DVD Reviews
AUSTRALIA (PG)
Bloated but charming and effective WWII-period piece by native Australian Baz Luhrmann (Romeo & Juliet, Moulin Rouge). Fellow Aussie and Luhrmann go-to gal...
“GasLand” Director Arrested!
Quasi-local film news: Josh Fox, the director of GasLand and a former Weekly profilee, was arrested this morning for trying to film a Congressional...
Bonus Film Reviews
My Film page this week was a casualty of the early deadlines facing our Best of Fort Worth issue. Usually at least one really...
R.I.P., Adam Yauch
I was setting up to post today about The Avengers, but I got derailed by the news that Adam Yauch has died at age...
Lone Star Film Festival Wrap-Up
I started off the festival's final day by attending a screening of the 1991 Disney musical of Beauty and the Beast. I was half...
North Korea Ruins My Thursday Evening (Updated)
I was supposed to see The Interview last night. There was a press screening scheduled for the comedy about an assassination plot against Kim...
More Thoughts on “The Hunger Games”
I read all three of Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games novels in the space of a week last year, so you won’t be surprised to...
Blogging “Black Swan” (Part 1)
I had a ton of thoughts about Black Swan that I couldn’t include in my review of the film. Now that it’s out on...
Considering Rachel McAdams
Earlier this month, I ran across the teaser for Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. I didn’t know anything about the project,...
Aughts of Laughs
Character actor and Fort Worth resident Patrick Cranshaw died in December 2005 at the age of 86. He worked constantly until the end playing...
