At the End of the Day
Remember this name: Zak Hilditch. You’ll probably be hearing it again soon. That’s because filmmakers who can convincingly evoke the apocalypse on a small...
Second Best Indeed
I was lukewarm on The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel when it opened two summers ago, so you probably won’t be surprised that I had...
Screening the World
North Texas’ increasing ethnic diversity is gradually being reflected on the screens of Tarrant County’s multiplexes. AMC Grapevine Mills has done a prosperous business...
Oscar’s Hidden Gold
Welcome once again to my Oscar preview that ignores the A-list categories in favor of handicapping the mid-major races, giving me the chance to...
Random Observations on Fifty Shades of Grey
So I finally saw Fifty Shades of Grey. It was less terrible than I feared, but still fell well short of being good. Let’s...
Losing My Mind
Julianne Moore looks like a mortal lock to pick up an Oscar next week for her performance in Still Alice, an honor that she...
My Deadly Valentine
I see it now. There are two Matthew Vaughns. In one corner, we have Good Boy Matthew Vaughn, the British director who brought icy...
Beautiful Boy
I’d like to take a minute to introduce you to someone. Xavier Dolan started out as a child actor in his native Canada, and...
Soak Up the Screen
I’ll admit this right now: I’ve never seen a single episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. I just never found the time, and my experience of...
Pain Cake
You may have heard the whispers about a movie called Cake that stars Jennifer Aniston and played at the Toronto Film Festival. The lead...
