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The Texas Theater presents a special 4th of July outdoor screening of the romantic comedy One Crazy Summer (1986), 9pm, July 4, in Kiest Park. Details Cinemark Theaters and Paramount Studios continue their Reel Classics summer film series with a screening of a digitally restored print of the musical-themed compilation That’s Entertainment (1974), 2 and … Continue reading
Veteran actor Ralph Fiennes makes his directorial debut with a bold adaptation of William Shakespeare’s devastating take on cults of personality. In a bold step, Fiennes has abandoned the story’s original ancient Roman setting in favor of “a place called Rome” that resembles a modern war zone, keeping the original dialogue and utilizing modern trappings … Continue reading
There’s no denying that Tilda Swinton gives a tour de force performance in director Lynne Ramsay’s adaptation of Lionel Shriver’s novel We Need to Talk About Kevin. No less can be expected from one of the most talented working actors in the business, but the downside is that hers is a tour de force performance … Continue reading
Johnny Depp starring in a Tim Burton remake of the cult-favorite ’60s-’70s gothic soap opera may seem like a no-brainer, but fans of any or all of the above will be hard-pressed to find much satisfaction in Dark Shadows. It’s a vampire comedy without much bite, and its quirkiness wears thin quickly. Bearing only a passing resemblance … Continue reading
One of the best movies about the movies ever made, John Schlesinger’s The Day of the Locust is an unsettling, unconventional blend of satire, gothic melodrama, and straight-up weirdness with a nerve-rattling, lunatic ending. The movie adapts Nathanael West’s 1939 novel about a talented young art director, Tod (William Atherton), who journeys to Hollywood and instantly … Continue reading
Next week will see the 100th anniversary of the tragic sinking of the RMS Titanic, the most notorious maritime disaster in history (it even eclipses Season 5 of The Love Boat). It seems appropriately ironic that one costly disaster spawned by unrestrained hubris lead to another, specifically ITC Entertainment’s adaptation of Clive Cussler’s best-selling novel, Raise the … Continue reading
The first real event movie in a year littered with them, The Hunger Games is poised to inherit the mantle of “Next Great Young Adult Novel Franchise Turned Blockbuster Film Franchise” from the concluded Harry Potter series and the wish-it-never-had-been Twilight series. Many have tried and failed (we’re looking at you, I Am Number and … Continue reading
After seven movies in ten years, the Harry Potter film franchise comes to a bittersweet but satisfying conclusion in the form of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 2. It delivers the pay-off that the plodding first part so selfishly promised but declined to deliver, and rewards the years of dedication and anticipation that … Continue reading
An engaging throwback to the cynical Cold War espionage movies and paranoia thrillers of the 1970s, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy plays like a time capsule of an era when civilization seemed pertually on the brink of annihilation, good vs. evil was painted in shades of gray, and high-tech surveillance in the pre-digital age meant sneaking … Continue reading
The much-anticipated American adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s novel (or remake of the Swedish film version, depending on how you look at it) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo finds director David Fincher in fine form, returning to the dark, twisted pulp that he does so well but hasn’t touched since Zodiac in 2007 and Seven in 1997. Like those films, Dragon Tattoo is a seedy … Continue reading
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