Sea The Pirates!
Like Disney-Pixar, the folks at Aardman know family-friendly comedy. The British stop-action animation company won an Oscar in 2005 for Wallace & Gromit: The...
Oscar Worthy?
When two British vets of nature documentaries, one of whom was the executive producer on the landmark films The Blue Planet and Planet Earth,...
Bully for You
This review is dedicated to my seventh-grade English teacher, who told her class one day that bullied students deserved no pity because they were...
Think Like a Man: Harvey’s Rules
Where are the good movies about African-Americans? The answer is far longer than this space will allow for, but one major reason is that...
Indie Film Roundup
For whatever reason, Hollywood has largely ceded this weekend to low-budget independent movies, giving you a chance to see some sparkling talents make their...
Mirror Mirror: Snow Job
Well, I’m in a spot this week. The only new movie coming out this weekend is American Reunion, and it didn’t screen for critics...
Pizza and Coffee
North Texas may be only a way station for Noah Sargent. The 21-year-old University of North Texas student is from San Antonio, and after...
Raid: Indo Cinema
When was the last time you saw an absolutely badass Indonesian movie? The world’s fourth most populous country — and its largest Muslim nation...
Salmon Fishing: Running Dry
Why is this movie called Salmon Fishing in the Yemen? Like the satirical Paul Torday novel that it’s based on, the film constantly refers...
Hunger Games: Girl on Fire
When it comes to adapting Suzanne Collins’ novel The Hunger Games to film, the big challenge is that the book is so many different...
