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One of my earliest moviegoing memories is nearly jumping out of my seat at the sight of Doctor Octopus<\/a>.<\/p>\n It was 2004 and the second installment in Sam Raimi\u2019s \u201cSpider-Man\u201d trilogy was swinging into theaters. Only 8 years old at the time, I somehow convinced my dad to take me to a showing of the film that pit Spidey against that dastardly Doc Ock.<\/p>\n Now, I can\u2019t remember exactly which scene made me so scared that my dad asked if we needed to leave, but that feeling of pure terror was felt sometime (or multiple times) over the film\u2019s 127 minutes.<\/p>\n That feeling sparked a love affair with the silver screen, one I haven\u2019t been able to shake in the over two decades since. It\u2019s something I\u2019ve carried into my work here at the Star-Telegram, however, I can\u2019t say that was my original intention when I started here back in 2022.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfac In case you missed it:<\/p>\n \u25fd\ufe0f Get Star-Telegram headlines in your inbox<\/b><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n For the last four years, I\u2019ve been on the service journalism team, covering everything from weather and road closures to restaurant news and law explainers.<\/p>\n In that time, I also dabbled in the occasional entertainment story about a celebrity sighting or Taylor Sheridan-related news bit. But as time went on, and as Sheridan planted his television empire flag in Cowtown, I was writing about shows like \u201cLandman\u201d<\/a> and \u201cLioness\u201d<\/a> in no time.<\/p>\n As film and television production<\/a> continues to explode in Fort Worth, I\u2019m excited to announce that I\u2019ll be covering that beat full-time as the Star-Telegram\u2019s new entertainment reporter.<\/a><\/p>\n