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Review: ‘Despicable Me’
Delightful and droll, Despicable Me is also refreshingly modest. And it’s fun. All animated films fall under the shadow of mighty Pixar, which has set the gold standard. But that doesn’t mean that...
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Review: Eat Pray Love
The soft golden light of heaven shines down upon Julia Roberts. For 133 freakin’ minutes. Amounting to nothing more than pious platitudes for people of privilege, Ryan Murphy’s Eat Pray Love is the...
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Review: Get Low
The opening scene in Aaron Schneider’s marvelous, nuanced Get Low (at Angelika Dallas and Cinemark West Plano) introduces a mystery that isn’t solved until the final reel: a house, barely visible in...
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Review: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Not bad … for a FREAKIN’ INSTANT CLASSIC!!! The very first frame announces the intent of the movie: the Universal Studios logo, in pixellated form, with cheesy synth music playing the theme. We’re in...
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Weekend in D/FW: ‘Repo Chick,’‘Summer Wars,’‘Illusionist’
Green screen on a budget, two animated features, and a drug dealing drama await. Continue reading →
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Review: ‘Prometheus,’ a Sci-Fi Extravaganza
Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, and Noomi Rapace star in Ridley Scott's prequel to 'Alien.' Continue reading →
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Indie Weekend: ‘Your Sister’s Sister,’‘The Woman in the Fifth,’‘Bill W.’
Three indies are opening locally today, June 22: ‘Your Sister’s Sister.’ Emily Blunt and Rosemarie DeWitt play sisters who reunite at a remote cabin in the company of recovering friend Mark Duplass....
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Review: ‘Magic Mike’ Strips Away All Pretenses
Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey, and Alex Pettyfer star in Steven Soderbergh's new film, which is set in a Florida strip club but revolves around matters of the heart. Continue reading →
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Review: ‘Cloud Atlas’ Aims to Be Profound, But Falls Gloriously Short
Wildly ambitious, visually sumptuous, and head-achingly confounding, Cloud Atlas is an experience that aims to be profoundly moving. Whether it succeeds is another matter entirely. Continue reading →
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