Archive for May, 2013
The Best Movie Dialogue of 2012
Kristian LinOnce again, it’s time for my favorite recurring blog post of the year. As you’ll recall, I published a 2011 version of this post last January. As always, this post is based on my transcription of dialogue from the f...
Off Asides On Dallas Cowboys vs Washington Redskins
Jeff PrinceThe Cowboys quarterback has got mega-talent and puts up great stats. He’s a nice guy. You want him to win. You know he wants to win. You’re sure he’ll prevail eventually. But he just can’t finish. He cho...
Cowboys’ D: Trampled Under Foot
ANTHONY MARIANIYes, boneheaded plays and mistakes are killers. Missed game-winning field goals, unconscionably dumb penalties in crucial situations, interceptions –– they’re all horrible but do not exist in vacuums. You could even say t...
Further Notes on “Django Unchained”
Kristian LinHere we go with my leftover thoughts about Django Unchained that I couldn’t get in my review of the movie. Warning: spoilers ahead. Everyone’s discussing the obvious reference: Sergio Corbucci’s 1966 Italian Western Djang...
Good Service? Shinjuku Station
ANTHONY MARIANIMy wife Dana is a strict vegetarian, and no matter where we are on the globe –– Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, Arlington –– eating out is always a bit of a hassle. As a vegetarian, she has every right to know whether or n...
D/FW NORML Holiday Bash
JIMMY FOWLERThanks to this year’s contentious campaign, we learned that Barack Obama is America’s first foreign-born gay Muslim socialist president. But did you also know the dude was a major 420 enthusiast back in the day? “I inhale...
Snoop Throws Dallas Cowboys A Bone; Fiona Apple Who?
Jeff PrinceHere’s a Snoop Lion photo we didn’t have room for in this week’s cover story (“Happy New Year From Sierra Blanca…But Leave Your Weed At Home,” Dec. 27, 2012). Lion wore a Dallas Cowboys swea...
Film Shorts
KRISTIAN LINNOW PLAYING: Anna Karenina (R) Joe Wright turns Leo Tolstoy’s masterpiece into a shallow, gimmicky movie that stars Keira Knightley as the married 19th-century Russian princess who torches her social status and her family by ...
Night & Day
KRISTIAN LINWED ▪ 26 Area churches and a Fort Worth mosque will be hosting events this week as part of the Kwanzaa celebration. The nonreligious Afrocentric festivities take up the week between Christmas and New Year’s, and they kick o...
Chronicles
Fort Worth WeeklyThis past summer, I realized that my entire professional life revolves around bars. From working in one to performing in others and writing about them all, my bread and butter is making and taking drinks and entertaining others...