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LSFF Report (Day 1)

Film Shorts

Gangster Squad: Old Hats

Gerard Butler prepares to hit the practice field in "Playing for Keeps."

Playing for Keeps: Blown Dryer

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Solo Effort

Maybe you’ve heard about all the press reports that leaked out beforehand about Solo: A Star Wars Story being plagued by trouble, with original...

Blogging “Django Unchained” (The End Chapters)

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 I mentioned this before, but I'll repeat my SPOILER ALERT: All plot developments are given away in...

All of Us Strangers: Only Lovers in the Building

After All of Us Strangers was shut out of the Oscar nominations, I was afraid I would have to relegate it to my annual...
Matthew Fox and Eriko Hatsune pursue an ill-starred wartime romance in Emperor.

Emperor: Occupy Japan

What is it about Japan that inspires Western filmmakers to make such boring dramas about the place? You could say that Westerners don’t understand...

Oscar-Nominated Actress Candy Clark Revisits Trimble Tech

Fort Worth's Candy Clark couldn't wait to skip town when she was a teenager in 1965 and freshly graduated from Fort Worth Technical High...
The Attorney opens Friday in Grapevine.

Film Shorts

OPENING: The Attorney (NR) Kind of like a Korean Erin Brockovich. Song Kang-ho stars in this courtroom drama about a real-life tax lawyer who stumbles...

Steel Reserve

Another big superhero movie hits theaters this week, but a few things separate it from the rest that have come out recently. For one, Hancock...

We’ll Take Manhattan

Reading Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' graphic novel Watchmen today, it's striking how this 1985 masterpiece has penetrated to the marrow of countless movies,...

Exhuma: Dig It Up!

Ever been to a Korean shamanic ritual? It’s awesome. There’s so much singing and dancing, it’s like a Broadway musical, but with a lot...
Anna Kendrick ponders what to do on the steps of the palace in Into the Woods.

Today Was a Fairytale

Way back before Disney rejuvenated itself by making animated musicals based on fairy tales sprinkled with witty songs, adult concerns, and a wisecracking modern...