Lone Star Film Festival Report (Day 5)
The last day of the festival started with the best acting performance I’ve seen, which is saying quite a bit. Timothy Spall is a...
Another Rainy Weekend
There are only three more performances in Amphibian Productions’ run of Richard Greenberg’s quietly affecting ”Three Days Of Rain.” Catch it if you can....
The Best Movie Dialogue of 2014
Welcome to the first of several blog posts in which I discuss the year in movies. This year, I’m starting with an annual post...
This Blog Post Is Kick-Ass
The headline just doesn’t have the same ring as the one on my review of Kick-Ass, does it? I wanted to get my leftover...
DFW Film Company Does Shakespearean Musical
Interrupting my Cliburn coverage to bring you this local film story: North Texas film production company TradRad Pictures just announced that they're starting work...
“I Can’t Believe My Grandmother Felt Me Up”
As a teenager, I was along for the John Hughes ride. His slang-filled, self-consciously hip adolescent movies coincided in near perfect chronology with my...
R.I.P., Tony Scott
Movie fans take a moment today to absorb the news that director and producer Tony Scott ended his own life yesterday by jumping off...
Is the Right Wing Right About ‘Avatar’?
The latest dispatch from the culture wars is the right wing’s attack column forming against Avatar. The Weekly Standard's John Podhoretz and John Nolte...
A Crank’s Take On The Academy Awards
My annual Academy Awards tailgate party is struggling. I didn’t invite anyone, so nobody showed. Also, I sold my truck and no longer own...
The Best Movie Dialogue of 2017
This was kind of a down year for movie dialogue, but I was still able to find some good examples from this year’s films....
