Tarrant County Gay Pride Week
The big headline for this year’s 30th Annual Tarrant County Gay Pride Week is that the “Ride the Rainbow” pride parade (10am Sat Oct...
“Taking Tiger Mountain” in Dallas
We don't usually concern ourselves with Dallas events here at Blotch, but this is worth checking out. Taking Tiger Mountain, a 1983 independent film...
Civil Rights Lawsuit Postponed for Another Day
Last night the Fort Worth ISD voted 5-4 to table the latest redistricting plan that would have weakened minority voting strength in probably three...
Civil Rights or Civil Rights Lawsuit? FWISD Board to Decide Tonight
It’s called “cracking” by the courts, long-time civil-rights lawyer Jason Smith wrote in an op-ed piece recently in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. It is...
Jerry Haynes: Class Act
I don’t have much to add to the avalanche of well-deserved praise for beloved performer Jerry “Mr. Peppermint” Haynes, who died yesterday at the...
Jen Floyd Engel No Longer Android
Fort Worth Star-Telegram former sports columnist Jennifer Floyd Engel left the paper earlier this year to become a national sports columnist on the FOX...
Off Asides On Dallas Cowboys vs Redskins MNF
Hey, Drew Pearson, what do you think of No. 88 now?
Two weeks ago, Pearson questioned Dez Bryant's courage and character after the Cowboys lost...
Film Shorts
OPENING:
Dream House (PG-13) Daniel Craig stars in this horror film as a father who uncovers murderous past events in the New England house...
50/50: The C Word
When he was 24 years old, a comedy writer named Will Reiser was diagnosed with a rare form of spinal cancer. Once he got...
Victim of Circumstance
Sometimes the idea of a movie is more powerful than the movie itself. That’s certainly the case with Circumstance, which won the Audience Award...
