![]() Rosemeade Parkway, Carrollton) has a bunch of ways to help folks relax on Fathers' Day and sweat or freeze away all the stress they've built up for the previous 364 days. Russian Banya The Dad Who Needs to Chill the Fuck Out: Russian Banyaĭo you have one of those dads who goes to pieces at the littlest things? Does he spend a large portion of his time stuck in traffic on one of the Texas Department of Transportation's endless expansion projects that only expands the amount of time he has to spend in his car? There's a way for dear old Dad to have his own spa day. Central Expressway) and the Cedars theater (1005 Botham Jean Blvd.). There Will Be Blood screenings start at 6 p.m. at the Denton theater (3220 Town Center Trail). at the Lake Highlands theater (6770 Abrams Road) and 1:05 p.m. The Bull Durham screenings start at 11:45 a.m. Both screenings are scheduled for Father's Day (June 18). Some of the local theaters are holding special screenings of classic movies that dads like to watch, such as the 1988 romantic baseball comedy Bull Durham, starring Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins, and director Paul Thomas Anderson's 2007 masterpiece There Will Be Blood, starring Daniel Day Lewis as the conniving, troubled oilman who has an infamous showdown with evangelical minister Eli Sunday, played by Paul Dano. The Alamo Drafthouse movie chain isn't just showing the newest releases on Fathers' Day. If you've got to watch something the old man wants to watch, you might as well make sure it's something you'd like to sit and watch too. ![]() They just want control of the television so they can watch whatever they want. Some fathers don't want wrapped gifts for Fathers' Day. ![]() The place also has the only Ubisoft-approved VR remake of the Farcry first-person shooter series with Farcry VR: Dive Into Insanity. It brings players into a virtual version of Farcry 3, where they'll face off again the evil island mercenary Vass Montenegro, played by Better Call Saul's Michael Mando.Ĭourtesy of Alamo Drafthouse The Movie Snob: Alamo Drafthouse's Fathers' Day Screenings The games are designed to work in a wide-open space using augmented reality with shooting and exploration games such as sci-fi arena shooters Sol Raiders, the zombie shooters Outbreak Origins, Zombie Survival and Outbreak Arena VR and the cooperative puzzle game Engineerium. Zero Latency VR (5100 Belt Line Road) is one of the most innovative virtual-reality experiences in operation. One of the coolest gaming experiences you can play right now sits in the Village on the Parkway shopping district at Belt Line Road at the Dallas North Tollway. Today's fathers grew up in a generation that actually played video games, and you can play them together. Here are the best things to do with every type of father this Father's Day. When they reach a certain age, they tend to lean toward an obsessive eye and ear for proper lawn care maintenance and unwanted noise pollution, but there's more you can give the person you call Dad depending on the type of dad he is. They all make the same lame jokes but have varied interests, hobbies and tastes. Got it?ĭads are a varied breed of human being. So what we're saying, obviously, is to give your dad anything but a tie. Ties are a paisley noose that spells out their delicate mortality right in front of their tearful eyes. This neck shackle represents the sacrifices they've made to their aspirations: time and money to ensure their child has a life better than the one they had. Granted, your mother had to carry and nurse you just to bring your lousy, gift-giving ass into this world, but a tie is a lazy symbol of the important role fathers play in a family's life, whether as a breadwinner or a house-dad. Even if you give your dad a clichéd, Ross-bought tie as an ironic opener to a much better gift, it's still a reminder of the fact we don't properly express our appreciation to the men who made us. We all know by now the worst gift you can give your dad on Fathers' Day: the dreaded tie.
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