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Yearly Archives: 2014

Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons in Whiplash at the Modern.

Blood and Skins

Playing this weekend at the Modern, Whiplash is a soft-headed melodrama at heart, but its performances alone are worth watching. Andrew (Miles Teller) is...

Volunteers Needed To Save Dozens Of Homeless Cats

As many as 100 feral and homeless domestic cats in the Riverside area are getting some much-needed help this Thursday. But more volunteers are...

Police Chief Jeff Halstead Announces Retirement Today

The police chief who led Fort Worth through a number of difficult times in the past six years announced his retirement today during the...

There is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch

Don’t tell the folks at Central Market there’s no such thing as a free lunch. From 2-7 p.m. today at Will Rogers Memorial Center...

Magnolia Cheese Company Closing its Restaurant, Transitioning into a Market

Elizabeth Northern announced her Magnolia Cheese Company has closed its restaurant and will re-open as a neighborhood market called Magnolia Market & Cheese Company...

Off Asides On Dallas Cowboys vs Jaguars In London

The Dallas Cowboys would remain in second place even if they lost yesterday's game at Wembley Stadium, and yet the game had a must-win,...

Lone Star Film Festival Report (Day 5)

The last day of the festival started with the best acting performance I’ve seen, which is saying quite a bit. Timothy Spall is a...

Lone Star Film Festival Report (Day 4)

Disaster struck at that early screening of Winter Sleep that I mentioned in my last post. The LSFF staff found corruption in the files...

Lone Star Film Festival Report (Day 3)

I shifted back to the Modern today after spending yesterday watching movies at AMC Palace. I’m sad to miss two blocks of short films,...

Cinematic Virtuosity

International piano competitions and glitzy film festivals make for interesting bedfellows. The mix seemed uneasy at first but slowly coalesced into a memorable evening...