• Student movie passes for ‘The Wedding Ringer’ early screening
• Singers and songwriters jam at UPC’s Acoustic Art Series
• New Asian restaurants bring in college crowd
• Fresh Beats: Fall Out Boy and more new music
• New gourmet doughnut shop set for opening
• Fresh Beats: 8/28/14
• Five restaurants Denton needs
• First Friday of the month showcases artists
• A Calcium For Your Funny Bone Web Series – A Q&A w/ Brandon H. Rodriguez
• Review/Interview: Michael Pitt and Writer-Director Mike Cahill Reveal Their ‘I Origins’

All posts tagged "movies"

• Student movie passes for ‘The Wedding Ringer’ early screening

  o you like movies? Do you like free? Well, you’re in luck! Sony Pictures is hosting a college-night early screening of “The Wedding Ringer,” a new comedy starring Kevin Hart, Josh Gad and Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, at the...

  • Posted October 16, 2014
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• Downey Jr. gives powerful performance in “The Judge”

  Dalton LaFerney / Senior Staff Writer Robert Downey Jr. gives one of his top performances in “The Judge” as Hank Palmer, a rich, high-powered lawyer in Chicago. Downey’s signature confidence, wit and attitude are displayed throughout the...

  • Posted October 14, 2014
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  Comic books expand to new mediums

  Nicholas Friedman / Senior Staff Writer Beginning with 2008’s “Iron Man,” comic book movies and television underwent a transformation, leaving behind cult-classic status and poor casting for big-budget blockbuster films hell-bent on turning mainstream audiences into superhero...

  • Posted June 13, 2014
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  Coming of age flicks mark life’s milestones

  Preston Barta // Film Critic rowing up is not an easy task, particularly for college students of the Peter Pan generation, leaving campus for a real world they don’t always want to enter. The transition is a...

  • Posted April 29, 2014
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  The highs and lows of DIFF

  Preston Barta // Film Critic There is something thrilling about the Dallas International Film Festival. For a few days out of the year, everyone is a film junkie, hitting up red carpets to see their favorite stars...

  • Posted April 15, 2014
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  Q&A: ‘Joe’ director and Nic Cage talk on southern culture

  Preston Barta // Film Critic When it comes to actors, they don’t come much more iconic than Nicolas Cage. His résumé includes work with Spike Jonze (“Adaptation”), Martin Scorsese (“Bringing Out the Dead”), the Coen brothers (“Raising...

  • Posted April 3, 2014
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  A filmgoer’s guide to Dallas’ film festival

  Preston Barta // Film Critic or a generation of Texas film students eager to write and direct their own works, the annual answer to the age-old question has long been the same: head to Austin, the promised...

  • Posted April 1, 2014
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  VOD Recommendations: a rock-doc and a sex epic

  Preston Barta // Film Critic here was a time when the only way to experience a movie was to physically travel to the nearest cinema multiplex. But now, thanks to streaming and downloading platforms such as Netflix,...

  • Posted March 25, 2014
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  Five landmark films depicting Black History

  Preston Barta // Film Critic With it being Black History Month, now is the time to look back and celebrate the influential films that honor the hardships, triumphs and history of the black experience in America. From...

  • Posted February 17, 2014
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  Q&A: Alex Pettyfer on ‘Endless Love,’ being romantic

  Preston Barta // Film Critic alentine’s Day is fast approaching, which means a slew of romantic movies will be coming to the big screen. Whether you’re spending the day alone or with someone special, it’s always a...

  • Posted February 13, 2014
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