Damn you people. You know that you have more than 10 items in your basket, but you pull into the express lane anyway. When everyone else in line is holding their little basket in the crook of their arm, you roll up with your entire cart full of groceries and…
Solemn, flashy and flabbergasting, The Fountain—adapted by Darren Aronofsky from his own graphic novel—should really be called “The Shpritz.” The premise is lachrymose, the sets are clammy and the metaphysics all wet. The screen is awash in spiraling nebulae and misty points of light, with the soundtrack supplying appropriately moist…
The first few minutes of Tenacious D in ¨The Pick of Destiny¨ are something to behold: a four-minute rock opera cranked to 11. A doughy young boy with dirty-mop locks (Nacho Libre’s Troy Gentile, once more playing li’l Jack Black) laments his tragic plight: He’s stuck in Kickapoo with “a…
Ear-bruising vocals and eye-stinging costumes are no strangers to Theatre Three. But with Glorious! this impecunious 45-year-old theater in the Quadrangle near downtown finally grabs hold of a show that demands those things. Talk about a perfect fit. In song and story, Glorious! tells of the silly, sad and very…
An Inconvenient Truth (Paramount) This isn’t exactly the kind of DVD you buy to watch again and again; the ending doesn’t get happier, and there are no twists to decipher with repeated viewings. The producers hope instead that you buy it and share it; it’s less movie, after all, than…
Guitar Hero gave party games a much-needed kick in the ass. No one expected this rhythm game — sold with a miniature plastic guitar — to play to sellout crowds. But it became the most addictive game of the year and one of the most attractive to nongamers. The reason…
American Slapstick (Image) Alias: The Complete Fifth Season (Buena Vista) Boston Legal: Season Two (Fox) The Cry Baby Killer (Buena Vista) Devil Times Five (Code Red) Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist: Season Two (Paramount) Fall Out Boy: Solid Gold Uncertainty (Music Video Dist.) A Fish Called Wanda: Collector’s Edition (MGM) Freedom…
This year I am participating in not one, not two, but three fantasy basketball leagues. It’s been a rocky road thus far—damn you, Boris Diaw—but with Dirk Nowitzki to see me through, I know I’m up for the challenge. Wednesday night presents a game filled with fantasy implications for my…
It’s an easy groupie costume—just a long brown coat—but the pinyin dialect is tough to master. Want an equal opportunity future? Thousands of avid Browncoats point to Joss Whedon’s Firefly series, where East and West have merged in an interplanetary frontier of renegade capitalists, and the new “family” unit consists…
When Guy Reynolds decided to take photos of his routine walks through downtown Dallas, he chose a specific camera. Knowing that Reynolds is the photo editor and an occasional photographer for The Dallas Morning News, you would assume the camera to be something ultra-modern and fancy with all the bells…
It’s been awhile since you’ve found yourself surrounded by tons of “ice” and hundreds of strangers milling around in oversized parkas, hasn’t it? You know you want to relive those days of fun again, and we have just what the doctor ordered. Get your head out of the gutter; we’re…
As a kid, participating in spelling bees was a lose/lose situation. Spell a word wrong onstage in front of all of your friends and you look like an idiot. Win the whole thing and you immediately realize that the title of “Spelling Bee Winner” does not get you the chicks…
Artists have been bending metal into art for thousands of years, and they’re still at it. Through December 23, the University of North Texas School of Visual Arts will hold an exhibit of some of the best metal art that has come through the school in the last 30 years…
If you’re reading this we’ll assume you’re of the demographic that is into the wintry ways of poinsettias, teas, treats and nativity scenes more than toys. For you, the holidays might actually be relaxing as opposed to the torturous anticipation children are contending with. If so, Holiday at the Arboretum…
I’ve always believed my appreciation for subtle and dry humor may have been inherited. Both sides of my family are chock full of commentators and comedians—some self-proclaimed, some, OK, one, actually successful. (That stat does not include my dad’s repeated attempts at his favorite straight-faced and always poorly timed joke—a…
13 (Tzameti) is one of those movies that can’t decide what kind of movie it wants to be. Luckily, every movie it tries to be is a pretty good one. At first it comes off like a creepy mystery. It isn’t long before the story descends into the ol’ film…
I’m afraid to admit that I may not be the best person to write up this German Christmas Festival. I say that because so much of it seems to revolve around German food. A live holiday pastry demonstration, grilled bratwurst for sale, a 16,000-square-foot European grocery store—all of which have…
For most people, Thanksgiving is synonomous with heaping plates of food, awkward political conversations and small talk with Aunt Betty. The only exercise involved is usually getting up for seconds or working the remote control. Not for those intrepid, early-rising Turkey Trotters. If you want to join their ranks, there’s…
Ah, Spanky. You must be ready for a career in show business when you choose a name such as Spanky. The bald-headed comedian, now on his “Men Are Sluts” tour (ooh, that title’s got me cracking up already), was also a…wait for it…finalist on Star Search. Yeah, you read that…
Mrs. Cratchit is such a slut. That woman obviously can’t keep her legs together, what with the 40,000 kids she’s crammed into the tiny Cratchit hovel. Of course, Bob Cratchit is no better. Are there no suitable ladies of the night willing to lie still for a shilling or two?…
The holiday season officially begins on Thanksgiving Day. Despite all the Target and Old Navy commercials, despite the fact that Starbucks employees have been donning their seasonal red shirts for weeks now, and despite that house off of Live Oak and Munger that has had festive Christmas lights up since…
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