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Yearly Archives: 2009

More Inglourious Thoughts

I had a lot of leftover thoughts about Inglourious Basterds that I didn’t have the space to share in my review, so I thought...

FW Weekly Movie Reviewer Is A Stinkin’ Liar

I was re-reading “No One Here Gets Out Alive” the other day and was amused by the recollection of how Doors singer Jim Morrison...

“Did You Hear That Lonesome Whippoorwill…”

Here’s an interesting “Newsweek” piece on loneliness in the age of online social networking. To see how the definition of “socializing” has changed over...

Helter Skelter Sound Quality

The Dallas Morning News raved about Paul McCartney’s concert at Dallas Cowboys Stadium, but look at the reader’s comments below the review. Apparently people on...

Can’t Go Back

The Star-Telegram review of last night’s Woodstock reunion concert at Bass Hall boasted a promising headline – “Woodstock tribute is hippie heaven: The Heroes...

R.I.P. Hildegard Behrens

Opera fans are mourning the death of Hildegard Behrens at the age of 72. The native of Freiburg, Germany studied to be a lawyer,...

“Crude” Is Right

Crude oil’s jump in price indicates the recession is weakening. That’s good. I guess. The problem is, few people are receiving pay raises anymore. This...

Plaxico Runs Deep Route To Pen

For anyone who thinks celebrities can buy their way out of legal jams, this two-year sentence just handed to New York Giants WR Plaxico...

Fred’s Cafe On Top Of World, Ma!

The place with the flavorful burger, funky vibe, and fanatical following is finally getting the widespread props it deserves (even as the worshipful attention...

A Lonely Holdout in District 9

One of my fellow film critics has caused a bit of a dust-up: Writing in the New York Press, Armond White trashed District 9...