Posts Tagged ‘role’
Boys’ Adventures
Young men dominate fantasy worlds in three films currently out.KRISTIAN LIN
Whether it’s some sort of backlash, the inevitable byproduct of a male-dominated system, or just a coincidence, our multiplexes are currently being overrun by fantasy adventure films with young men at the heart. Next mont...
Film Shorts
KRISTIAN LINOPENING: The Woman in Black (PG-13) Daniel Radcliffe stars in this horror film adapted from Susan Hill’s novella about a young 19th-century lawyer who’s terrorized by the ghost of a scorned woman while staying at a country ...
Descendants: Mahalo to All That
Alexander Payne’s Hawaiian dramedy just misses greatness.KRISTIAN LIN
When Alexander Payne made Sideways seven years ago, George Clooney lobbied hard for the role that was eventually played by Thomas Haden Church. Payne passed on Clooney, figuring that the star was too famous and good-looking to ...
Footloose: Almost Paradise
Let’s hear it for this musical remake that’s better than the original.KRISTIAN LIN
Like many of you, I had zero expectations for the remake of Footloose. The original 1984 film has already had a second life as a Broadway musical. A third version just seemed like yet another case of Hollywood remaking somethin...
Gallery
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Not only is the Fort Worth Art Dealers’ Association’s Selections exhibit going on this month at Fort Worth Community Arts Center, but on Tuesday the 19th you can also go there to catch a discussion on the role of public art...
Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris
The iconic filmmaker’s latest is a valentine to the City of Light.COLE WILLIAMS
So I’ve now seen two Woody Allen movies, the first being 1973’s Sleeper. I saw that when I was in high school, when the film was already nearly two decades old. The second is his latest, Midnight in Paris, and I can tell I...
Il Trovatore: The Voice
As Fort Worth Opera’s glorious new production of the Verdi classic indicates, the singing’s the thing.LEONARD EUREKA
In a dramatic switch from its madcap version of The Mikado two weeks ago (see: “FWO’s Contempo Mikado,” May 18), Fort Worth Opera unveiled a striking new production of Verdi’s Il Trovatore last weekend. The second entry...
Ballet Frontier’s La Sylphide Shines
The fledging Fort Worth company puts on its first full-length evening ballet – and succeeds.LEONARD EUREKA
Ballet Frontier came of age last weekend in Scott Theater with a striking new production of August Bournonville’s La Sylphide. In just a few seasons, the company felt strong enough to present its first full-length story balle...
Ballet Frontier’s La Sylphide Shines
The fledging Fort Worth company puts on its first full-length evening ballet – and succeeds.LEONARD EUREKA
Ballet Frontier came of age last weekend in Scott Theater with a striking new production of August Bournonville’s La Sylphide. In just a few seasons, the company felt strong enough to present its first full-length story balle...
Thanks for Making Me The Fighter
David O. Russell thinks inside the boxing movie.KRISTIAN LIN
If you go to The Fighter expecting a generic uplifting sports drama, you will get a very good one. If you go to it expecting a crazy stylistic exercise like David O. Russell’s other films, you’ll be disappointed. I must adm...