Tom Hanks

The Right Stuff, But Whose Stuff? NASA, Astronauts Tussle Over Items Sold by Heritage.

​Back on November 30, our cross-the-street neighbors at Heritage Auctions dispatched a celebratory missive headlined: "Apollo 13 checklist brings $388,375 at Heritage Auctions in Dallas." (Note to self: Time to clean out in-box.) But if you check Heritage's website, the listing for the historic ar ... More >>

The Best Damn Films of 2011

What a year it was at the movies! Just reflect for a second all the places we've traveled together on our cinematic voyages of 2011 in that theatrical transport known as film. Alternate worlds and realities. All over the map of our own. Forward to the future. Back in time. Into the psyche. Hell, hal ... More >>

Horrible Bosses Sings the White Man's Lament

It's hard out there for an employed, middle-class, white-collar male.

UT-Arlington Researchers Plan Study On Gas Drilling Operations' Affect on Water Quality

​Last month, we mentioned a far-reaching University of Texas at Austin study of complaints about gas drilling operations that's just now getting underway. Meant to connect the dots between air, soil and water quality complaints from the Barnett to the Marcellus Shale, the nine-month project from t ... More >>

Top 25 Food-Related Quotes Of The Past Decade

​Almost a decade ago, I wrote this: "Every time this country ends up with a Bush in the White House, several things most assuredly occur: The government inflicts some regrettable incident on Japan, the nation tumbles into a recession, a presidential pet writes a book, and everyone worries about th ... More >>

At Contemporary Theatre of Dallas, The Cemetery Club has gallows humor in spades while WaterTower hits a false note with Totally True Story

​Almost a decade ago, I wrote this: "Every time this country ends up with a Bush in the White House, several things most assuredly occur: The government inflicts some regrettable incident on Japan, the nation tumbles into a recession, a presidential pet writes a book, and everyone worries about th ... More >>

Locksley Loves Robin Hood. Tom Hanks Loves Locksley.

​Almost a decade ago, I wrote this: "Every time this country ends up with a Bush in the White House, several things most assuredly occur: The government inflicts some regrettable incident on Japan, the nation tumbles into a recession, a presidential pet writes a book, and everyone worries about th ... More >>

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

​Almost a decade ago, I wrote this: "Every time this country ends up with a Bush in the White House, several things most assuredly occur: The government inflicts some regrettable incident on Japan, the nation tumbles into a recession, a presidential pet writes a book, and everyone worries about th ... More >>

Finally, Hitting the "Reset" Button

​Almost a decade ago, I wrote this: "Every time this country ends up with a Bush in the White House, several things most assuredly occur: The government inflicts some regrettable incident on Japan, the nation tumbles into a recession, a presidential pet writes a book, and everyone worries about th ... More >>

At Sundance, Some Films Are Wanted, While Others Are Desired

​Almost a decade ago, I wrote this: "Every time this country ends up with a Bush in the White House, several things most assuredly occur: The government inflicts some regrettable incident on Japan, the nation tumbles into a recession, a presidential pet writes a book, and everyone worries about th ... More >>

Buyers Beware, Or: Will Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures at Sundance Film Festival?

​Almost a decade ago, I wrote this: "Every time this country ends up with a Bush in the White House, several things most assuredly occur: The government inflicts some regrettable incident on Japan, the nation tumbles into a recession, a presidential pet writes a book, and everyone worries about th ... More >>

Moolah for Mullahs in Charlie Wilson's War

All aboard the '80s way-back machine for Mike Nichols' good time Charlie

Jimmy Carter Documentary Full of Good Intentions

Demme follows Carter's controversial book tour and ends up with the same old narrative

Royal Pains

How the British monarchy survived the death

of the people's princess

Men Behaving Badly

Bad Santa meets Napoleon Dynamite in tepid man-child comedy

That's a Wrap

Meet the new 800-pound gorilla of Dallas film festivals

Man Bites Dog

Meet the new 800-pound gorilla of Dallas film festivals

Ant Invasion

Meet the new 800-pound gorilla of Dallas film festivals

Jesus Wept

Anybody got a good anagram for "crap"?

If I Had a Trini

Anybody got a good anagram for "crap"?

Da Vinci, Da Jackpot

Anybody got a good anagram for "crap"?

Homo on the Range

Ledger and Gyllenhaal are cowboys in love in Ang Lee's wrenching Brokeback Mountain

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Ledger and Gyllenhaal are cowboys in love in Ang Lee's wrenching Brokeback Mountain

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Ledger and Gyllenhaal are cowboys in love in Ang Lee's wrenching Brokeback Mountain

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Ledger and Gyllenhaal are cowboys in love in Ang Lee's wrenching Brokeback Mountain

Great Clips

Tennessee schoolkids teach the world a lesson in an inspirational documentary

Oh, Canada

Big props to the big films of IMAX

Fairy Good

Tea and nutcrackers

His Guy Friday

A gay movie buff takes tips from Cary Grant

Adam 'n' Heave

50 First Dates is a patchy toss-off strictly for Sandler fans

Dance This Mess Around

What a bad feeling--and taste--Honey leaves behind

Greek Out

Distributors still don't honeymoon with small romantic comedies

He Sees Everything

Plus: Seeing Red

Eyes at Front

At the 16th Dallas Video Festival, you cannot--and should not--look away

Fallon Fast

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

Who Cares?

No one's likely to tout Cletis, whoever he is

War on War Books

Donald Miller has (re)written one of the best books on World War II, but will anyone care?

Sordid Details

Del Shores pours a glass of Southern discomfort

The Frequency of Death

Is way too often for the jokes in Pegasus' latest

Good buzz

Toy Story 2 is the rare sequel worthy of the original

Why, baby, why?

In other words, the return of ? and the Mysterians

Eight is enough

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

Night & Day

October 22 - 28, 1998

Letters

October 22 - 28, 1998

Tummy trouble

A Chef in Love induces arthouse indigestion

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Letters

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Letters

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

The importance of being Pauly

Pauly Shore, the crown prince of Valley Dudes, ponders the secret of his success

Stupid Dave tricks

Letterman's hijacking of the Oscars reveals his limitations