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Thursday, July 17, 2025

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Turn the Page(s)

Librarians and Hollywood types don’t tend to intermingle. One group focuses on details and research, and the other exists primarily to stretch the truth,...
Bad Words opens Friday in Dallas.

Film Shorts

OPENING: Bad Words (R) Jason Bateman stars in his own directorial debut as a 40-year-old man who takes advantage of a loophole in the rules...
Surrounded by pastry boxes, Tony Revolori and Saoirse Ronan fall in love at The Grand Budapest Hotel.

Absolute Zero

“You see, there are still small glimmers of civilization amid this barbaric slaughterhouse that we know as humanity, and I like to think that...
Gonzo, Fozzie, Kermit, Miss Piggy, Rowlf, and Scooter kick up their heels for a sequel in Muppets Most Wanted.

Follow That Frog

It was great to have the Muppets back on the big screen three years ago, but now the novelty has worn off, so where...

Bonus Film Review: Veronica Mars Is Smarter Than Me

As was reported in many places (including this blog), the movie version of Veronica Mars made history last year by taking to Kickstarter for...

Will You Love The Wildcatter Exchange? May Be

If you missed the first Woodstock, first Bonnaroo, first ACL fest, and other great cultural "firsts," well, now's your chance to say you were...
The Grand Budapest Hotel opens Friday in Dallas.

Film Shorts

OPENING: The Grand Budapest Hotel (R) Wes Anderson’s latest film stars Ralph Fiennes as a legendary concierge at a European resort hotel shortly before...
Aaron Paul focuses behind the wheel in Need for Speed.

Chasing Cars

OK, this one’s easy. Disney is looking for its own car-chase movie to rival The Fast & The Furious while that series is on...
With mannequins in the background, Tim Jenison preps his life-size replica of Vermeer's "The Music Lesson" in Tim's Vermeer.

Beautiful Obsession

The enthralling documentary Tim’s Vermeer made a big splash when it opened last year’s Lone Star Film Festival, and this weekend it comes to...

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:...