Review by Jacquelin Hipes For a film about dying grandfathers and getting tangled up with Mexican drug cartels, Tejano has its share of humorous moments. Fleeing border patrol and desperate for a way back into the United States, Javi (Patrick Mackie) stares through a...
Review by Jacquelin Hipes A quintessential A24 film, First Reformed follows several weeks in the life of the struggling Reverend Toller (Ethan Hawke). Divorced and coping with the death of his son, he’s solicited by the pregnant Mary (Amanda Seyfried) to help counsel...
Review by Jacquelin Hipes Based on the cult classic 1966 novel of the same name, Ty Roberts’ newest feature The Iron Orchard follows the life of Jim McNeely (Lane Garrison) as he works his way up from a lowly grunt in the oil fields of West Texas to a millionaire...
Review by Jacquelin Hipes The Guilty, director Gustav Möller’s first feature film, is many things. It’s a one-room crime thriller; it’s a look at the daily stresses of emergency dispatchers; most of all, it’s a spotlight for the considerable talent of lead actor Jakob...
By James Lindorf This past weekend, from April 6th-9th, was the 9th annual Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo, better known as C2E2. If you’re like me, you probably thought the event had been around much longer because the name is ubiquitous in the con world. If you...
By Preston Barta Film Critic AUSTIN — One of the toughest things to overcome when dating is slowly uncovering the secrets in our past. Everyone has relationship baggage and things they did they aren’t proud of. I mean, isn’t it more comfortable to believe your partner...
By Preston Barta Film Critic Upgrade (3.5 stars) Rated R, 95 minutes. Opens June 1. As normal as it’s becoming that computers, gadgets and cars are beginning to do all the heavy lifting in our lives, it’s still scary to think about all the possibilities of how...
Preston Barta // Film Critic Though 2017’s movies are still so fresh with the awards season having just wrapped up, it’s 2018, which means the next crop of award contenders loom on the horizon. And what better way to get a sampling than to drive down south to the...