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Back when Chris Evans was starring in inconsequential fare like the Fantastic Four films and The Nanny Diaries, I dismissed him as some lightweight...
Phantom Thread: Mr. Woodcock
I’m usually skeptical of artists announcing their retirement when they’re neither terminally ill nor really old. (See: Soderbergh, Steven and Miyazaki, Hayao.) However, I’m...
Bonus Film Review: The Edge of Seventeen
We’ve gotten used to seeing Hailee Steinfeld portray unusually self-assured girls in True Grit and Begin Again and Pitch Perfect 2, so it’s a...
Kvetch
"If you're stupid enough to want a feel-good movie, go get yourself a foot massage," says Boris Yellnikoff (Larry David) to the camera early...
Iran So Far Away
A couple of months ago, Persepolis was the trendy pick among some movie critics as 2007's best animated film.
Honestly, I was pulling for it....
Pizza and Coffee
North Texas may be only a way station for Noah Sargent. The 21-year-old University of North Texas student is from San Antonio, and after...
Considering Kate Beckinsale
Sometimes you need a vacation to step away and think. I recently took a week of personal time and found myself pondering Kate Beckinsale...
Narrative Voice
I can safely say that Stranger Than Fiction is stranger than your average movie.
The film isn’t odd because it’s about a character in...
The Best Lead Performances of 2025
There are some new faces on this feature this year, which is lucky for me, because otherwise I think I’d have trouble writing up...
No Homo, Watson
As an avid reader of Sherlock Holmes stories in my youth, I'm looking forward to this Christmas' release of the new movie Sherlock Holmes....
