Pipeline: Set It Off
Two characters in How to Blow Up a Pipeline meet in a bookstore, where one is working and the other is a customer reading...
In Love With Love
Michael Gans saw his future in film when he was in his early teens, after seeing Grand Canyon, Lawrence Kasdan’s 1991 drama telling the...
Animal Kingdom
The wildly original Beasts of the Southern Wild comes to Grapevine this week toting a host of critical hosannas and an eye-catching haul of...
To Catch a Predator
Why am I not surprised that Shane Black is the filmmaker who cast a convicted sex-offender buddy of his and had him play a...
Four Play
I’ve seen a lot of comedies that take place during a suburban house party, but I’m pretty sure The Overnight is the first one...
Odd One Out
Probably the best way to see Odd Thomas is the way I saw it. I went in cold, not knowing anything about the story...
Thor for Four
Taika Waititi won an Oscar for his script for Jojo Rabbit, and that sort of acclaim can be death for a comedy writer —...
Supernova: We Are All Made of Stars
In my travels, I’ve come across numerous movies that were dull, bad, or ordinary yet had a single moment or scene that achieved greatness....
Black Swan: Danse Macabre
Black Swan closely observes the world of high culture, and yet its thrills are distinctly, trashily lowbrow. That’s a difficult balancing act to pull...
30 Minutes or Less: Delivery Boom
Some young thespians bag their first Academy Award nomination and morph into Serious Actors who do only prestige projects intended to win them the...
