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Dual Blazes
Conducting a phone interview with the Blaze brothers turns out to be somewhat difficult. It’s not because 18-year-old Nathan and 17-year-old Jon are reluctant...
Illegal Aliens
This is why I love my job: Every so often I get to see things that I've never seen before. With special-effects technology becoming...
The ‘Phibs and The Modern Screen “Coriolanus”
Does watching Shakespeare feel like a civic duty, a noble sacrifice, a homework assignment –– anything but an entertaining experience? Here’s a trade secret:...
“That Man Is Playing Galaga!”
The Avengers continues as America’s top box-office draw, and as usual, I have way more thoughts than I could put into my review of...
You Must Be Weird or You Wouldn’t Be Here
Local filmmaker Giles McCrary has produced and directed a documentary about one of the most storied clubs in all of Texas: The Cellar. You...
It’s Me, Margaret: Jersey Girl
This film version of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret comes to us at a time, doesn’t it? We have certain politicians — and...
We Are Lady Parts: Rock and Allah
A story with a point of view that you haven’t heard before is one thing, but when it’s expressed with so much confidence, that...
Marshall Law
When black Americans were wrongly imprisoned in the 1930s and ’40s, there was one phrase that would give them hope they might get justice:...
Film Shorts
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Blackhat (R) Chris Hemsworth stars in Michael Mann’s thriller as a convicted hacker who’s released from prison to help catch a cyber-terrorist. Also with...
Summer Movie Guide
I could be using this space to write about the efficient mediocrity of Solo: A Star Wars Story, but this issue is the summer...
