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I Will Survive
Richard Curtis’ time-travel comedy About Time expands to Fort Worth this week (see Film Shorts), and it exhorts us to live each day as...
Iceman: Shannon Fodder
Seems that the world has discovered Michael Shannon. And, really, why not? Quite apart from his considerable skills, the 38-year-old Kentucky native offers up...
Film Shorts
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Bridegroom (R) Linda Bloodworth-Thomason’s documentary profiles Shane Bitney Crone, a gay man who found himself deprived of legal rights after his partner, Tom Bridegroom,...
My Dead Friend Zoe: She’s Not There
If this job has taught me one thing, it’s that filmmakers can make funny movies out of even really grim subjects. America’s wars in...
Film Shorts
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The Lincoln Lawyer (R) Matthew McConaughey stars in this adaptation of Michael Connelly’s novel as a defense attorney who tries to save...
No Relief from Restless
Hot on the heels of 50/50 comes another movie about cancer, the less funny, more irritating, and all-around inferior Restless. The unfortunate timing doesn’t...
Film Shorts // April 22-29, 2025
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The Accountant 2 (R) Ben Affleck reprises his role as an autistic accountant who uses illegal methods to solve crimes. Also with Jon Bernthal,...
Lone Star Film Festival Report (Days 3-4)
Saturday, typically the busiest day of the festival, was relatively quiet this year. The highlight of Saturday was the presentation of lifetime achievement awards...
Film Shorts
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Deep in the Heart (PG-13) Jon Gries (Napoleon Dynamite) stars in this drama as a recovering alcoholic determined to put his kids through college....
Give ‘Em Hope
How strange it is to watch Milk right now, after the election we've just had. No one could overlook the irony of three states...
