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Thursday, June 4, 2026

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Million Dollar Mandy

A lot of grads from Fort Worth Country Day School, one of the most elite private high schools in Texas, have experienced some success...
Pierce Gagnon, Zach Braff, and Joey King emerge from a wig shop with their latest purchase in Wish I Was Here.

Tears in Tinseltown

I hated Garden State when it came out. I detested its cutesy preciousness, its 10-cent spiritual wisdom, its general air of being pleased with...

Miss American Pie

It’s impossible to watch Waitress without feeling a certain amount of pain. This fetching romantic comedy is by Adrienne Shelly, best known as the...
Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd face the middle of their lives in This Is 40.

Spawn of Knocked Up

On the one hand, Judd Apatow may just be the defining comic genius of our generation. As a producer, he has discovered and nurtured...

Da Doo Run Run Ron

A hero complex is an incredibly dangerous quality in someone with no heroic qualities. That's the lesson of the Bush administration, and it's also...

Kutcher Coo

Have we underestimated Ashton Kutcher? You can hardly blame us if we have. There are so many good reasons to hate him. His starring...

Normal People: Two Less Lonely People in the World

If you’ve heard one thing about Normal People, it’s that the new Irish TV miniseries has wall-to-wall sex scenes. Indeed, the second episode alone...

Off Keys

I liked Ramin Bahrani’s movies much better when they weren’t about white people. The 40-year-old North Carolina native of Iranian descent began his career...
The Bag Man opens Friday in Dallas.

Film Shorts

OPENING: The Bag Man (R) John Cusack stars in this thriller as a gangster who’s summoned to a remote motel by a crime lord (Robert...

Film Shorts

OPENING   The Guardian of Memory (NR) Marcela Arteaga’s documentary profiles Texas immigration lawyer Carlos Spector and his efforts to obtain asylum for Mexican immigrants fleeing...