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Sunday, June 7, 2026

Film Reviews

Film Reviews

Grand Theft Hamlet: Player Kings

I just ran my list of the best documentary films of last year, and while Grand Theft Hamlet arrives too late to merit consideration...

Screening the World

North Texas’ increasing ethnic diversity is gradually being reflected on the screens of Tarrant County’s multiplexes. AMC Grapevine Mills has done a prosperous business...

Letters to Juliet: Under the Tuscan Suck

Amanda Seyfried is clearly bidding to become America’s romantic-comedy sweetheart, and I’m afraid that she’ll succeed at it. The 24-year-old with the feline eyes...

Odds and Ends

One of my favorite regular features is this one that I do around this time every year. It’s my way of writing about a...

Extreme Job: Chicken Cops

I was waiting my whole life for someone to make a movie about fried chicken. I didn’t know that until I actually saw Extreme...

TV Glow: Pink Opaque

Who do we have in the way of trans filmmakers? We’ve had the Wachowski siblings, and now we have Jane Schoenbrun, who’s transfeminine and...

Animal World: House of Cards

I just saw this Chinese film called Animal World at AMC Grapevine Mills, and while it's not much good as a movie, it poses...

Best Documentaries of 2021

Maybe this pandemic has encouraged more people to watch documentaries at home. What’s certain is that not enough of them have made it to...

Uncut Gems: Howard’s End

Sometimes, it’s really fun to be the guy saying that the Christmas movie riding a wave of positive buzz is terrible. Uncut Gems is...

The Best Jane Austen Movies

On account of the pandemic, Focus Features has announced it is releasing Emma. on streaming services tomorrow, and so I’m posting this listicle of...