Films like Troll 2, Plan Nine from Outer Space and Birdemic: Shock and Terror have amassed global fanbases for their terribleness, but The Room has become by critical standards the Citizen Kane of “best worst movies.” The Room doesn’t just aspire for greatness and fails. It falls so hard that…
You’ve played “Mario Kart” all your life — from the day you could learn how to use your reflexive responses to dodge green turtle shells. This is your moment to actually use those skills to acquire money, and this time, you’ll need more than your thumbs to win. The Mushroom Rally…
If you purchased tickets for comedian Amy Schumer’s show back in November, you’ll get the chance to finally use them in March. The AT&T Performing Arts Center announced that the stand-up comedian and star of the hit Comedy Central sketch show Inside Amy Schumer rescheduled the show she planned to perform…
Comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham is about to film his 10th comedy special, and he’s decided to film it in the place where he got his start in show business. “It’s a homecoming for me,” Dunham says from his home in Los Angeles. “It’s like, ‘Why in the world have I…
When filmmaker Todd Jenkins released his independent horror comedy film Cherokee Creek last summer about a group of horny bachelors whose party in the woods gets crashed by a furious Sasquatch, he released it on his terms. He controlled the script, filming and editing process. He chose the premiere date and…
Ask any hardcore gamer who grew up in the 1980s to name what they believe to be the first portable gaming console. They’d probably answer with the Entex Electric Baseball game or those tiny, white Tiger Electronics LCD games that their parents thought were just as good as a Sega…
The Dallas film festival scene has exploded in a short time. It’s gotten so big that occasionally they occupy the same space on the calendar. “A few years back, we had a situation where a couple of festivals fell on the same date, which of course is not great,” film…
You’ve been ignoring the fact that Christmas is only a few days away, and you’ve still got nothing for that family member or friend in your life who consults crystals instead of a gastroenterologist and believes non-homemade toothpaste is equivalent to cyanide. You don’t have the nerve or inclination to…
Actress and comedian Amy Sedaris doesn’t have a lot of time to herself, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. “I look at my calendar and I can’t believe it,” Sedaris says. “I’m busier than I want to be right now.” She’s not only starring and writing in her own…
There’s only one way to open the largest esports complex in the country, and the city of Arlington christened its new esports complex with a virtual competition on a massive screen. The Arlington Esports Stadium hosted its official opening Monday with its first public tour and demonstration of the 100,000-square-foot,…
Few things can cause a greater sense of sticker shock in America than getting the bill for a bottle of pills not covered by insurance. A 2016 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association concluded that Americans spend $458 more per capita on prescription drugs compared with…
She’s been a boozer, a user and a loser, an anthropomorphic Persian cat and TV’s most beloved homemaker. And now she’s an Ernie Kovacs Award winner. Actress, writer and comedian Amy Sedaris will be the next recipient of the Ernie Kovacs Award at the Dallas VideoFest 31 and the first…
Unlike other sports, soccer has a unique power to bring people together, says FC Dallas owner and president Dan Hunt. “When you put different cultures together on a soccer field, they can communicate with each other even if they don’t speak the same language,” Hunt says. “It’s so inclusive.” Some,…
Acting and filmmaking run in Julian Hilliard’s family. His mother, Arianne Martin, is an accomplished actress with credits on television and film. His father, Justin Hilliard, has produced and directed a number of films and documentaries. Julian not only shows an interest in the family business, but he has his own…
You’ve probably never noticed that the original 1931 Frankenstein film starring horror icon Boris Karloff as Mary Shelley’s infamous shambling corpse has no music or score because so many people were gasping and screaming the first time you saw it. Composer Michael Shapiro said the lack of a soundtrack was done…
U.S. Representative John Lewis had some cautionary words for his Dallas supporters on Saturday. “We must take our country back and save our democracy,” Lewis said. “I don’t want to go back. I want to go forward and create one America.” Lewis said our differences don’t matter because we’re all living…
We live in an age that’s ripe for biting satire fueled by a sea of bottomless negativity. It seems like it would be hard not to just spend an hour on stage yelling into the mic about how much things suck. Comedian Tom Papa makes the art of positivity look…
Next month, it’s game on for Arlington and its new esports stadium. The city of Arlington announced that the Esports Stadium Arlington will open to the public on the weekend after Thanksgiving, giving the city the right to brag that they are home to the largest gaming and esports facility…
For the last 30 years, your television has been able to access at least one episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, whether it’s a rerun, a DVD or an unauthorized upload to the internet from the show’s original seven-season run. The critically acclaimed comedy creation concocted by writer and comedian Joel Hodgson,…
You’ve already missed your chance to see Piff the Magic Dragon perform live unless you can afford to drop everything and go on a road trip to his next gig. But don’t worry, we’ve found the next best thing. The Las Vegas comedy magician, who performs regularly at The Flamingo,…
There’s more than a twinge of excitement in comedian Tom Arnold’s voice as he talks a mile a minute about his adventures with some of America’s most powerful political leaders. They’re even more impressive to hear when you realize he’s not a political comedian. Even Arnold doesn’t seem to understand…
Comedy is hard. Musical comedy is harder, much harder. Musical comedy requires great timing and delivery for the comedy part. The other half requires a dancer’s build, a strong voice and hours of sweaty rehearsals and run-throughs. Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino, the hosts of Earwolf’s musical comedy podcast Off…
