Valley of the Dolls Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (Fox) Behold The Godfather and Godfather Part II of drag-queen cinema — two movies that provide the gateway to a lifetime of wig addiction. The films couldn’t be more different in temperament — the 1967 original is mile-high Hollywood kitsch,…
Gamers are so used to Mario that the fundamental weirdness of his exploits no longer raises an eyebrow: A dumpy Italian plumber journeys through a fairy-tale land, where turtles throw hammers, mushrooms bestow magic powers, and a kingly turtlebeast holds a princess captive. Where other videogame plots might have been…
All Aboard! Rosie’s Family Cruise (HBO) Aquamarine (Fox) Beavis and Butt-head: The Mike Judge Collection, Volume 2 (Paramount) Before the Fall (Picture This) The Betty Grable Collection: Volume 1 (Fox) Cemetery Man (Anchor Bay) End of the Spear (Fox) Fatwa (Ventura) A Good Woman (Lions Gate) Green Street Hooligans (Warner…
Juneteenth celebrations have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember, but apparently unless you’re African-American and from Texas, there’s a good chance you may not know exactly what Juneteenth is, in spite of it being an official state holiday. OK, here’s your quick Texas…
Sometimes, great ideas for children’s entertainment don’t just go bad—they get awkward. Remember Xuxa, the Brazilian children’s show host who delighted kids with flying spaceships and fun songs? Probably not—the show tanked in the States once parents found out Xuxa was a former nightclub dancer and erotic movie actress. And…
Many people may not be pleased with the current administration, but that doesn’t make them any less “American.” In fact, the desire to speak out and speak up is just about as American as it gets. And speaking up doesn’t necessarily require vocalization. Take it from artists like Michael Miller,…
You know your next assignment will probably take anywhere from one to four weeks to complete. What you don’t know is what country it will be in, what immunizations you’ll need to survive and whether to pack the SPF 50 or snowshoes. Calling in sick with malaria or dengue fever…
While the idea of luxuriating in a relaxing wave pool and watching a family film does sound pretty damn cool, it just seems obvious that there would be an elevated opportunity for aquatic mayhem with parents and kids staring up at a movie screen instead of paying attention to the…
This shouldn’t be surprising, but we can’t help but feel a little bothered by it: The Gambler has a MySpace page. It wasn’t bad enough that Kenny Rogers had to make a recent appearance on American Idol, looking not at all like the bushy-haired, full-faced figure we remember from our…
Here’s one more reason to eschew the cineplex down the street: The Magnolia Bar Gallery (located inside the Magnolia Theatre in the West Village) is putting the art back into the art house theater. In an attempt to bring more attention to the regional art scene, the Magnolia Bar Gallery…
George Jones may not have written most of his greatest songs, but he certainly sang the living hell out of them. “He Stopped Loving Her Today” isn’t really that great when anybody else sings it—even Johnny Cash’s Unearthed version is unimpressive—but Jones took the song and turned it into something…
I’m pretty sure every single white chick in my freshman class had heard the soundtrack to Les Misérables at least 50 times by the time they got to high school choir class. I, on the other hand, mostly listened to Weezer. And while my teenage hormones made it abundantly clear…
Since this blurb is about a play titled Polish Joke, it only seems appropriate to offer a guffaw originating in humor of the Polish persuasion. The Canonical List of Polish Jokes online didn’t help much since their server was down—unless that was the joke. So next on the list was,…
This is serious stuff, folks. I don’t want to alarm anyone or cause unjust anxiety, but according to press materials, ELLE DÉCOR’s Dining by Design is “the pinnacle of tabletop celebrations.” The pinnacle, people. This is as good as it gets. I know we’ve all experienced what we thought were…
According to interviews with the popera (pop + opera) boy band Il Divo, the name means “the male version of the divine.” What can be more divine than four clean-shaven, tanned gentlemen in tastefully disheveled tuxedos? Il Divo is not merely a group of comfortingly feminine but powerfully masculine vocalists…
What’s more inspiring, artistically or otherwise, than running one’s fingertips over the supple curves or taut musculature of…um, er, never mind. Look, all I’m trying to say is that for centuries the human body has motivated and inspired artists in their creative processes. The AlSo Gallery, 1425 Dragon St., honors…
Apparently, the students of the Miles Batt Workshop held in March produced some “wild and wonderful” art. Whether it’s wild because the attendees were eccentric geniuses or because the class was one letter away from being a “butt workshop” remains to be seen. Either way, it should be pretty interesting…
If in 1993 you scoffed at the notion that the lady singing “All I Wanna Do” was any more than a one-hit wonder, you weren’t alone. But here it is 13 years later and Sheryl Crow’s got a bona fide career. Some claim she slept her way up the charts,…
Kidnapping, assault and an avalanche make for one hell of a bachelor party, no doubt, as evidenced in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. The musical, based on the short story The Sobbin’ Women, by Stephen Vincent Benét, centers around a group of biblically named mountain men who set out to…
What do you call someone who can’t run or bike? A duathlete. OK, maybe that’s the bitter runner in me talking, but I just wish cyclists, duathletes and triathletes didn’t have to advertise their lifestyle at every opportunity. Between the Cliff Bar decals on the Nissan XTerras and the Verizon…
Richard E. Grant is one of those actors who you may not know by name, but you’d probably recognize him if you saw him. He’s appeared in some memorable pieces of cinema (Gosford Park and The Age of Innocence) and some remarkable pieces of crap (Spice World and Hudson Hawk)…
Some people just aren’t flexible. They have no balance, and they can’t tell their right from their left. The suggestion of trying out yoga just makes them laugh. Now I’m not saying I’m one of those people (I am), but for those special types, the North Richland Hills Recreation Center…
