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Yearly Archives: 2008

Tiny Thai

There are a couple of things missing from the tiny, family-operated Thai Thippawan restaurant in a Hurst strip mall. The first is noise: There are...

The Girl Who Would Be Queen

Columbia Pictures originally planned to release The Other Boleyn Girl last Christmas and push it during awards season. Instead, the studio postponed it until this...

Shiny Penny

Penelope is one of those movies that looks really bad on paper. A PG-rated female self-empowerment fable about an anatomical freak seeking the happiness that...

Egypt Central

When you name your band after one of Iron Maiden's favorite themes but sound like Limp Bizquick, you're just asking to get your ass...

The Redwalls

A lot of burgeoning artists are fortunate enough to inherit their parents' record collections and discover music they missed during its first go-around. But...

Good Time Charlie

Charlie Bartlett was supposed to come out last August. (In fact, that's when I first saw the movie.) But its release was postponed until...

Iran So Far Away

A couple of months ago, Persepolis was the trendy pick among some movie critics as 2007's best animated film. Honestly, I was pulling for it....

Pies in the Sky

Anybody who grew up in New York, Philly, Chi-Town, or Jersey will tell you that once you move anywhere else, you've got to give...

Vice Squad

Here in the land of ribs, fajitas, and chicken-fried, Chow, Baby can understand that it's hard to be a good Lentenite, which may explain...

Out of the Woodwork

Since the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth moved into its current home, one of its most popular pieces has been Martin Puryear's "Ladder...