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“Veronica Mars”: Now a Movie!

It’s not often that a TV show that has been off the air for six years makes headlines, but that’s exactly what has happened...
"The Call" opens Friday.

Film Shorts

OPENING: The Call (R) Halle Berry stars in this thriller as a 911 operator who becomes obsessed with stopping a serial killer whom she has...
Steve Carell and Steve Buscemi have a magical face-off with Jim Carrey in The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.

Wonderstone, Oz: Lesser Wizards

One of the earliest filmmakers, Georges Meliès, started out as a magician, so it’s really no surprise that filmmakers have long felt an affinity...
"Oz the Great and Powerful" opens Friday.

Film Shorts

OPENING: Oz the Great and Powerful (PG) Sam Raimi directs this adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s novel, starring James Franco as the man from Kansas...
Matthew Fox and Eriko Hatsune pursue an ill-starred wartime romance in Emperor.

Emperor: Occupy Japan

What is it about Japan that inspires Western filmmakers to make such boring dramas about the place? You could say that Westerners don’t understand...
Nicole Leigh Jones steps off a train in this Grapevine-filmed scene in "Shroud."

David Jetre Unveils Shroud

“We didn’t want to sell when we were desperate,” said Denton native David Jetre about his debut film, Shroud. The supernatural Western wrapped in...

Jesse Holley at the Movies

North Texas sports fans who are no longer anticipating the movie about Josh Hamilton can now count down the days to another sports biopic:...
"A Place at the Table" opens Friday in Dallas.

Film Shorts

OPENING: A Place at the Table (PG) Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush’s documentary examines the problem of American schoolchildren who don’t have enough food. (Opens...
Nicholas Hoult scales unimagined heights in Jack the Giant Slayer.

Jacked Up

I went to Jack the Giant Slayer to find out what the hell happened to Bryan Singer. Ten years ago, he was one of...
Ed Harris and William Fichtner prepare to shove off in "Phantom."

Phantom: Cold Sub

In the narrow field of movies set on Soviet submarines, Phantom comes a distant second to The Hunt for Red October and struggles to...