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Film Shorts // November 26 – December 2, 2025
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Aftershock: The Nicole P. Bell Story (R) So indifferently acted and put together that its message gets lost. Rayven Symone Ferrell portrays the real-life...
Blessed Event
It's easy to say that Juno is the movie that Knocked Up should have been.
It's one of those glib formulations that we critics are...
The Best Filmmaking Debuts of 2016
Another of my favorite movie posts of the year is my annual list of the best showings by first-time directors. As usual, this means...
Film Shorts // December 28, 2022 – January 3, 2023
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Kushi (NR) This Indian romantic comedy stars Vijay Deverakonda, Samantha, Jayaram, Sachin Khedekar, Murali Sharma, and Vennela Kishore. (Opens Friday at Cinépolis Euless)
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Further Notes From the “Inception”
I got the DVD of Inception a couple of weeks ago, and I've been obsessively re-watching it. Indeed, this is one movie that seems...
Pot P.I.
Here’s a great matchup of movie director and book. Thomas Pynchon’s 2009 novel Inherent Vice features the reclusive postmodern giant at his wackiest and...
ATE DAY8 of Soulfood
In honor of Black History Month, this week’s column is about soul food and other delicious offerings from several Black-owned businesses we are proud...
Delysia of Grandeur
So we're all in love with Amy Adams now. And why not? She's lovable.
Her newly attained stardom is probably the main reason that her...
Consecration Game
You know the drill with these Catholic horror movies: tons of bombast, fusty church backdrops, cheesy demon effects, conspiracies reaching into Rome, Latin words...
Partial Justice
Juan José Campanella’s The Secret in Their Eyes won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 2009, and no wonder. His extensive experience directing...
