“Ticked-Off” DVD Release Party
If you missed our August cover story on the controversy over the locally filmed “transploitation” thriller Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives, here ‘tis again. Writer-director...
R.I.P., Leslie Nielsen
As you've probably heard by now, the 84-year-old actor died yesterday. I don't really have that much to add to the many online tributes...
Kevin Durand Stars As Fort Worth Coach Tonight
Take a hard-as-nails U.S. Marine lieutenant colonel who served in WWII and the Korean conflict, put a whistle around his neck and give him...
The Best Filmmaking Debuts of 2023
I’ve been hoisted by my own self-imposed rules this year. Because my annual list of best first-time feature directors doesn’t include documentarians, I can’t...
“Midnight in Paris” and DFW’s Film Critics
Last week the DFW Film Critics Association (of which I am a voting member) published its annual list of the best movies of 2011....
“Footloose”: Actor by Actor
Chris Penn and Kevin Bacon, 1984
Miles Teller and Kenny Wormald, 2011
I wanted to compare and contrast the actors playing the same roles in each...
DFW Film Critics Like “Anora” Best
It's time once again for coverage of the year in movies, and we start with my colleagues at the DFW Film Critics Association picking...
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...
I Made a Mistake!
This is an apology! I messed up big time! I don’t like to make a big thing of my errors, but since this one...
T-Rex Lived On Noah’s Ark: Film Recaps Texas Textbook Battle
Okay, today we'll start class with a pop quiz: What do hip-hop, evolution and Thomas Jefferson all have in common?
Answer: They were all stricken...
