more musically active than Monday was. Whatever the reasons, there are several shows of interest hitting town this evening--and two of them are in the same building.

From Party Girl to Oscar Winner, Sofia Coppola's Journey to Somewhere.

As seems to be the norm in these parts, Tuesday is quite a bit more musically active than Monday was. Whatever the reasons, there are several shows of interest hitting town this evening--and two of them are in the same building.

Descendants Ascends to Top of DFW Crix List

​The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association just dispatched its year-end best-of, the whole list of which follows. Given my retreat from film crit in recent months -- though I did review We Bought a Zoo, opening Christmas week, and ... not bad -- I can't argue with this year's list as I've don ... More >>

Best Films of 2011: Why You've Never Heard of Margaret

And nine more choice flicks.