Flexibility and coordination are two attributes that a lot of us struggle with, but not for a lack of trying. Stomping around on a Dance Dance Revolution pad is exhausting, and Pilates kicks our asses every time we try it, so chances are that Edward Clark and his Tripsichore Yoga…
Imagine living in a future society where the government could watch your every move. Phone conversations. E-mails. Computer hard drives. Nothing safe. Nothing secret. Scared yet? Well I’ve got news for you: The future is now. In 1948, George Orwell wrote his masterpiece of dystopian fiction, 1984. In it he…
Some things are better hot: soups, fusses, legs. Some things are not: ice cream, climate change, grandma. Some just can’t help it, like Marilyn Monroe. The sex symbol oozed deliciousness even when she was all doped up singing “Happy Birthday, Mr. President.” No surprise Some Like It Hot is so…
Railroads are tied to Dallas history. They are one of the biggest reasons Dallas could become such a sizable city without being on a major body of water, and now our fair burg hosts one of the finest railroad museums in the southwest. The museum, in turn, hosts A Valentine’s…
Thinking about donating bone marrow makes me queasy. But so does a holiday filled with cheap stuffed animals and subpar chocolate. This February 14, Children’s Medical Center Dallas rolls both kinds of queasiness into one day with their Be a Matchmaker marrow donor drive. It’s just a quick mouth swab…
In going from comedian to TV show consultant to best-selling author with nothing to back up the latter two except merely being a guy, Greg Behrendt has pulled off quite a feat. The author of He’s Just Not That Into You even had his own talk show. He’s like the…
I just spent half an hour reading Wikipedia to refresh my memory on Persephone, Greek goddess of the underworld. Too bad this is about Persepolis, which has nothing to do with Greece. At least I feel smarter. Luckily, having a little bit of working knowledge of the burgeoning graphic novel…
When I called my old friend Simon Pegg* and told him I’d be writing a short piece about Hot Fuzz, the greatest action film of all time, he didn’t believe me. After all, the British writer and star of Hot Fuzz asked, didn’t everyone already know that Hot Fuzz is…
We don’t often equate jelly and jam with lighting, music, costumes and athletic accomplishment, but perhaps it’s time to. Smucker’s Stars On Ice has brought Olympic talents to public forums for more than 20 years and this years it’s no different. The Live and In Color performance Monday features Jamie…
Long have we waited to be taken down to the Paradise City, where the girls are green and the grass is pretty, or whatever. Now, thanks to Burnout Paradise, we know what all the fuss is about. Burnout, the crash-happy racing series from EA, puts the pedal down once again…
Across the Universe (Sony) The Apartment: Collector’s Edition (MGM) The Aristocats: Special Edition (Disney) Blonde and Blonder (First Look) Boy Meets Girl (Unearthed) Drive-In Cult Classics: 8 Movie Collection (Navarre) Feast of Love (MGM) Fierce People (Lionsgate) The Jane Austen Book Club (Sony) Midnight Express 30th Anniversary Edition (Sony) Psychotronica:…
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Warner Bros.) Beautifully shot, masterfully acted, and 19 hours too long, Assassination is an uneven mix of the artful and the arty that never had a shot at bringing in the audience that Brad Pitt’s chiseled melon should’ve delivered. Pitt…
No celebrity hairdresser should ever be allowed near Colin Farrell’s eyebrows with a tweezer. Black, fluffy and gloriously unilateral, they still aren’t the prettiest things about In Bruges—that honor falls to the Belgian city itself, known for its scenic medieval turrets, bourgeois tedium and unfavorable comparisons with Amsterdam. Bruges may…
When a friend recently told me that she’d been confused by the poster for the Matthew McConaughey-Kate Hudson fortune-hunting romp Fool’s Gold adorning her local multiplex—that she’d thought for sure this movie had already come and gone—I understood her bewilderment. Even as a professional film critic trained in such nigh-impossible…
From a chance remark overheard at a party, East Coast playwright Sarah Ruhl was inspired to create The Clean House, now playing at Fort Worth’s Stage West. It’s a gentle and oddly persuasive play—very funny too—about the relationship between women and dust, and about women’s ability to accept and forgive…
All right, fellas, we all know Valentine’s Day is about making the woman you love happy so you can enjoy some great sex that night. So here’s your gameplan: Celtic Woman. Nokia Theatre. Valentine’s Day. Enough said. Get those tickets, and everyone will have a wonderful evening. Problem is, somebody…
So I’m looking into this Dr. Kenneth Cooper guy, father of aerobics and man behind our own Cooper Aerobics Center, and I’m thinking, “Maybe I shouldn’t be drinking this shake. Maybe I should keep track of my Weight Watchers Points all the time. Perhaps my exercise plan should consist of…
Everybody’s familiar with the weep-fest film Steel Magnolias. However, most folks don’t realize that it began its legacy as an off-Broadway play back in 1987. This disease-oriented chick flick has everything you could ever want in a film, including female bonding, home cooking, headstrong ladies that live by their own…
Some people pretend to read books. I corner these poseurs at parties, asking pointed questions about symbolism and character development, refusing to back down until I’ve exposed the lies. Or run out of cocktail weenies. But if you really want to be entrenched in the world of books, listen to…
What is it about churches that make people believe what they’re doing inside is worth wearing pants to? Sunday after Sunday, they pack in like sardines (well, try to use your imagination, Catholicism) to hear some dude yammer. Same goes for weddings. Some dude yammering, plus the bride’s BFF singing…
Robert Sabuda (not to be confused with Andy Kaufman sidekick Bob Zmuda) is the king of pop-ups. He has illustrated, designed and written more than 20 unique children’s books since the late ’80s, including innovative pop-up takes on classics such as Alice in Wonderland, The Chronicles of Narnia and The…
I just spent half an hour reading all of the reasons that Dr. David Banner turned into the Hulk on the television show The Incredible Hulk. My favorite: the time he tried to help a midget wrestler in the ring and ended up getting clobbered. That made Hulk angry. But…
