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A 'Solitary Man' Goes Back to Schoolnew
Michael Douglas tries to hold back the years in this mild comedy.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
07-02-2010 |
Reviews
Eclipse: Lady Ante Bellanew
The third film in the Twilight series comes close4st to turning Stephenie Meyer's books into excellent cinema.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
07-02-2010 |
Reviews
Cityview is Bignew
Pop-punkers Cityview have mostly known each other since high school, but they and their music have both matured over the years, and Big on the Inside is a tightly crafted set of tunes.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jimmy Fowler |
06-30-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Big on the Inside, Cityview
'Copters or Community?new
The city of Fort Worth is bleeding red ink, but officials still want to build a new heliport to serve mostly corporate bigwigs and sightseers. Why? Because the city has a huge pot of gas-drilling money it can only use for one purpose: aviation.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
06-30-2010 |
Economy
The Karate Kid: Kung Fu Shufflenew
This movie barely mentions karate, so why name it The Karate Kid? Beyond that Hollywood stupidity, this remake isn’t a great movie and neither was the original, but it may be good enough to inspire a new generation and a new audience.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
06-09-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The Karate Kid, Harald Zwart
Gas Drilling Threatens Town's Water Supplynew
The little town of DISH, Texas has fought the environmental depredations of the gas drilling industry harder than any other place in Texas. Now there's a new front: well water contamination.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jason Joyce |
06-09-2010 |
Environment
There'll Be Peace in Texasnew
Rita Marie Johnson wants to seed American society with nonviolent kids.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jeff Prince |
06-09-2010 |
War
Tags: Rita Marie Johnson
Fungi Girls: All Hyped Upnew
The three high-school males who make up Fungi Girls were too young to attend the official SXSW festival by themselves, but they still played six shows in front of screaming college-age crowds.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Cole Garner Hill |
06-02-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fungi Girls
Afghanistan: Back to the Frontnew
Writer and photographer Don Jones went to Iraq for Fort Worth Weekly in 2006, and saw eleven Marines die during the time he was with their unit. Now he's in Afghanistan, to take a look at America's longest running conflict.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Don Jones |
06-02-2010 |
War
Tags: Afghanistan
'Mother and Child': Missing Girlsnew
In his low-key dramatic films, Rodrigo Garcia writes roles that let women show off what they can do. The results are sometimes electrifying -- but not in his schematic and unsatisfying latest movie, Mother and Child.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
06-02-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Mother and Child, Rodrigo García
A Rock Star's Greek Orgynew
Get Him to the Greek is a wilder, funnier, more anarchic version of The Hangover. It’s The Hangover on mood-altering drugs.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
06-02-2010 |
Reviews
U.S. Economy: Still a House of Cardsnew
Controversial economist and futurist Ravi Batra believes that another round of very dark days is around the corner, for Americans and the world.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Gayle Reaves |
06-02-2010 |
Economy
MacGruber: The 80s Live!new
After all the negative and positive hype, this movie turns out to be resoundingly OK. It's not a great comedy, but it has its moments.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
05-26-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Jorma Taccone, MacGruber
Coming Soon to a Field Near Younew
Chevron has subpoenaed 600 hours of outtakes from the makers of the documentary Crude, as part of their defense against a major eco-lawsuit brought by the residents of a remote area of Ecuador. Anybody in a gas- or oil-drilling area should be paying attention.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Fort Worth Weekly Staff |
05-26-2010 |
Environment
Tags: Chevron
Recruiting Tolerancenew
Radical-right religious groups spouting hate against gays should consider the example of Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel.
Fort Worth Weekly |
E.R. Bills |
05-26-2010 |
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