Mars Needs Moms: Empty Wells
Last week, we had the incredible burst of experimentalism that was Rango, a defiantly old-school 2-D animated film that nevertheless ventured fearlessly into territory...
Filming the Stockyards
A bunch of cowboys are expected to be sidling up to bars and moseying down sidewalks in the Stockyards this weekend. The fourth Saturday...
1.83 Meters Under
What’s more depressing than a farce that isn’t funny? Uh, war, famine, poverty, reruns of bad reality TV shows, a few other things.
Still, it’s...
Belle Tones
I know what social media is now. It’s a pink-haired girl singing a pop song while riding through cyberspace on the back of a...
Robots in Distress
The time seems ripe for a re-evaluation of Michael Bay. It’s been almost 10 years since his Armageddon ruled the box office by sheer...
Ben Is Back: Boy Addicted
Besides being a terrific young actor, Lucas Hedges is also the son of Peter Hedges, who is the director of such films as Dan...
She Came to Me: Opera Man
It was 21 years ago that I went to the then-new Magnolia Theater in Dallas and saw Personal Velocity. An anthology film with three...
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...
Crash
Perfect Stranger is a ride that gives off some serious warning rattles before its wheels fall off.
The movie stars Halle Berry as Rowena...
No Hard Feelings: Jen X
We’ve seen before how actors win Oscars or even just get a nomination and react to it by turning all serious. They take roles...
