“Hack, Hack, Sweet Has-Been”
I’ve always thought that in horror/suspense flicks, women are more interesting as psycho killers than men. It's empowering -- in a trashy pop culture way –...
Save Our Schools, Superman
I had a lot of thoughts about the film Waiting for "Superman" that I couldn't get into this week's Film Shorts. This documentary an...
“Jackass 3D” Gives MPAA the Willies
The blabosphere is all worked up over the fact that the upcoming Jackass 3D earned its R rating primarily for “male nudity” –...
Hilliard, Mosley on “The Other Side”
This week’s ”Arts” page explores the ongoing creative collaboration between filmmakers-UTA grads Justin Hilliard and Frank Mosley. The Other Side of Paradise, Hilliard’s 2009...
Facebook on the Screen
Surprising no one, The Social Network was the most-watched film over the weekend. Now that my review of the movie is finally up on...
Three Hollywood Obits
Eddie Fisher passed away on Wednesday at age 82. He was initially known as a talented recording star, but his musical career was essentially...
Huckabee Screenwriting Workshop
Tom Huckabee, one of our fave area filmmakers (Carried Away), will conduct a screenwriting workshop for adults as part of Arts Fifth Avenue’s fall...
Facebook Enemies
David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin’s movie The Social Network -- getting its nationwide release next weekend -- appears poised to take a dramatic dump...
R.I.P., Claude Chabrol
"I love murder," the French film director reputedly once said. Indeed, many characters in his movies meet swift, brutal, meaningless deaths, so it seems...
Go “Beyond the Door” Again
Attention, fans of The Last Exorcism: I hadn’t updated my Netflix queue in two or three weeks, and among the DVD flotsam that was...
