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Push Button, End Life
Poor Andrew Niccol. He wants so badly to be that guy, you know? The New Zealand-born filmmaker has been toiling in Hollywood since the...
Future Passé
Back in the self-proclaimed Space Age of the 1950s and ’60s, visions of the future featured lots of clean, shiny cities filled with happy,...
Film Shorts
Opening
Dark Star: H.R. Giger’s World (NR) Belinda Sallin’s documentary profile of the late artist, architect, and Oscar-winning production designer. (Opens Friday in Dallas)
Chronicles of...
Bonus Film Review: Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road is enough to make Furious 7 look sedate by comparison. There, I wrote it. That lead sentence is probably somewhat...
Bonus Film Review: Pitch Perfect 2
It’s déjà vu all over again. Just like the Avengers sequel, the hotly anticipated Pitch Perfect 2 is the follow-up to an awesome 2012...
Riled Up
Let’s be real here. The main reason the low-budget Western Echoes of War is opening in theaters here is because of the presence of...
The Hardy Girl
Back in 1967, there was a film adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s novel Far From the Madding Crowd. (Note to younger movie fans: Do not...
Film Shorts
Opening
Mad Max: Fury Road (R) The latest installment of George Miller’s postapocalyptic car chase saga stars Tom Hardy as a man running from a...
Voters Favor Incumbents Except For Danny Scarth
Incumbents ruled Fort Worth elections for the most part on Saturday. Still, voters sent longtime District 4 City Council member Danny Scarth packing. Challenger...
Cliché Written
Back when Chris Evans was starring in inconsequential fare like the Fantastic Four films and The Nanny Diaries, I dismissed him as some lightweight...
