AltWeeklies Wire
SuperSorenew
In his latest documentary, director Robert Greenwald dedicates himself to exposing the corporate malfeasance of America's largest employer.
Dallas Observer |
Melissa Levine |
12-07-2005 |
Business & Labor
Hotel Katrinanew
While the feds fumble, hurricane survivors find relief thanks to a Dallas hotel owner and friends.
Dallas Observer |
Rick Kennedy |
12-07-2005 |
Disasters
Familiar Ringnew
Pulse rips its ghostly story line from better Japanese horror films.
Dallas Observer |
Luke Y. Thompson |
11-28-2005 |
Reviews
Weighting...new
For those who dug Rob McKittrick's recent comedy Waiting..., Just Friends offers up some good news: Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris are together again as a dysfunctional couple.
Dallas Observer |
Luke Y. Thompson |
11-28-2005 |
Reviews
Common Coldnew
Director Harold Ramis says his film is about far more than two men swindling a mobster out of $2 million on Christmas Eve: It's about the fact that no one can be trusted anymore.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
11-28-2005 |
Reviews
Dr. Disasternew
Dr. Paul Pepe -- described by a colleague as "a trailblazer with a machete" -- brought his expertise in emergency-room care to the post-Katrina medical crisis in New Orleans.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
11-28-2005 |
Science
Kitty Has Two Daddiesnew
An intrepid reporter sets out to resolve a feline custody dispute after a stranger reportedly takes another man's cat and refuses to give it back.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
11-21-2005 |
Animal Issues
Aboard Gamenew
Neither pandering nor dull, Zathura plays exactly like a no-limits replica of the kind of space adventure that imaginative kids left to their own devices might enact.
Dallas Observer |
Luke Y. Thompson |
11-14-2005 |
Reviews
Mapesgatenew
In her new book, Truth and Duty, former CBS-TV producer Mary Mapes insists on the authenticity of the questioned documents she obtained regarding George W. Bush's National Guard duty.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
11-14-2005 |
Media
Tables Turn on Vice Officersnew
A pimp's surveillance equipment, meant to keep tabs on the hired help, caught nude Dallas police officers receiving full-body massages from the scantily clad employees they were targeting.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
11-14-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Merchant's Hype for His 'Chemical-Free' Wine Irks Rivalsnew
Professionals in the Dallas wine trade claim that Tony's Wine Warehouse and Gourmet Restaurant makes dubious health claims for its wines, sullying the whole industry.
Dallas Observer |
Mark Stuertz |
11-14-2005 |
Food+Drink
Sticks and Stonesnew
Dallas police Chief David Kunkle has to fight crime with the tools the city council will give him.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
11-07-2005 |
Commentary
Foiled Againnew
Maybe it's time for this tired old blade to stop swinging.
Dallas Observer |
Bill Gallo |
10-31-2005 |
Reviews
Parents of Unschoolers See Themselves as Guidesnew
The authors' twin nephews dropped out of pre-kindergarten because it didn't offer astronomy. Within a few years, they were reading adult books.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
10-31-2005 |
Education
Unschooled Children Direct Their Own Educationnew
Some parents are relinquishing their expectations for their children's lives and letting them learn how to learn on their own.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
10-31-2005 |
Education
