Archive for May, 2013
Ted Talks
Seth MacFarlane knocks the stuffing out of his first movie.KRISTIAN LIN
I have never been a fan of Seth MacFarlane or Family Guy, but when I saw the trailer for his debut film Ted, I thought, “This will either be brilliant or really stupid.” Now I’ve seen the movie, and it’s pretty much bri...
People Like Us: Your Sister. Sister?
Great acting redeems this domestic drama.KRISTIAN LIN
You’d expect the co-writer of the Transformers movies, Mission: Impossible 3, and Star Trek to take up a sci-fi action thriller in that same vein for his directing debut. You’d be wrong. People Like Us is a domestic drama w...
Subjects Laid Bare
BIG TICKETThe Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth often has artists visit when their works are exhibited there, but that won’t be an option for Lucian Freud: Portraits. The painter (and grandson of Sigmund Freud) died last year at the age ...
Your School Tax Dollars at Work
betty.brinkFort Worth Weekly has reported in previous posts that the outside legal costs to fight Fort Worth ISD whistleblower Joe Palazzolo has reached more than $400,000 and is still climbing as Palazzolo will soon take his case to a s...
FW Student Survey: Nearly half report bullying
Andrew McLemoreOf the roughly 12,000 Fort Worth elementary students who filled out the district’s 2012 survey, nearly half, or 44 percent, said they knew another student who had been bullied. A majority of the district’s students ...
‘No I In Team’ Rumor Dispelled
Jeff PrinceSaw this while passing through the Fort Worth Weekly production department a second ago. Which reminds me of what the great maharishi once said (or was it Reader’s Digest?): “There is no I in team, but there are fo...
“Wonderful Wizard” at Where House
Jimmy FowlerL. Frank Baum’s 1900 children’s story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is great because it can be used for so many things: Commentary on the monetary policies of Teddy Roosevelt; a Judy Garland movie vehicle; a metaphor for the L...
Music Awards Festival Photos, Vol. 1 of 2
Anthony MarianiExact numbers are hard to pin down, but all eight venues were nearly packed to capacity throughout the day yesterday for our 10th Annual Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards Festival. We hope you were able to join us to catch awesome...
Best Government Money Can Buy
Jeff PrinceThe Supreme Court protects the rights of corporations to buy and sell lawmakers and continue leading the United States into the crapper. So, in honor of jail inmates singing “Hey, teacher, leave those kids alone” (f...