To Sturgis and Back!
By Darryl Briggs Sturgis is a small South Dakota town of about 6,000 people for 50 weeks of each year but for two weeks in early August, it becomes a destination for hundreds of thousands […]
Entertainment
Liner Notes
By Peter Gerstenzang It’s an honor to be writing the liner notes for the re-release of the album by seminal ‘60s band, The Unbelievably Grim. Especially, since up until now, I’ve been best-known for doing […]
April Movies
By Gary Dowell Evil Dead: Five friends head to a remote cabin for vacation, unwittingly release an evil force, and are gruesomely picked off by it one at a time. This remake of the 1981 […]
Diamond In The Green On Screen
By Jay Betsill Springtime is here in North Texas and for sports fans that often brings up conversations about major league baseball’s opening day and professional golf’s first major championship, the Masters. Will the Texas […]
Inside The Mind of Derek Cianfrance
By Gary Dowell For writer-director Derek Cianfrance, filming his multi-generational crime drama The Place Beyond the Pines in Schenectady, New York, was a no-brainer (after all, the movie’s title is the translation of the Mohawk […]
The Place Beyond The Pines – Movie Review
By Gary Dowell A sprawling tale of fathers and sons told across generations, Derek Cianfrance’s The Place Beyond the Pines aims high, compromises rarely, and falters just a little. Cianfrance and co-scripter Ben Coccio (Zero […]
G.I. Joe: Retaliation – Movie Review
By Gary Dowell At best, G.I. Joe: Retaliation is preferable to its predecessor, in the sense that a raging hangover is preferable to a case of the bubonic plague. Originally scheduled for release last June, […]
Olympus Has Fallen – Movie Review
By Gary Dowell Die Hard in the White House with a little 24 and even some Under Siege thrown in for good measure, Olympus Has Fallen is possible the dumbest of the big, dumb, and […]
LOOK is Getting Your Attention
By Lindsay Quinn There’s a new theater on the block and it’s upping the game for the DFW cinema dining experience. LOOK Cinemas, a newly formed Dallas-based theater company opens its doors to North Texas […]