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Christoph Waltz bullies Amy Adams into giving up credit for her paintings in Big Eyes.

My Wife Could Paint That

The way to understand Big Eyes is not as a movie about art nor as a Tim Burton film, though it’s both of those...

The Best Movies of 2004

The end of the year is a time to look back, and most movie critics are content to compile a Top 10 list for...

North Korea Ruins My Thursday Evening (Updated)

I was supposed to see The Interview last night. There was a press screening scheduled for the comedy about an assassination plot against Kim...
Quvenzhané Wallis plays with Sandy in the new Annie.

Hard Knocks

Going into the newest big-screen version of Annie, I actually had some hopes for its success. Yes, the Broadway show is a saccharine piece...
The dwarves make a last stand at their fortress in "The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies."

Gold Mountain

In English soccer, when a high-priced newly signed player goes bust, opposing fans will sometimes taunt the player and his team by singing, “What...
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb opens Friday.

Film Shorts

OPENING: Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (PG) Ben Stiller returns for this third installment as a museum security guard who must travel...

DFW Film Critics Choose 2014’s Best Movies

This morning, the DFW Film Critics Association announced their awards for the best movies of 2014. I am a member of this group, and...
Top Five opens Friday.

Film Shorts

OPENING: Top Five (R) Chris Rock writes, directs, and stars in this comedy as a comedian trying to become a serious actor while his fiancée...

Roughing It

I remember the first time I saw Reese Witherspoon. It was in the 1996 satirical thriller Freeway, and she was playing a juvenile delinquent...
Joel Edgerton and his palace are pelted by hail in Exodus: Gods and Kings.

Go Down, Moses

Hollywood’s last big-budget adaptation of the book of Exodus, Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments, hit movie theaters a full 58 years ago. By...