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Fans of Quentin Tarantino have been waiting anxiously for footage from QT’s latest project ever since it was announced last year. The western stars Jamie Foxx as an ex-slave who sets out to rescue his wife (Kerry Washington) from a sleazy plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio), with the aid of a bounty hunter (Chritoph Waltz, who … Continue reading
Ridley Scott’s return to science fiction for the first time in 30 years has all the earmarks of a re-awakened giant wiping the sleep from his eyes. Equal parts intriguing and infuriating, its oblique approach to some big questions is unsatisfying. Much has been made of Prometheus‘ “is it or isn’t it?” status as a … Continue reading
Josie and the Pussycats hit the big screen with a thud in 2001 and quickly sank without a trace. This wasn’t a surprise, since those involved made the courageous — and ultimately questionable — decision to make a movie that mocked the very people most likely to see it, specifically shallow and easily programmed teenyboppers. Still, … Continue reading
The latest installment of my trend-upsetting Movie Night column for Lit Monthly has posted on their website. Click on the photo to read about the first time Marvel Comics went live action with their shtick, and the mixed results that ensued. (I promise I’ll be off the superhero kick after this… ‘cept maybe when the new Batman movie … Continue reading
A formulaic thriller from the Tony Scott-Joe Carnahan school of filmmaking, Safe House is exactly what its name implies — a safe, watchable, and ultimately forgettable espionage drama that provides a couple of hours’ slick worth of diversion that evaporates shortly after the credits roll. It’s Three Days of the Condor stripped to bone. Ryan … Continue reading
Pulp space opera at its finest, John Carter is this year’s first truly fun piece of escapist filmmaking, arriving just in time to liven up a sluggish winter box office. Based on the 1912 novel A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator of Tarzan), the movie does a fair but choppy job of adapting … Continue reading
The theatrical release of Act of Valor couldn’t have been timed better, arriving as it does on the heels of some high-profile special forces missions that reached a crescendo with last year’s elimination of Osama bin Laden courtesy of SEAL Team 6. The SEALs have become media darlings, to the extent that retired Delta Force … Continue reading
A disparate mix of grit, violence, religious awakening, and sociopolitical commentary, Marc Forster’s biopic Machine Gun Preacher asks the age-old question “Who would Jesus shoot?”. Based on the last decade or so in the life of ex-biker/ex-con Sam Childers (played here by Gerard Butler), it’s a message movie at conflict with itself. The story opens … Continue reading
The Kimball Art Museum’s Free Film Series presents Jean-Luc Godard’s classic Band of Outsiders (1964) in conjunction with the museum’s Age of Impressionism exhibit at 2 pm, June 3, in the museum auditorium. Details The Texas Theater presents a screening of the digitally remastered edition of Yellow Submarine (1968), 4:45pm, June 3, at the theater. Details The Texas Theater begins its new monthly Petra Negra … Continue reading
The World Affairs Council, the Texas Theatre, the Human Rights Watch, the Dallas Film Society, and the Embrey Human Rights Program at SMU for Human Rights present Human Rights Weekend, a two-day program of documentaries at examine global struggles against governments and institutions, June 8-9, at the Texas Theatre. The series will feature: You Don’t … Continue reading
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