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The Old Ones will rise over Oak Cliff when the historic Texas Theatre and DOA Blood Bath Entertainment present The Unnameable Blood Bath Film Festival II, a one-day micro-fest of H.P. Lovecraft-themed horror films, with a series of screenings starting at 2pm, August 19, at the theater (details). A contemporary of Conan creator (and native Texan) … Continue reading
It isn’t brilliant satire, but Jay Roach’s The Campaign is an amusing and almost sadistic look at how low politics can go. Sadly, it arrives during the final stretch of perhaps one of the most acidic presidential campaigns in American history (and that’s saying a lot); as such, the movie is only slightly less ridiculous than … Continue reading
It was a good idea on paper, but in execution The Bourne Legacy‘s attempt to re-stoke the fires of the franchise with a new face stuffed in the same formula comes across as Bourne Lite. A good espionage flick weighed down by three movies-worth of familiarity and too much devotion to the series’ back story, its baggage … Continue reading
The Texas Theater and CBS Radio present a free outdoor screening of Iron Man (2008), at dusk on August 5, at Memorial Crawford Park. Details The Texas Theater continues its Tuesday Night Trash film series with a screening of the Filipino action comedy D’Wild Wild Weng (1982), 9:15pm, August 7, at the theater. Details The Magnolia’s The Big … Continue reading
For a movie about a guy with memory loss, Total Recall seems awfully familiar — and not just because it’s a remake of Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 cult-classic hyper-violent action adaptation of author Philip K. Dick‘s short story “We can Remember It for You Wholesale”. Written by Kurt Wimmer (Equilibrium) and directed by Len Wiseman (the Underworld series), … Continue reading
Bad-boy director William Friedkin (The French Connection, To Live and Die in L.A.) has definitely not mellowed in his old age. If anything, he’s gotten edgier and more in-your-face — and that’s saying a lot about the guy whose adaptation of The Exorcist still keeps people awake at night. His latest feature, a screen version of … Continue reading
We here at Movie Ink are contentedly childless mole people, but our keen powers of observation have taught us that keeping adolescents thoroughly amused during a lot hot Texas summer is of paramount importance to any parent who wishes to stay sane until the school year starts. Some relief has come via the Modern Art Museum … Continue reading
Very loosely based on the legend of the Beast of Gévaudan — a man-eating animal of unknown origin that terrorized the French countryside in the late 18th century — the historical drama (for lack of a better term) Brotherhood of the Wolf is a gonzo blend of about a half-dozen disparate genres that somehow works as a … Continue reading
An attack on MI-6 and Bond’s familial estate, Javier Bardem as the villain, the re-introduction of Q, Ralph Fiennes appearing as well — oh man, this is going to be good:
The Texas Theater and CBS Radio present a free outdoor Spanish-language screening of the Shrek 2 (2004), at dusk on July 29, at Memorial Crawford Park. Details The Magnolia’s The Big Movie films series concludes its two-part Disaster! series with a screening of the epitome of the disaster movie, The Towering Inferno (1974), 7:30pm, July 31, at the … Continue reading
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