Archive for May, 2013
Walmart Opens Friday In Overlooked Southeast Fort Worth
Jeff PrinceA section of town that is often ignored by retailers and developers is gearing up for a bonanza of a grand opening. “Walmart is opening in southeast Fort Worth on Friday and I would like to see you all there,” Fort ...
San Fran Steve
LAST CALLThe last time I gave a shit about who won the Super Bowl was right before kickoff of Super Bowl XXXV, when I shook hands with this dude at a house party and put 20 bucks on the Ravens, for no real reason other than that the guy...
Way to Go, Euphio
HEARSAYAn artist-run label formed to take advantage of power in numbers, Euphio Records is another little something that wouldn’t have been conceivable as few as two or three years ago. But thanks to the simplicity afforded by digit...
Spin Those Plates
CHOW, BABYSpeaking as someone who was pretty much raised by television, I enjoy a good spinoff as much as any other over-stimulated, glassy-eyed child of the ’80s. Some shows were prolific in their spinoffs — Happy Days is rivaled on...
Undercooked Carnage
A faulty script full of obviousness undermines a valiant effort by Circle Theatre.JIMMY FOWLER
Civilization, basically, is a set of rules to which people frequently don’t adhere. That short, rather obvious statement sums up the plot, themes, and performances of Circle Theatre’s lively but insubstantial staging of the...
The Truth on Tape?
A sparkling new collaboration manifests everything right — and wrong — in hip-hop.ANTHONY MARIANI
How refreshing it was to see Dru B Shinin’ come onto the scene a few years ago. Here was this young, hungry rapper with an interesting backstory and a TCU diploma, pumping out songs and albums seemingly nonstop and also –...
Financial/Health
A faith-based coalition is studying the link between bad loans and poor health.SARAH ANGLE
Rachel was talking to her Sunday school class in Haltom City a few weeks before Christmas. Her voice broke, and she started crying. “We have to take our son’s gifts back to Wal-Mart,” she said. Rachel, 29, works part time...
Gallery
Artspace 111GALLERY
The women own the show at Artspace 111 for the next six weeks. The venue’s new exhibit, Go Figure, features paintings of human subjects by female artists Sarah Green, Nancy Lamb, and two previous Visionary Awards winners, Mic...
Warm Bodies: My Heart Skips a Beat
This zombie comedy has a lot of talent, but it’s the wrong kind.KRISTIAN LIN
The field is unexpectedly crowded when it comes to zombie movies that are funny. If Jonathan Levine’s Warm Bodies falls short of the magnificent standard set by Edgar Wright’s Shaun of the Dead and Ruben Fleischer’s Zombi...
Stand Up Guys: Last Valentine
Pacino and Walken form a disappointing partnership in this mob drama.KRISTIAN LIN
To be clear, Stand Up Guys is not about comedians telling jokes in nightclubs. Instead, it’s a shaggy drama about two retired New Jersey mobsters facing their mortality. More to the point, it’s a vehicle for two brilliant l...