Wild Hogs—in which John Travolta, William H. Macy, Tim Allen, and Martin Lawrence play emasculated suburbanites taking a cross-country motorcycle trip to rediscover their masculinity—doesn’t even sound like a real movie when you describe it to people. They give you that yer-shittin’-me stare, as though it were even possible to…
Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (New Line) You probably already know where you stand on Tenacious D, the pudgy hard rock comedy duo that made Jack Black famous. And if you haven’t heard of them, this isn’t the place to start: Their DVD of short films and music…
For the aging videogamer, nothing’s as sorely missed as the corner arcade. Unlike the family-friendly Dance Dance Revolution discos you see today, classic arcades were seedy little dives tucked into strip malls — dark caves thick with the musty bouquet of cheap carpet and adolescent stench. They were also thick…
Bratz: Fashion Pixiez (Lions Gate) Conversations With God (Fox) Cool It Carol (Image) Deep Red (Blue Underground) Dreamland (Image) Filmation’s Ghostbusters (Brentwood) George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing (MPI) Journey to the End of the Night (First Look) Little Einsteins: The Legend of the Golden Pyramid (Disney) Hawaii, Oslo (Film…
The knock on Lebron James this year is that he’s coasting, that he seems uninterested, and that he doesn’t seem to have the fire in his belly of a true champion. So maybe he’s not the next Michael Jordan, and maybe he’s just sick of playing in godawful Cleveland. Regardless,…
To (possibly) be famous, or to be blue-collar? That is the question. For Larry the Cable Guy, it’s a non-issue. Then again, he’s a total sham in a sleeveless flannel so perhaps I shouldn’t even grant him the honor of that mention. For Troy Maxson, Negro Baseball League star-cum-garbage man…
When some people think of the name Wayne Newton, they picture a cocky teenage Matthew Broderick defiantly lip-synching “Danke Schoen” whilst straddling a float in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. That’s OK. Most of you out there were only a twinkle in Daddy’s eye when Wayne was scorching the airwaves with…
Cheese is, without a doubt, the greatest stuff on earth—I’d give up my left arm before I’d give up cheesy goodness. Luckily local legend Paula Lambert, founder of the Mozzarella Company, is here to make sure that fresh, quality cheeses are at our fingertips daily…allowing me to still use a…
Don’t you like pirates? Sure you do. They go “Arrr!” and wear eye patches and have parrots and scurvy! What’s not to love? Oh, I don’t know—maybe the fact that for, what, five or six years now, pirates have been the hipster in-joke that’s so very, unbelievably, out. And yet…
On his AllMusic Web page, Randy Travis is compared to the Beatles. Seriously. Something about how his 1986 album Storms of Life marked a “generational shift” in country music. I’m not entirely sure how an album with a title that sounds like a Lifetime Movie about menopausal sisters could possibly…
This isn’t some li’l prissy, powder-puff football team; this is your three-time world champion Dallas Diamonds. Still, the “Tryout FAQ” on the team’s Web site reads like Redbook, focusing on the latest diet crazes (“Eat something that will give you energy, but stay down.”) and fashion footwear (leave the heels,…
In the wake of Academy Award season, it’s time to remember the work of Horton Foote, one of the most underappreciated theater and film writers of our time—mainly because he doesn’t blow his own horn, I guess. He received an Oscar for the screen adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird…
Want to see some creepy pallbearing clowns jump around at a funeral? Go pay a million fafillion dollars and see Frenchie’s Cirque du SoNotAsCoolAsItUsedToBe. Me? I’m paying 15 bucks to see the Vault Texas 2007 Benefit. It’s got all the gymnastics you could possibly want—and it’s on horseback. Did you…
They say that since its inception in 1983, the North Texas Irish Festival has always been centered on the music, dance and culture of Ireland. With a majority of its demographic aged 21 to 45, we gotta wonder what it’s really all about. What do people over 21 want in…
There’s an old saying that one can never be too rich or too thin. It’s an old saying for a reason; these days we know all too well the dangers of being too thin. But according to some tabloids, Hollywood has yet to get the memo. Filmmaker Lauren Greenfield is…
I’m going to steer away from the obvious jokes that could be made about the gay rodeo. No Brokeback jokes here. That’s so 2005. Besides, the rumbling and tumbling these guys and gals do prove they are no joke. And they’ve been roping cows, riding horses and even two-stepping at…
Mike Judge is a freakin’ genius; that goes without saying. Everything he does is brilliant and adored by millions. OK, so Idiocracy wasn’t exactly a box office smash, but neither was Office Space when it was first released. Mark my words, once we get over this global warming scare and…
Are you a red state suburban housewife sick and tired of sitting idly while your bubba red state husband watches Larry the Cable Guy and Fox News? Do you long for an evening of interpretive dance? Then drag that bubba to the Orchestra Hall at 4401 Trail Lake Dr. in…
All those who toil in an office have come up against it: the afternoon slump. You know, when you eat one of those monstrous burritos at Chipotle and then return to your desk a walking vegetable? So what better to pull you out of it than an afternoon quickie—not that…
Like Warhol, English graffiti artist Banksy has redefined what is considered art—paving the way for grassroots stencil artists to make their way out of the streets and into galleries. These artists combine traditional graffiti with a unique stenciling technique made from cutout poster board. Unfortunately, Dallas City Hall is waging…
I don’t get it. When I’m out of the loop, I try to hide it as best I can. But those freaks over at WaterTower Theatre want to shout it from the rooftops…or from the stage, at least. They’re all about it. They even have a festival: the Out of…
Even during the worst of the Cold War, Americans never lost respect for the arts we received from Russia. Unfortunately they lived up to the “evil empire” tag given to them by Ronald Reagan when they played dirty pool by sending us Yakov Smirnoff. Thankfully, the classics endured through those…
