Greetings again from the darkness. You surely complain about your job. Most everyone does. But what if your career path had led you to oversee a dozen court-mandated executions, and the next one was already scheduled? In her first feature film, writer-director...
Review by Wesley Collins Giddy is how I feel when I believe I’ve just watched a “cool” film. Not “cool” as in “average” or “just okay”, but “cool” like “dope, witty, somewhat unique”. Robot Awakening checks those boxes. When I first viewed the movie I thought about...
Review by Bradley Smith The final chapter of Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man’s life story brings him to America as he fights lung cancer, American racism, and his son’s anger. There is plenty of action to keep martial arts fans thrilled and enough drama and social...
Getting down to twelve films on this list was a very difficult proposition. In fact, the bottom part of my list is completely out of my original order because I switched a few of them out so many times. Outside of the top four films, pretty much any of these movies...
Greetings again from the darkness. For 2019, I reviewed 259 new releases (this includes 4 film festivals), and to put it bluntly, this was a terrific movie year filled with quality movies that entertained and educated. Below you will find my Top 11 movies of the year...
Every year some of the finest film critics in North Texas come together to vote on the best in filmmaking. I’m proud to call myself a member of this group and even more proud to share this list for the Best of 2019! North Texas Film Critics Association name “THE...
This year caps an unforgettable decade and the films that are on this list will be placed together with a small group of films that are truly revered. Nearly a thousand movies are produced every year and many never grace the silver screen. The hundreds that do are...
“1917” takes us on a desperate trip across the bleak landscape of World War I, following two British soldiers carrying a vitally important message. I sat down with director/writer Sam Mendes, co-writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns, and stars George Mackay and Dean-Charles...
Greetings again from the darkness. It’s debatable whether this movie should be labeled an indie crime thriller or a ‘Scared Straight’ session for gambling addicts. Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie are filmmaking brothers who seem to specialize in adding a frenetic pace to...
The horror of war has been vividly displayed on screen in many ways in the past. In fact, it almost feels like every great filmmaker has to have their crack at it before their career is done. Christopher Nolan and Mel Gibson being the most recent to illuminate our...