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The Angelika Film Centers of Dallas and Plano bring back their “Hitchcocktober” film series for a second season, starting Thursday, October 4 and continuing weekly through the 25th. The two separate sets of programming (listed below) feature classic thrillers by master director Alfred Hitchcock, both culminating with screenings of his 1958 masterpiece Vertigo, which recently … Continue reading
You’d think people would have learned to stop fucking with Liam Neeson by now. Let’s put it into perspective: In the past few years of his career alone he’s killed shitloads of terrorists, led the A-team, been a talking lion, slapped around half of ancient Greece, and taken on a pack of wolves with his … Continue reading
With the release of this harrowing early sound motion picture, director Tod Browning blindsided audiences with this shocking follow-up to his successful Dracula, create a cult film for the ages, and kill his promising career dead in its tracks by daring to ask “Can a full-grown woman truly love a midget?”. The set-up is simple enough: A gold-digging … Continue reading
October is upon us. It’s supposed to be the scariest month of the year, but you’d never know it by looking at the marquee of your local megaplex. The run-up to Halloween usually means some good — or at least passable — horror flicks. These days most of what we get are tepid remakes, half-assed … Continue reading
The Texas Theater presents a double-screening of Terry Gilliam’s time-travel adventure film 12 Monkeys (1995) along with the avant-garde Chris Marker short that inspired it, “La Jetee”, 6:15pm, September 30, at the theater. Details The Dallas Film Society launches its new weekly Movies at Sundown Series with a screening of Gilliam’s adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s gonzo novel Fear … Continue reading
Smartly conceived and superbly realized, Looper is a high-concept action-thriller that doesn’t bury its viewers under superfluous detail, spin its wheels in a confusing plot, or wallow in its own cleverness. Writer-director Rian Johnson (the exceptional Brick and the not-so-much The Brothers Bloom) borrows tropes from the likes of The Terminator and 12 Monkeys, but what he delivers stands … Continue reading
Next week sees the release of Looper, a science fiction flick in which Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as a hitman who kills targets sent back through time by gangsters the near future, a job that gets unexpectedly complicated when his latest target turns out to be his future self (Bruce Willis). We at Movie Ink love a … Continue reading
The Texas Theater celebrates 50 years of Bond-age with screenings of 007’s film debut, Dr. No (1962), various showtimes, September 23, at the theater. Details The Magnolia concludes its Challenging Autuer film miniseries with a screening of Jean-Charles Tacchella’s romantic comedy Cousin Cousine (1975), 7:30 and 10pm, September 25, at the theater. Details Cinemark Theaters and Paramount Studios conclude the Autumn portion of … Continue reading
Sleek, uncompromising, and smartly executed, David Ayer’s (Harsh Times) gritty cop drama End of Watch delivers a tightly written (and tightly wound) character-driven crime story wrapped around charismatic performances by Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena. It makes Training Day (also written by Ayer) look like a Sunday picnic, but by all rights End of Watch shouldn’t work worth … Continue reading
The new trailer for the first film in Peter Jackson’s (now) trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel went online today. Footage includes sneak peaks of Sylvester McCoy as Radagast the Brown, a glimpse of Gollum, Richard Armitage of Thorin, and appearances of returning players Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett, and Hugo Weaving. Take a look:
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