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Lone Star Film Festival Report (Days 1-2)
Kristian LinHello, and welcome to my first dispatch from the 2014 Lone Star International Film Festival. I had to recuse myself from the opening film Virtuosity because I’m in the movie, but Eddie Brown saw the movie in my place, and he�...
LSIFF Gets in Iranian Vampire Western
Kristian LinI will be covering the Lone Star International Film Festival on this blog all weekend, but I have an update to pass along to help you make plans. The festival just announced two late, late additions to the lineup on Sunday. Fir...
Top 5 Shows
ANTHONY MARIANI1.) In the world of metalcore, Norma Jean is one of the biggest acts, having played with Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, Hatebreed, DragonForce, System of a Down, Lacuna Coil, and more and having been nominated for a Grammy in 20...
Denton Voters Do What Mike Moncrief Said Couldn’t Be Done
Jeff PrinceFormer Mayor Mike Moncrief told Fort Worth residents a decade ago that natural gas drillers would sue any city attempting to ban the hydraulic fracturing process. Moncrief’s near manic support of gas drilling seemed weird...
Dallas Cowboys’ Own Hashtag Says They Suck
Jeff PrinceThe Dallas Cowboys can’t blame this breakdown in common sense on backup quarterback and resident punching bag Brandon Weeden. Somebody else with the team came up with the hashtag “CowboysUK” for the team’...
Election Day: Last Chance To Vote
Jeff PrinceNeither rain, nor sleet, nor gloom of distasteful candidates stays Texas voters from the swift completion of their responsibility to vote and to drive safely while doing it. Why is it important to vote? Gov. Rick Perry is stepp...
Off Asides On Dallas Cowboys vs Cardinals, Brandon Weeden
Jeff PrinceThe noon game against the Arizona Cardinals promises an exciting return to glory for the Dallas Cowboys, and Off Asides settles into its comfortable couch to root for the hometown heroes playing at Arlington Taxpayers’ Te...
Halloween DVD Pick: The Innocents
Kristian LinI was lucky enough to see The Innocents when I was a teenager, and it turned me off horror flicks with faceless slashers running after naked teens for good. This Halloween sees this 1961 British classic out on a handsome new Bl...
Top 5 Shows
ANTHONY MARIANI1.) I don’t know if these two bands, one local and one touring, have ever played together before, but after their gig together Friday night at Shipping & Receiving (201 S. Calhoun St., 817-343-6393), they should more ofte...
The Mystery Of Erni ‘s
Jeff PrinceMy favorite gas station on Jacksboro Highway is selling gas for $2.57 a gallon today, the lowest price I’ve seen at the pump in a long while. The last time gas sold at $2.50 a gallon was in the summer of 2009. I’ve ...