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This past year, I spent more time in multiplexes than anyone who doesn’t work for a movie theater, and I didn’t get sick. Vaccinations...
Red Rocket: Magic Mikey
In the movement to destigmatize sex work, Sean Baker is leading the charge. All four of his feature films have been about sex workers,...
Film Shorts // December 22-28, 2021
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American Underdog (PG) This has much better acting than your typical Christian football film, and better production values, with real NFL teams lending their...
Licorice Pizza: Growing Up Is Hard to Do
I need to stake out a position here on Licorice Pizza, since it’s becoming an awards contender. After the death grip that Paul Thomas...
Matrix: Techno Is Dead
“Nothing comforts anxiety like fake nostalgia,” says one of the characters in The Matrix Resurrections. Yeah, they said that to me as I watched...
DFW Film Critics Call on The Power of the Dog
Time once again for us to recap this past year in film. The Dallas Fort Worth Film Critics Association gave a resounding endorsement to...
Film Shorts // December 15-21, 2021
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Fortress (R) Bruce Willis and Jesse Metcalfe star as father-and-son cops who try to thwart a gang of criminals. Also with Chad Michael Murray,...
Spider Verses
Will you look at that? I got a kicking for not liking the Ghostbusters sequel, and now comes Spider-Man: No Way Home, a movie...
Nightmare Alley: Freaks and Geeks
The 1947 film of Nightmare Alley begins easily enough, with the main character working in a traveling carnival. Guillermo del Toro’s remake begins with...
Film Shorts // December 8-14, 2021
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American Sicario (R) This gangster film stars Philippe A. Haddad as a Mexican gangster whose rise to power makes enemies both outside and within...
