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Yearly Archives: 2008

Monster Hash

When I first saw the mysterious trailer for Cloverfield last summer, I thought "probably just another disaster movie," though I prayed "giant-monster movie." As...

Hidden Gold

The Oscar nominations came out this week, and for once the talk about who got the nods might actually be overshadowed by speculation about...

Reviewing the Rules

Roger Clemens. Barry Bonds. Steroids. Human Growth Hormone (HGH). These days, baseball is about as American as Benedict Arnold, and between that sport, the Tour...

Magical Misery Tour

Memento scavengers made hit-and-run stops for two days, stepping out of their cars to survey the pile of rubble in hopes of nabbing a...

Well Drilled

I did something unusual while preparing to write my review of There Will Be Blood: I read everybody else's reviews. Specifically, I read the ones...

(Really) Big Night

The holiday tree still sits in the middle of Mamma Mia Italian Grill & Pizza, not far from the huge stone fountain with the...

Faking a Southern Accent

Boy, who would've thought that Chow, Baby's new expertise on fried green tomatoes would come in handy so soon. Another concurrence: While munching on...

Tree Fight Resprouts

When trees along the Trinity River across from Colonial Country Club fell to gas drillers' saws last month, many who had fought to save...

Musical Games

Here's to the local symphony orchestras doing weird things with their programming. This weekend Dallas Symphony Orchestra does an all-Leonard Bernstein concert, which raises the...

Fort Worth Community Arts Center

Several of Fort Worth Community Arts Center's shows this month share an environmental theme. Tom Huckabee's floral photographs occupy one part of the center,...