Wayne Hudson and his accomplice-wife Scout are the Wal-Mart Bonnie and Clyde. Dubbed the “Mall Murderers” by media, the pair has shot, stabbed and strangled their way into the home of controversial film director Bruce Delamitri. He’s the Wal-Mart Quentin Tarantino. Without the wit. When we meet these characters in…
In one of those karmic quirks of the film releasing calendar, actor-turned-director Griffin Dunne’s Fierce People finally staggers into theaters (more than two years after its premiere in the Tribeca Film Festival) barely a fortnight after The Nanny Diaries, that other cautionary tale about a proletariat pea that works its…
In space, no one can hear you scream, Jumpin’ Jesus, this is one of the greatest games ever! But that doesn’t mean you won’t try during Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.Hard-core gamers know Metroid’s star, bounty-hunter babe Samus Aran, has been kicking ass since 1986 — back when Lara Croft was…
Beyond the Gates (Fox)Blade: House of Chthon (New Line)The Boss of It All (IFC)Boston Legal: Season Three (Fox)Brothers and Sisters: The Complete First Season (Buena Vista)Catherine Deneuve: Essentials (Wellspring)The Condemned (Lionsgate)Deliverance: Deluxe Edition (Warner Bros.)Family Guy: Volume Five (Fox)Flashdance: Special Collector’s Edition (Paramount)Ghost Whisperer: The Second Season (Paramount)L’Iceberg (First Run)Severance…
Hey, kids! Wanna play a game? Tell your mommy or daddy to drop you off at at the mall so we can have some fun together. I’ve got a very special game for us to play together, and I think you’ll like it very much. I like to call it…
On the flip side of “Never Again,” the vow to prevent another Holocaust, is “again and again.” Over and over, survivors tell their stories, lest they be reduced to mere statistics. For me, the Holocaust was a junior high history assignment, numbers and camp names to memorize, concluded with a…
David Allan Coe’s illustrious songbook is jam-packed with classic country hits like “Take This Job and Shove It,” “You Never Even Called Me by My Name,” and, of course, “Nigger Fucker.” Seems like our good buddy Coe has a problem with his fine white ladies getting the jungle fever. In…
Artist Jane Helslander’s work can currently be seen in the International Terminal at DFW, though it might be hard to fully appreciate if you’re late for a flight (she designed a terrazzo floor medallion which mimics the sensation of “walking on water and creating ripples”). If you’d rather avoid secuirty…
Parades of homes are great for voyeuristic views into the lives of others. And, if we’re lucky, we come back from them inspired to revamp our own homes. At the Green Built Parade of Homes, patrons can come back with more than just ideas for décor; they may be inspired…
I wouldn’t go see a play about Reese Witherspoon (boring!), but I am somewhat interested in the play Miss Witherspoon, playing this week at the Unity Church of Dallas, 6525 Forest Lane. Sure, the basic description offered in the press release—”a provocative comedy by Christopher Durang about life, death and…
Good art can either slap you in the face or seduce you. It’s been long debated that one of those experiences is better than the other (with rallied arguments for both sides), but I tend to be sort of bicameral in my art appreciation. It depends on my mood, and…
Area cat-sitters, prepare yourselves. Science fiction and fantasy enthusiasts will be requiring your services for the better part of the weekend. That’s because FenCon, the region’s hottest fan-run literary sci-fi and fantasy convention, is upon us. FenCon IV hosts more than 50 guests (among them Hugo Award-winning author Connie Willis,…
Documentaries that make us, as humans, feel better about ourselves are few and far between, particularly in the last few years. For every heart-warmer like Mad Hot Ballroom, it seems like there are three or four films that just devastate us. An Inconvenient Truth was such a film, using graphic…
It’s all good! We’re cool with the city fathers’ attempts to remodel our sorry historical, homely carc-asses. A Boston area beer joint called Deep Ellum has even opened to immortalize the area as the “SoHo-like district in Dallas: a factory district, black ghetto, and urban-revival area.” We’re a legend in…
Ignore your skepticism about Texan actors doing Irish accents, as the Undermain Theater begins its 24th season with the acclaimed Shining City by young playwright Conor McPherson. I’m guessing dialect failures are unlikely, considering the excellence of past Undermain performances. Besides, are you so sure you know the difference between…
We dykes aren’t especially well known for our humor. I once had a queer comedian friend booed off stage at a Pride event for making a crack about lesbians and their dogs, and I was all, hello—ever hear of laughing at yourself, as she was pelted with vegan cookies and…
Founded in 1999 by Eduardo Vilaro, Luna Negra Dance Theater is now the country’s only professional company that presents the work of Latin choreographers. Specifically, those dedicated to giving Latino dancers and dance artists a solid, culturally supportive way of expressing themselves as well as their traditions. Luna Negra has…
DMB is a crippling disease that affects hundreds of thousands of people every year. Symptoms include a strong desire to learn how to play the White Blues on the guitar for your girlfriend, a penchant for smoking out at least three times a day and in rare cases, the popping…
Life’s challenges, while harrowing and stressful, are made happily more tolerable if one has a trustworthy friend by one’s side. Especially if that friend’s name is whiskey. Ever faithful, always smooth in a pinch, whiskey makes even the most painful of situations, like an ex’s wedding or an early staff…
It seems like water is either elusive (drought) or obtrusive (floods). And, for something so plain, it sure is taken seriously. We’re not knocking the importance of the wet stuff, but the musical comedy Urinetown does. It’s a musical comedy that distorts and exaggerates a malevolent city’s control over its…
Just because it’s September doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate October. That’s the way they do it in Addison, where the concrete is all shiny, the chain restaurants are king and calendars don’t mean a damn thing. Save the date—in Addison, April Fool’s will be in May. Oh, wait…a cursory check…
Junot Diaz created a lot of literary buzz with his award-winning collection of short stories, Drown. This kind of early critical acclaim could mean a couple of things. Either he’s going to have a long and successful literary career or his book was a flash in the pan. What we…
