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Friday, Nov. 6, 2009

Movie review: The Fourth Kind

E.T.: Meet The Exorcist.

Cosmic horror in the H.P. Lovecraft tradition.

Friday, Nov. 6, 2009

Movie review: The Men Who Stare at Goats

Walking through walls: it's not just for yogi mystics anymore.

Friday, Nov. 6, 2009

Movie review: Disney’s A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol spends all its time and money making things look good without bothering to give it a story to match.

Friday, Nov. 6, 2009

Movie review: Crude

Ever heard of the "Amazon Chernobyl?" It's in Ecuador, and this film tells us all about it.

Friday, Nov. 6, 2009

Dallas VideoFest 2009: Sneak previews

By Sarah Crisman, Lena Dirbashi, Teresa Gubbins, John P. Meyer

We got an early look at a some of the films in this year's lineup. And thus, so do you.

Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009

Human trafficking documentary highlights problems in North Texas

Filmmaker to speak at November 5 screening presented by Dallas Women’s Foundation and WomenInFilm.Dallas.

Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009

English language remake of Let the Right One In begins production in New Mexico

This is pretty exciting movie news on a couple of counts. (One of them being Dracula.)

Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009

Movie review: An Education

By Liz Tramer

Jenny’s lessons in love and romance prove that people, regardless of age, always have something new to learn.

Monday, Nov. 2, 2009

Fort Worth’s Lone Star Film Fest announces honorees and jurors

Individual tickets are now on sale -- the festival runs November 11-15.

Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009

Movie review: Earth Days

"There are limits to growth and we're bumping up against them right now."

Friday, Oct. 30, 2009

Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds radio play will be webcast tonight

It's a stunt to build buzz for the forthcoming Richard Linklater film, Me and Orson Welles.

Friday, Oct. 30, 2009

Mockingbird Station to host Cause for Celebration series

The first Cause for Celebration event, themed “Family Night,” is on Wednesday, November 4.

Friday, Oct. 30, 2009

Movie review: The Canyon

Seared skin on sandy soil.

This tale of mishap and survival set amongst the hoodoos and book cliffs of the desert southwest is as twisty as the canyon country in which it's set.

Friday, Oct. 30, 2009

Photo mockup and video teaser: Avatar trailer stunt coming to Cowboys Stadium

Can you say "hype?"

Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009

Movie Tavern to open West 7th Street location in Fort Worth on November 13

With a new menu developed especially for this location.

Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009

PegStaff’s Halloween horror movie favorites, part deux — and film guy’s new gourmet picks

Two years after our first dreadful drill-down, a few frightful films refuse to leave the list.

Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009

Movie review: Michael Jackson’s This Is It

This Is It is an invaluable peek into the creative process of a musical genius.

Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009

DVD review: Battlestar Galactica: The Plan

Is Caprica burning? (Yes, it is.)

Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009

Dallas-based Texas Instruments subsidiary had a hand in 3D movie Avatar

Texas Instruments DLP Cinema is a leader of 3D projection technology.

Monday, Oct. 26, 2009

Star Wars Fan Days: The Force was with ‘em at the Plano Centre

By Shannon Sutlief

Some might expect a two-day Star Wars convention to be full of guys resembling The Simpsons' Comic Book Guy. And they'd be partly right.

Monday, Oct. 26, 2009

Dallas Film Society staffers pick their favorite movie villains

Is your best worst guy included in the list?

Monday, Oct. 26, 2009

Photo gallery: Star Wars: In Concert at Cowboys Stadium

Text and photos by Linda McKinney

"It was non-stop action-packed ... I saw just as much excitement in the eyes of the dads as I did in those of their young children."

Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009

Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant makes impression on its audience

By Casandra Haynes

Halloween movies don’t always have to be scary. Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant is an enjoyable movie that comes just in time for Halloween. Families will love this film and everything the “freaks” have to offer.

Friday, Oct. 23, 2009

“Truckin’ For a Cure” tie-in with Trucker movie convoys to Carl’s Corner this Saturday

It's in support of the fight against breast cancer. Southbound and down, good buddy.

Friday, Oct. 23, 2009

Movie review: Good Hair

The comedy is hit-and-miss, but if you just do as the poster says and "Sit back and relax," you'll have a good time.

Friday, Oct. 23, 2009

Movie review: Amelia

Mira Nair's ode to Earhart is a throwback to the Hollywood days of yore.

Friday, Oct. 23, 2009

Video interview: Star Wars: in Concert conductor Mark Watters

"The right hand is the beat, the left hand is the poetry."

Friday, Oct. 23, 2009

Movie review: Trucker

Occasionally we're treated to a film that makes us gush like movie-watching virgins. This would be one of them.

Friday, Oct. 23, 2009

Flying in style: Capture Amelia Earhart-esque clothing from Dallas shops

By Joanna Cattanach

Sport your vintage finds this Friday at 7:50 p.m. at The Magnolia with Chick Talk Dallas fans who are encouraged to capture some of Amelia’s style.

Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009

Video interview: Michael Stokes, writer/director of Dallas-made creepshow The Beacon

If you're going to make a movie about a haunting, you could do worse than to film it in a haunted Waxahachie hotel.

Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009

UNT launches art institute

By Lisa Garza

Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga is the institute’s first artist-in-residence.

Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009

Sci-fi psycho thriller Minuteman to begin shooting in Dallas on Monday

From Dallas-based Dreamfly Productions.

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009

Video interview with director and actress from Gravestoned

Michael McWillie and Christina Campfield talk about making an indie horror film right here in North Texas.

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009

Kids at Dallas Studio Movie Grill get their hair styled like Astro Boy

... before getting a free preview of the movie.

Monday, Oct. 19, 2009

Movie review: The Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex)

It's simple, really.

Journalist loses objectivity, finds guns and bombs.

Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009

Movie review: Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg

"She was the Oprah of her day."