Posts Tagged ‘action’’
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KRISTIAN LINOPENING: Robin Hood (PG-13) Russell Crowe re-teams with director Ridley Scott in this latest version of the adventure tale. Also with Cate Blanchett, William Hurt, Mark Strong, Oscar Isaac, Danny Huston, Eileen Atkins, Mark Add...
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KRISTIAN LINOPENING: Exit Through the Gift Shop (R) The reclusive street artist known as Banksy directs this documentary about French amateur documentarian Thierry Guetta and his futile attempts to meet Banksy. Also with Rhys Ifans and She...
Is the Trans-Texas Corridor Playing Dead?
StaticDuring this election season, Gov. Rick Perry is trying to win votes in part by hinting that, per the loudly stated wishes of the people, he’s letting go of at least a portion of his grand dream of a Trans-Texas Corridor toll ...
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KRISTIAN LINOPENING: City Island (PG-13) Andy Garcia stars in this comedy as the head of a Bronx family that’s riddled with secrets. Also with Julianna Margulies, Steven Strait, Alan Arkin, Dominik GarcÃa-Lorido, Ezra Miller, and Emily ...
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KRISTIAN LINOPENING: The Losers (PG-13) Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Idris Elba star as leaders of a CIA black ops team trying to discover who sold them out. Also with Zoë Saldana, Chris Evans, Columbus Short, Óscar Jaenada, and Jason Patric....
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KRISTIAN LINOPENING: Death at a Funeral (R) Neil LaBute’s remake of the similarly titled 2007 British farce stars Chris Rock and Martin Lawrence as brothers who become entangled in a sexual blackmail scheme while attending their fatherâ€...
Ragged Date Night for Carell and Fey
The Fosters go bananas in this underwhelming comedy-thriller.KRISTIAN LIN
You’re probably going to see Date Night because of Steve Carell and Tina Fey. And why not? They seem like a terrific match because they’re so similar. They’re both intelligent, straightforward types whose comic stylings s...
One-Part Drama
Another British import loses its flavor in America: Edge of Darkness.KRISTIAN LIN
The key to understanding what’s right and what’s wrong with Edge of Darkness is knowing that it’s based on a British TV miniseries. Our friends across the Atlantic regularly make intelligent multiple-hour opus...
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KRISTIAN LINOPENING: Legion (R) Paul Bettany stars in this thriller as the Archangel Michael, who descends to Earth to save a group of people in a roadside diner after God unleashes the apocalypse on the human race. Also with Dennis Quaid,...
Putting the Spurs to Cowtown
JIMMY FOWLERMost Fort Worth citizens were introduced to Queer LiberAction, a lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender activist group, on the evening news last summer. Footage of the packed July 14 city council meeting was broadcast on TV stations ...