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Legend of the Guardians: Hoot and a Holler
Live-action filmmakers have been getting into animation lately, but only the ones who have a strongly developed and distinctive cinematic style (like Tim Burton...
More than One Square Mile
Growing up in small-town East Texas, Betsy Crum watched a lot of television. And like many who were glued to the tube at an...
Film Shorts
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Aardvark (PG-13) Zachary Quinto stars in this drama as a mental patient whose therapist (Jenny Slate) falls for his brother (Jon Hamm). Also with...
Mad Money
Madea Goes to Jail is Tyler Perry's seventh film as writer or director in only four years. In that short period of time, his...
Festival Recap
Various conflicts this past weekend kept me from seeing very much of the Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase, but fortunately, I was able to...
Film Shorts // January 13-19, 2021
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American Skin (R) Nate Parker (The Birth of a Nation) stars in and directs this drama as a Black man seeking revenge on the...
Sorry, Baby: That Thing
Sorry, Baby is a movie about rape, but it painstakingly does not show us the action that defines its story. An indirect approach like...
My Deadly Valentine
I see it now. There are two Matthew Vaughns. In one corner, we have Good Boy Matthew Vaughn, the British director who brought icy...
A Wrinkle in Time: Off World
Last month, I stated in my review of Black Panther that black people don’t often get to direct Hollywood blockbuster extravaganzas. You know who...
Further Thoughts on Batman
WARNING: MULTIPLE SPOILERS AHEAD
Because of deadlines, I only had one hour to write up my review of The Dark Knight Rises last week. I...
