Gross-out horror is never far from comedy, and The Host, Bong Joon-ho’s giddy creature feature, has the anarchic mess factor worthy of a pile of old Mad magazines. A broadly played clown show full of lowbrow antics, Bong’s big splat is itself a sort of monster—the top-grossing movie in South…
Cara Statham Serber, Megan Kelly, Patty Breckenridge, Stacey Oristano and Sara Shelby-Martin crowd the top shelf of Dallas’ professional musical comedy performers. So it’s heaping helpings of fun watching them wallow around in the bargain bin bit of entertainment called The Great American Trailer Park Musical, now sweating up the…
Revenge of the Nerds: Panty Raid Edition (Fox) Revenge of the Nerds is a great movie. No, really. It’s got a bitching new-wave soundtrack and some truly inspired performances–memorable enough to wreck the careers of Robert Carradine (Lewis) and Curtis Armstrong (Booger). But mostly it’s the mix of innocence and…
From the newest iPod to the Olsen twins’ collective waistline, the world loves all things mini. The Nintendo Wii embraces this digestible format once again for Wii Play, a collection of nine easy-to-play minigames that comes bundled with a free Wii controller. However, the result is like a Happy Meal:…
A Brush With Death (New Light) Buster Crabbe Collection (St. Clair Vision) Captain Horatio Hornblower (Warner Bros.) Care Bears: Friends Forever (Lions Gate) Commissar (Kino) Confetti (Fox) Death Row (Anchor Bay) The Electric Company’s Greatest Hits & Bits (Shout) Fast Food Nation (Fox) The Full Monty: Fully Exposed Edition (Fox)…
America gets a little hot under the collar when the world community starts discussing our government’s use of torture. England, on the other hand, smiles and charges you £16 to explore their history of torment and execution. Perhaps a couple of centuries will give us perspective too, but it’s unlikely…
This one’s for all you trivia nerds out there: What do the Columbus Crew and FC Dallas have in common? You’ve never heard of either one? Wrong. They both play soccer? Yes, but that’s not what I’m looking for. They were both owned by Lamar Hunt, the rich (but very…
This weekend, Dallas Blooms starts at the Arboretum. And you’re so going. The festival features more than 400,000 (I can’t tell you exactly how many because that’s as high as I can count) bulbs. There will be tulips, daffodils and azaleas, and since this year’s theme is “Flower Power,” you…
An “All Pet” Expo, huh? As in, an expo for all pets? Well, this could get dangerous. Some people think mountain lions make good pets. We knew plenty of people in college who considered iguanas and marmosets to be acceptable house pets. What happens when the people with pet pythons…
Kettle Art Gallery is going to have to expand its available wall space. Maybe it can take over some of the recently vacated buildings in Deep Ellum. While City Hall cultural fascists battle to remove the personality from our fair city, the Anne (and Deiter) Franks of the local contemporary…
Ties! Who needs ’em? This is 2007, ladies and gentlemen, and nobody’s got time to fiddle with those cumbersome neck ornaments anymore. We’ve got much bigger things to care about, like maybe caring for our fellow man. So ditch the tie this Saturday night. Nonprofit organization AIDS Services of Dallas,…
I guess “Totally Not That Un-Unpredictable” was harder to put on a poster. I’m not saying you won’t enjoy Jamie Foxx’s performance at Nokia Theatre this Saturday. The charismatic Terrell native promises a mixture of comedy and music, and I’m sure he’ll bring a lively and energetic performance. What I…
I was at the veggie aisle in a local grocery store the other day and came across some fava beans. The first thing I thought of was Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs. The second thing I thought was, “I wonder if anyone actually eats these?” I was…
Like many of us, Chris Hillman was introduced to music by his older sister. Unlike most of us, his songs have been recorded by Beck, Emmylou Harris and Tom Petty. He’s had songs on the pop charts and country charts and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall…
Once Oprah gets a hold on something, it’s not a secret. But that doesn’t seem to be a problem for the folks behind the Center for Spiritual Living, who host The Secret Workshop, about changing your life through gratitude, positive thoughts and the concept of unlimited power for good. They…
I love The Wizard of Oz. I love sparkly shoes and friendly lions and houses that fall on people you don’t like. There is one scene I despise, however: I hate the part where Dorothy’s neighbor tries to take Toto away. I mean, I’ve had bad neighbors before, with screaming…
My whole relationship with the art of dance has been a tempestuous one. I was good at square dancing in second grade but not so good at the moonwalk in seventh. Likewise, I could never pick up the cotton-eyed Joe but voguing came naturally. Tap-dancing lessons without tap shoes had…
You might think Leahy is a tie-dyed jam band fronted by beloved Vermont Senator (and noted Deadhead) Patrick Leahy, touring the land in a biodiesel VW bus and rocking out against the evils of illegal government wire-tapping. But you’d be wrong, since Leahy is actually a Celtic pop band comprised…
He made the Statue of Liberty vanish. He levitated over the freakin’ Grand Canyon. He was knighted by the French government. Four nations pay tribute to him on their postage. He owns an island in the southern Bahamas where he says he’s discovered a fountain of youth that brings dead…
It’s never done. But the work of many women in places such as the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya is beyond endless. They scratch the ground with sticks to plant vegetables. They carry heavy loads on their heads and jerrycans of water on their backs. All while caring for…
It would be easy to dismiss Winger as just another late ’80s hair metal band trying to jump on the sequin-and-spandex bandwagon driven by Poison and Ratt. They had all the ingredients for a glam cocktail: tight pants, power ballads, etc. But what most people don’t realize is lead singer…
Don’t lie. You’re sitting there daydreaming, hoping. You’re envisioning some enchanted evening when you’ll see a stranger across a crowded room…or something. And he’ll be some really settled Frenchman, and there’ll be a palm tree or two. And music. Specifically Rodgers and Hammerstein—which is totally random, but whatever, it’s your…
