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Yearly Archives: 2009

Film Shorts

OPENING: Chéri (R) Dangerous Liaisons director Stephen Frears, writer Christopher Hampton, and star Michelle Pfeiffer reunite for this drama about a retired Parisian courtesan in...

Go, ‘Bots

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a sequel to a movie based on a cartoon based on a toyline. Dubious source material to some...

A Season With Verona

Away We Go is directed by Sam Mendes, but you'd never guess that this scruffy comedy was by the same guy whose previous dramas...

DVD Reviews

AUSTRALIA (PG) Bloated but charming and effective WWII-period piece by native Australian Baz Luhrmann (Romeo & Juliet, Moulin Rouge). Fellow Aussie and Luhrmann go-to gal...

Did Fort Worth blow it?

Some people think so. They say the 817 scene now isn't what it was as few as a couple of years ago, when Flickerstick,...

Franco-Mex

A restaurant serving quality cuisine from the confines of a former convenience store? Trendy! Local foodies started raving months ago about Paco & John,...

Boobie Traps

Hard to admit, but Chow, Baby had never heard the term "breastaurants" before last week. Never once been to a Hooters, not even "just...

The Dean

It may come as a jolt to some people, but Ballet Concerto, the performing wing of the Margo Dean Dance Studio, celebrates its 40th...

DFW Versus FWD

Fort Worth’s longtime rivalry with Dallas isn’t as contentious as it was in the old days, but the feud still percolates now and again. On...

Pho Consolation

Just as an analogy, say your beloved accidentally shattered your killer-cool vintage-retro atomic-starburst hors d'oeuvres platter, which you now realize is your absolute favorite...