Eastward Bound
It has been nine years since Tommy Lee Jones made his directing debut with The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. That acclaimed Western, which...
Stop Hectoring Me
And now, ladies and gentlemen, comes one of the year’s most insufferable movies, Hector and the Search for Happiness. Simon Pegg’s collaboration with Edgar...
Physical Attraction
We’d all like to know what it’s like to be a genius, but it might well be both easier and more fruitful to make...
Fire Yourself
I was leery of Horrible Bosses 2, even though I liked the first one. You see, the director and the writers from the original...
Indie Film Roundup
Every once in awhile, rather than telling you about the big films that everyone else is covering, we like to focus on movies that...
Lights On
When Noni (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) first sings, she’s a little girl in a talent competition performing Nina Simone’s “Blackbird.” She comes in second place, and...
Fredrick Alanzo Keeps the Faith
After a long and circuitous route, Fredrick Alanzo is returning to North Texas this Friday for a local premiere of his film Signed, Sealed...
Wild Black Yonder
I know this much about Interstellar: Christopher Nolan wants to make a big, ambitious fantasy thriller for the popcorn crowd like he usually does...
Gone Girl
I like the new Keira Knightley. She’s so much more fun than the old one. The old one never would have played the sort...
Fly Away
Remember the conversation in Neighbors this past summer, when Seth Rogen and Zac Efron’s characters argued about whether Michael Keaton or Christian Bale was...
