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The Top 10 Documentaries of 2012

Computer issues have hampered my ability to post here the last week or so, but that has actually been a good thing, because it...
"Sound City" opens Friday in Dallas.

Film Shorts

OPENING: Sound City (NR) Dave Grohl’s documentary about the studio in Van Nuys, Calif., where Nevermind and many other famous rock albums were recorded. Also...
Nicholas Hoult ponders his place in Darwinian theory in Warm Bodies.

Warm Bodies: My Heart Skips a Beat

The field is unexpectedly crowded when it comes to zombie movies that are funny. If Jonathan Levine’s Warm Bodies falls short of the magnificent...
Christopher Walken and Al Pacino re-enact old times in "Stand Up Guys."

Stand Up Guys: Last Valentine

To be clear, Stand Up Guys is not about comedians telling jokes in nightclubs. Instead, it’s a shaggy drama about two retired New Jersey...

North Texas Films at Sundance: How’d They Do?

The 2013 Sundance Film Festival ended this past weekend, and North Texas was unusually well represented at this year's fest, both in the number...
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters opens Friday.

Film Shorts

OPENING: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (R) Tommy Wirkola (Dead Snow) directs this fantasy starring Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton as grown-up versions of the...
Emmanuelle Riva plays piano in her home before illness strikes in Amour.

Amour, Quartet: Old Wave

Movies tend to neglect seniors as subjects. This is neither a recent phenomenon, nor is it a Hollywood thing. Filmmakers and audiences everywhere have...

Django Unchained Toys Sell For Big Money On MLK Day

Today, some Americans celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day and honor the nation's greatest civil rights leader. Others...not so much. Take eBay bidders for instance. Django Unchained...
Mama opens Friday.

Film Shorts

OPENING: Mama (PG-13) Jessica Chastain stars in this horror flick as a woman whose husband (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) takes in his two feral nieces (Megan Charpentier...
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Johnny Knoxville handle a big-ass gun in The Last Stand.

Last Stand: Defending the Border

With the release of The Last Stand this week, a Korean wave finally reaches our shores. Much the way a trio of talented and...