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12 Mighty Orphans

In Twelve Mighty Orphans, author Jim Dent writes of football coach Harvey “Rusty” Russell arriving at the Fort Worth Masonic Home for Orphans in...

Spirit Untamed: Even Cowgirls Give the Blues

Back in 2002, I saw Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and then more-or-less instantly forgot everything about it except for Bryan Adams singing (which...

Film Shorts // June 2-8, 2021

OPENING   The Carnivores (NR) This drama stars Lindsay Burdge and Tallie Medel as a lesbian couple whose marriage starts to come apart under the strain...

Film Shorts // May 26 – June 1, 2021

OPENING   American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally (R) This drama is based on the real-life trial of the radio broadcaster (Meadow Williams) who broadcast...

Summer Movie Preview

Call them tentpoles, popcorn movies, mainstream entertainment, or whatever: Most of those films had their theatrical releases delayed 14 months ago, if they weren’t...

Cruella: Bossypants

I’ll admit I was skeptical when I heard Emma Stone was going to play Cruella de Vil for Disney. Surely she was too young...

Quiet Place II: Beyond the Sea

I learned some things while watching A Quiet Place Part II: The farm that the Abbott family lives on is in the Appalachian Ridge...

Film Shorts // May 19-25, 2021

OPENING   Counter Column (PG-13) This Christian drama is about a drug dealer (Chris Gonzales) who tries to escape his life by joining the army. Also...

Dream: One Horse Town

First comes the documentary with a remarkable inspirational story, then comes the inferior fiction version of it headlined by A-list stars. James Marsh’s Oscar-winning...

Riders of Justice: Mads for Revenge

With his drooping eyelids and aquiline nose, Mads Mikkelsen is often typecast by Hollywood as villains — surely you remember him hitting James Bond’s...