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Physical Attraction
We’d all like to know what it’s like to be a genius, but it might well be both easier and more fruitful to make...
Considering Kevin Spacey
One of my early assignments for Fort Worth Weekly was going to the Eastchase theater in the fall of 1999. The multiplex (then part...
Survivor Girl
Wendy Orr wrote a story when she was nine years old.
Decades later it turned into her 2002 novel Nim's Island, a slim and...
When Fairy Met Sally: Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
When Guillermo del Toro pronounces an old movie as the scariest thing he’s ever seen and announces plans to remake it, you sit up...
Film Shorts // May 19-25, 2021
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Counter Column (PG-13) This Christian drama is about a drug dealer (Chris Gonzales) who tries to escape his life by joining the army. Also...
Dungeons & Dragons: Harper Edge
A writer-director named Courtney Solomon spent a full decade trying to make a movie out of the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, and when...
Dumb Money: The Kitty of Wall Street
One of the things that cheered me up in those dark days of January 2021 was the news about the GameStop stock. A number...
Oh, Mandy!
Here's an exercise: 211, Looking Glass, The Runner, The Humanity Bureau, Inconceivable, Vengeance: A Love Story, Army of One, Dog Eat Dog, The Trust,...
Jason Headley Breaks In
Comedy has been a passion for Jason Headley. Before 2015, he had written, directed, and starred in a number of comedy short films, some...
Blow-Opp
Why do we watch a three-hour historical epic? We do it to be swallowed up. Other types of movies can make us see how...
