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The Most Texas Episodes of King of the Hill

The Most Texas Episodes of King of the Hill

The Denton Black Film Festival Will Be Virtual This Year and You Should Be Watching

The Denton Black Film Festival Will Be Virtual This Year and You Should Be Watching

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Dallas Magician Zak Mirz Has Just 6 Minutes to Fool Penn and Teller on Their CW Show

By Danny Gallagher
Jan 20, 2022

For Dallas magician Zak Mirz, the old adage "A good magician never reveals their secrets" is more than just an occupational mantra. It's a rule that shapes his career and life.
Local Chefs Compete on Disney Plus Cooking Competition, Foodtastic

By Alex Gonzalez
Jan 19, 2022

On Disney Plus’ new baking competition Foodtastic, teams of bakers, chefs and food designers compete for the coveted prize of a Disney pin — not to mention ...
Comedian Donnell Rawlings Talks About Chappelle’s Show and Being a Stand-Up Dad

By Danny Gallagher
Jan 11, 2022

Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show and HBO's The Wire are two shows that often get mentioned in lists and analyses about programs that changed the course of television. Comedian Donnell Rawlings is an important part of both of them.
A New Stoner Cartoon, Roach & Budd, Is High Comedy From Dallas

By Malen Blackmon
Dec 28, 2021

Most cannabis consumers have a list of their favorite cartoons, TV shows and movies to watch and laugh at while they sit on their couch stoned with a couple of friends.
Simon Rex Is Due For a Comeback, and Playing a Washed-Up Porn Actor Just Might Ring True

By Alex Gonzalez
Dec 21, 2021

In his new movie Red Rocket, Simon Rex plays a washed-up porn actor named Mikey Saber who returns to his hometown of Texas City to learn no one wants him there.
Die Hard Is Played Out, But Here Are Other Christmas-ish Movies You'll Love

By Johnny DuBiel
Dec 21, 2021

It’s 2010. You aren’t really one for the typical holiday festivities, but you can’t escape it. Your friends look at you as if you’re some kind of freak whenever you express feeling kinda “meh” about the season.
Filmmaker Juan Salas Steps Into the Ring With a New Movie About Boxing

By Alex Gonzalez
Dec 20, 2021

In director Juan Salas’ latest film The Devil’s Ring, now available on VOD platforms, a young boxing prospect named Anthony (Alexander Luna) returns home from prison on a mission to redeem himself.
Tommy Lee and Motley Crüe Are Proof That Cancel Culture Isn’t Real

By Mark E. Moon
Dec 15, 2021

While many pundits and social critics are arguing that cancel culture is seeping into every crevice of society and spreading like a nuclear shockwave,
Plano Actor Michael Urie Stars in Gay Christmas Rom-com Single All the Way

By Alex Gonzalez
Dec 13, 2021

For LGBTQ+ people, going home for the holidays can be especially daunting. That's the premise of a new holiday rom-com from Netflix, Single All the Way, which offers a refreshing take on the queer Christmas story.
Critics Gunning For When Harry Met Sally Are Missing the Entire Point

By Carly May
Dec 7, 2021

The period ranging from Thanksgiving to New Year's is widely known as the holiday season, but for romantic comedy fans, it’s When Harry Met Sally season.
Dallas Actor Dax Rey Is Only 10 and Working With Legends

By Alex Gonzalez
Nov 30, 2021

Like most 10-year-olds, Dax Rey has big dreams, but his are all coming true this holiday season. Sshhh, don't tell the other kids.
Cooking with Paris: If Paris Hilton Can Gag Her Way Through Roasting a Turkey, Anyone Can

By Lauren Drewes Daniels
Nov 19, 2021

Heiress to the Hilton hotel empire and Hollywood socialite, Paris Hilton, has a cooking show on Netflix called Cooking With Paris.
The Pop-Up Friends Experience in Plano Will 'Be There For You' ... Until January

By Eva Raggio
Nov 19, 2021

It’s been over a quarter of a century since Friends first debuted on NBC and some fans are still analyzing the-what-went-wrongs during Ross and Rachel’s “We were on a break” debacle with greater consideration than they've ever given their own relationships.
Ted Cruz Steps Up as the Joe McCarthy of Children's TV

By Liam Gaughan
Nov 12, 2021

After targeting women, minorities, the LGBTQ community, immigrants, teachers, scientists, celebrities and animals, Republicans have found their latest feud. Apparently, absolutely no one is safe from conservative scorn, as the feathery Sesame Street icon Big Bird has become the latest victim of their conspiracy theories. What does it say about...
The Best Non-Problematic Movies To Watch This Thanksgiving

By Liam Gaughan
Nov 8, 2021

Thanksgiving can be an underwhelming time for movie fans. Everyone has their favorite Christmas movies, but how many truly great Thanksgiving movies are there, other than A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles?
Timothy Stevens' Film The Ghost Lights Explores Classic Texas Phenomena

By Alex Gonzalez
Nov 4, 2021

In director Timothy Stevens’ new feature film, The Ghost Lights, a journalist named Alex (Katreeva Philips) tries to reconnect with the spirit of her father (John Francis McCullagh) after his death.
The Box Office Is Down, So How Can You Support Dallas Theaters?

By Liam Gaughan
Nov 1, 2021

In case you hadn’t noticed, movie theaters have been in a bit of a sticky situation lately. While COVID-19 seemed to shorten the shelf-life of the traditional theaters, the rise of streaming content and “peak TV” certainly didn't help.
The Best Things To Do in Dallas Oct. 27-Nov. 3

By Merritt Martin
Oct 27, 2021

The past 18 months have presented a real journey for teachers. The challenges of virtual teaching, hybrid teaching, in-person teaching, mask mandates or non-mandates… all on top of the universal traumas of Covid-19.
The Best Horror Movies by Subgenre

By Liam Gaughan
Oct 25, 2021

It's been pretty scary for the past year and a half, but we are now officially in spooky season. October is a great chance for film fans to look back on the history of horror movies, and this year you really don’t have any excuse not to dig into the classics.
In a Scale of Wes Andersonness, How Wes Anderson-y Is The French Dispatch?

By Liam Gaughan
Oct 20, 2021

Picture a movie with symmetrical framing. Add quirky characters. Colorful sets. Bill Murray. And a legion of hipster baristas ready to defend it as a work of genius. Yeah, you guessed, this is the work, any work, of acclaimed filmmaker Wes Anderson.

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