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Tuesday, April 21, 2026

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Evan Almighty

Martin Freeman leads a company of dwarves in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

Hobbit Forming

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The Iron Claw: Beyond the Ring

They’re an essential part of moviegoing and pop music. We call them heartthrobs, those softly beautiful, feminine-looking young guys whom teenage girls (and the...

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....

Film Shorts // September 22-28, 2021

OPENING   Apache Junction (R) This Western stars Scout Taylor-Compton as a big-city reporter following up a story in a remote haven for outlaws and killers....

Career Move

Jeremy Lanning always knew he was going to join the military. “It felt like something I was supposed to do,” said the 41-year-old Fort Worthian....

Film Shorts // April 9-15, 2025

  OPENING   Akaal: The Unconquered (NR) Gippy Grewal writes, directs, and stars in this historical drama about a group of Punjab warriors defending themselves against an...

Will You Love The Wildcatter Exchange? May Be

If you missed the first Woodstock, first Bonnaroo, first ACL fest, and other great cultural "firsts," well, now's your chance to say you were...

Bonus Film Review: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

One thing that was always missing from the Harry Potter books and movies was the Americans. J.K. Rowling alluded to differences in the ways...

Coco: Música en Muerto

The question that has shadowed animation fans for decades has been, “Why doesn’t Pixar do a musical?” This became especially true after Pixar acquired...

Film Shorts // December 28, 2022 – January 3, 2023

OPENING   Kushi (NR) This Indian romantic comedy stars Vijay Deverakonda, Samantha, Jayaram, Sachin Khedekar, Murali Sharma, and Vennela Kishore. (Opens Friday at Cinépolis Euless)    NOW PLAYING   Avatar:...

Blogging “Django Unchained” (The Tennessee Chapters)

Part 1 is here. • In some sheltered rocky campsite on the road to Tennessee, Dr. Schultz is taking his clothes down from a laundry...