Posts Tagged ‘hollywood’
Film Shorts
KRISTIAN LINOPENING: Gamer (R) The latest action film by Neveldine + Taylor (Crank) stars Gerard Butler as a man who’s forced to kill other people as a manipulated player in a giant multiplayer video game. Also with Amber Valletta, M...
MoMA Movies at the Modern
Big TicketThe Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth takes a two-week break from screening current independent films to make room for Still Moving: Classic Films from MoMA.
Escape Move
You can’t spell Mamet without MMA! A famed playwright goes jiu-jitsu on us.KRISTIAN LIN
Seven years ago, David Mamet capped a winning streak as a film director with his engaging farce State and Main, following his twisty 1997 thriller The Spanish Prisoner and his elegant 1999 period drama The Winslow Boy.
All These Things That I’ve Done
The best Iraq drama so far, Stop-Loss still runs into problems.Kristian Lin
Hollywood is in a no-win situation when it comes to Iraq. (So’s the White House, but that’s another story.)
The Top 10
... and a lot of great performances coming in pairs.Kristian Lin
Usually when I assemble the picks for my year-end list of the best movies, there’s a lot of flux among the choices as I get closer to deadline.
Earthly Delight
John Cusack helps elevate a big-budget popcorn flick to an emotionally honest character drama.Cole Williams
Just when you think you’ve seen every type of Hollywood family drama, along comes something nice to revitalize your faith in mainstream cinema.
Mr. Bagman
The flawed legal thriller Michael Clayton still wins favorable judgment.Kristian Lin
You shouldn’t be surprised that Michael Clayton is currently being overrated by America’s film critics. The movie practically begs for it.
Pilgrim and a Preacher and a Problem when He’s Stoned
His country-music raising got him started, but Waylon Payne’s talent — and his demons — drive him on.Jeff Prince
The stereo in Waylon Payne’s 1989 Mercedes Benz is blasting “Mama, Drive On” as he barrels down a farm road west of Fort Worth. A breeze whips through the sunroof and knocks ashes off his Marlboro, but he doesn’t notice...
Ricky Bobby’s Guide to Life (Or At Least the Movies)
How Talladega Nights Explains the Year in CinemaKristian Lin
One of the things that makes movie-going such an enjoyably unpredictable business is that every once in a while, a lowbrow comedy tells us more about ourselves than all the self-serious Oscar-baiting epic films and self-congrat...
Hijos de la Noche
Big TicketThis week of Halloween, Rose Marine Theater presents an unusual treat: Drácula. Notice that we didn’t say Dracula.
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