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One of the great social revolutionaries of the 20th Century, Bill Wilson changed the world in a way few people have, via a social movement that now spans 150 countries and 2 million members. Bill W., the exceptionally comprehensive character study of the Alcoholics Anonymous founder by first-time filmmakers Kevin Hanlon and Dan Carracino provide … Continue reading
When Bill Wilson founded Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935, he started a movement that would spread to more than 150 countries and change millions of lives for the better. Time magazine named him “Man of the Year”; he’s been the subject of numerous biographies, and James Woods played him in a Hallmark Hall of Fame TV … Continue reading
Consider it an unabashedly guilty pleasure: Cabin Fever (2002) is a tongue-in-cheek, low-budget indie horror comedy with a wicked sense of humor that was sorely missing from the brainless horror schlock of the early 2000s. While those movies were content to rehash the same slasher tropes ad nauseum with little irony, writer-director Eli Roth made his feature … Continue reading
As its title implies, writer-director-actor Tanner Beard’s The Legend of Hell’s Gate: An American Conspiracy is an ambitious, sprawling, and muddled take on the allegedly true story associated with the Possum Kingdom Lake cliff formation. There’s a good western romp in there somewhere, but viewers have to sift through a lot of superfluous detail to … Continue reading
It’s a startling moment when Jeff Who Lives at Home opens with actor Jason Segel dictating to a tape recorder the meaning of M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs — not so much because it’s a tight close-up, but because we’re not used to seeing such sad desperation and confusion on the face of the perpetually and endearingly goofy Segel. It … Continue reading
The Kimball Art Museum’s Free Film Series presents Louis Malle’s documentary Place de la Republique (1974) in conjunction with the museum’s Age of Impressionism exhibit at 2 pm, Sunday, June 17, in the museum auditorium. Details Cinemark Theaters and Paramount Studios kick-off their Reel Classics summer film series continues with a screening of Orson Welles’ masterpiece Cool Hand … Continue reading
Sitting through Rock of Ages is akin to being trapped at karaoke night at the local dive, where you’re pummeled by ill-advised renditions of ’80s hair metal and can’t make it through the evening without some asshole breaking into “Don’t Stop Believin’”. As Journey so eloquently put it in that song: the movie never ends, it goes … Continue reading
When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary consulting detective was dusted off and re-interpreted for the big screen by Guy Ritchie in 2009, the result was a light and breezy but intriguing and re-invigorating take on one of the most adapted characters of all time. It proved that there was still life left in Holmes, as … Continue reading
The inaugural Oak Cliff Film Festival begins its four-day festival season this Thursday evening. The programming schedule includes documentaries, feature films, short films, music videos, and events. Here’s a short list of Movie Ink‘s recommended viewing: The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (7:30pm, June 14, Texas Theatre) Writer-director Paul Bunnell’s strange brew of 1950s-style B-grade sci-fi horror, juvenile … Continue reading
The Dallas Film Society continues its Summer Screenings series with a free screening of Clemente Fracassi’s adaptation of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Aida (1953) at 7:30pm, June 11, at the Studio Movie Grill. Details Cinemark Theaters and Paramount Studios kick-off their Reel Classics summer film series continues with a screening of Orson Welles’ masterpiece Citizen Kane (1941), 2 and 7pm, June 13, at … Continue reading
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