One of the best science classes your tween will actually stay awake for is just one Netflix subscription away. Brainchild, a new Netflix series produced by Pharrell Williams, offers science lessons that vary from debunking the five-second rule to the psychology behind social media. Whether Brainchild is exploring the ocean…
Experiential art exhibits are showing up around Dallas like mushrooms after a spring shower. Sweet Tooth Hotel, Psychedelic Robot, Eye Scream Wasted are all with their own brand of creative twists and interactiveness. Their creativeness is limitless, but their repeatability is almost nonexistent. One admission may only last 45 minutes…
Everyone’s favorite holiday to figure out last-minute plans for is here again: New Year’s Eve. Because you probably already have the “New year, new me” caption saved to your social media drafts, why not watch the ball drop at a new venue this year, too? And you can skip the…
At times, as it dissolves between scenes of its cast as literal toy dolls machine-gunning Nazis in the made-up Belgian town of Marwen, Zemeckis’ movie seems an inquisition into the limits of the director’s own imagination
Obsessed with cults? Us too. Can’t get enough of the Cults podcast, and the more we listen, the more we realize how they sort of work. A leader speaks only and directly to those who want to hear her message (yep, most of the cult founders we are about to…
The year is almost over, and now’s the time to start making a list of New Year’s resolutions — not for yourself, of course. You’re perfect. No resolutions for you are needed, and you can’t give people you know resolutions because that’s called an intervention. So what do you do…
Don’t look to Vice for psychology or even a sense of presence; McKay uses the Cheneys’ grim unknowability as an excuse not to bother going for either
Leder’s film mostly devotes itself to the future Supreme Court justice’s first world-shaking sex discrimination case, 1972’s Moritz v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue: Ginsburg and her husband … argued against a discriminatory statute before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals
Christmas Day can be a hard time to find a place to go. Everything closes down, and when you realize you’re missing ingredients for Christmas dinner, you’re forced to scrounge at a 7-Eleven and make a judgment call on whether anyone will notice the ham is just five cans of…
Baldwin’s central story, dialogue and time-jumping narrative structure are all in place, but so, too, is a sumptuous visual style that serves to deepen the novelist’s themes of racial injustice and the powerful countering force of love
Friday You would think Santa Claus would be a bit crunched for time two days before Christmas Eve, but the jolly old elf has made time to lead a few horseback trail rides at Southfork Ranch, home of the prime-time oil opera Dallas’ Ewing family. Apparently reindeer-driven sleighs aren’t Old…
With the quickest blink or nervy glance, Roberts communicates to us both what her character, an ordinary woman named Holly Burns, has convinced everyone around her to think she’s feeling but also all of her secret doubts, fury and anguish
True to the spirit of the chipper, somewhat aimless live-action Disney day killers that inspired it, Rob Marshall’s Mary Poppins Returns gets better the further it wanders from its actual story.
The annual pride celebration in Dallas will move from its traditionally scheduled September spot to a few months earlier, in June. Jaron Turnbow, executive director of Dallas Tavern Guild and Dallas Pride, made the announcement via a statement on the Dallas Pride website after speaking with community members in an…
Not incidental to Aquaman’s pleasures is its vision of a mixed-race hero, played by a mixed-race actor, fighting to protect and understand clashing aspects of his heritage
In a packed Addison Improv showroom, the Funniest Comic in Texas Contest, a competition that sprawled over multiple rounds going all the way back to October, crowned its winner, Dallas comedian Wes Corwin. The finals, held Dec. 12, were a showdown of comedians from all over the state, hosting both…
Wednesday If your idea of the holidays is about a baby Jesus and a virgin Mary and also some old fat man dressed in red, maybe it’s time to explore outside your world views. The Interfaith Council of the Thanks-Giving Foundation is here to help with its 2018 Winter Festival…
With Tim Tebow’s celebrity influence and his brother Robby Tebow’s guidance and football expertise, Jake McEntire’s script about two brothers growing up in the South was coming to life at a live football game. “When you have Tim Tebow as one of the producers … it’s very helpful,” says Jake…
Starting Jan. 1, the South Dallas-located NYLO Hotel will become the CANVAS Dallas hotel. Designed as a beacon to both artists and art lovers, CANVAS is the love child of an art gallery and a modern hotel. It’s a place for the Picasso at heart to spend the night, grab…
The January, February and March months of 2019 are already boasting a strong slate, with U.S. distribution of international festival favorites along with welcome returns of first-rate genre filmmakers like M. Night Shyamalan and Jordan Peele
Friday Thanks to a lonely toy’s wish being granted by a genie, his fellow playthings are coming to life and wreaking vengeance upon their oppressors. The monstrous Krampus is leading an evil army of elves against the rogue toys. And, should you choose to visit a haunted attraction rather than,…
As you enter the lobby of one particular movie theater in Plano, you’ll see all your favorite movie refreshments: soda and candy and dog treats. K9 Cinemas is the only theater designed specifically for dog owners to bring their pets along for a movie night. Eric Lankford, the creator of…
