Tiger Burning Bright
When you think of t’ai chi, you probably think of old Chinese people in a park making slow, sweeping, graceful movements with their arms....
Classical Gore
I’m always puzzled when my fellow film critics decry the notion of “style over substance” in movies.
Style trumps everything. Style is what distinguishes...
Wallis Island: Re-Harmony
The same week that Sinners opens, another movie about the power of music opens, but just at the AMC theaters at Grapevine Mills and...
Masked and Anomalous
It so happens that this week’s Film page features two movies that played at last November’s Lone Star Film Festival. Carol was the main...
Eye Popper
For Hollywood this year, 3-D filmmaking seems to be the new old wave. At least 12 more 3-D movies are slated to hit our...
Idiocracy
Throughout his career, Forest Whitaker has always been the nice guy.
Despite his large frame, he’s never cut much of a threatening figure on...
Him: Trick Plays
It was in the fall of 2016 that I saw Kicks at the AMC Parks at Arlington and was awed by its story of...
Repo Man
David Michôd is clearly a talented filmmaker. I just wish I could figure out what he’s up to.
The Australian writer-director made his debut in...
Movie Shoot
Here's a fantastic movie idea: Tropic Thunder takes place on the set of a big-budget Hollywood Vietnam War film also entitled Tropic Thunder.
With a...
Cedar Rapids: Oh Ooo Oh Iowa
The trailer for Cedar Rapids is edited to make it look like another version of The Hangover, which makes sense because Ed Helms stars...
