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Yearly Archives: 2012

Compliance opens Friday.

Film Shorts

OPENING: Compliance (R) This film by Craig Zobel (Great World of Sound) is about a mysterious prank caller who induces a fast-food outlet manager (Ann...
The muscle-bound Hobbs, an avid bodybuilder, chewed out Prince in a public meeting in front of several dozen residents.

Hobbs’ Estranged Wife: He Lied

Surprise, surprise. Former Fort Worth City Council candidate Marshall Hobbs backdated his lease in his attempt to qualify for this year’s District 8 election,...
The Birds, celebrating its 50th anniversary, screens at 7pm at various movie theaters

Night & Day

WED ▪ 19 The last of Hitchcock’s films to be generally considered a classic, The Birds is a frequently baffling science-fiction yarn about a California...

RoboPub

Earlier this week, I saw a still from the set of the impending RoboCop reboot, and, frankly, I already don’t want to see this...
The Dangits have gotten around to doing some recording -- finally.

New Music, Dangit(s)!

Though they never really went away, The Dangits are back. I guess you could say they’re no longer content just playing the occasional show...

The 100-Year Starship

Never mind the constraints of the miserable present — the shrinking budgets, the lost opportunities, the collapsing morale. Thinking is free, so let’s think...

Make Food Not War

I’ve never been much of a hippie — I just don’t care for drum circles or the band Phish. But socially conscious eating I’m...
Security guy Massey (Bryan Massey) is on the case in Ghostbreakers, a forthcoming ghost-hunter TV spoof.

Who Not to Call: Ghostbreakers

It’s been almost four years since actor Gabriel Horn, a former Fort Worthian who now lives in Los Angeles, first conceived the idea for...
Clint Niosi is not trapped between two worlds. (Cover art by Fort Worth painter and Weekly Visionary Award winner Devon Nowlin.)

Clint Niosi: Pleasurably Spiteful

Sometimes lyrics seem just thrown together, and for some bands, louder bands, you can see why –– on disc or in person, their words...
One of Lockheed’s F-35s takes off from a New Jersey military base. Courtesy Lockheed Martin

Playing Defense

The argument of defense companies like Lockheed Martin, which employs thousands at its Fort Worth plant, is simple: Don’t force us to lay off...