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Quality pieces don't add up to "Funny Story"
Advertisements for "It's Kind of a Funny Story" portray it as a thoughtful movie, with a lot of names and faces audiences will...
Dusting off the Classics: Tortilla Flat
I've noticed a literary phenomenon in recent months when discussing classic novels with my friends: anytime I mention a book I like by...
"The Social Network" makes true story riveting
A major difficulty of basing films on true stories is presenting what happened in an unbiased fashion, while making the story feel...
Family photo website makes awkward sublimely hilarious
Few websites can compete with the hilarity of fmylife.com and textsfromlastnight.com, but somehow the picture proof of unfortunate...
Dusting off the Classics: "1984"
Few books capture rebellion, hopelessness, reality and love like George Orwell's "1984." These themes are at the forefront of almost...
"Wall Street" sequel bogged down with jargon, details
"Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" is the first time Oliver Stone has made a sequel to one of his films—ever. This factoid sets...
Dusting off the Classics
"Cat's Cradle" was the first Kurt Vonnegut book I ever read and after a few pages of his black satire I was completely in love. This...
New Maroon 5 album cements band's staying power
Maroon 5 must experience a lot of loving and losing because it has served them with material for two albums including enough emotion for...
"Easy A" wastes Emma Stone on throwaway story
If you've seen trailers for the new comedy "Easy A," you may think it is some kind of charming retelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The...
World premiere granted to A&M-Commerce
Assistant theatre professor Dr. Carrie Klypchak will direct the world premiere of playwright Don Nigro's "Iphigenia" in October at the...
"Sons of Anarchy" raises stakes in new season
Pacing and scale are two absolute musts when it comes to good television. Where is the fun in following a story with long stretches of...
Honda Civic tour rolls through Dallas
The evening of Friday, Sept. 10 was a combination of situations and scenarios familiar to me, but presented in a way that was completely...
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