Bonus Film Review: Crimson Peak
Ever since I heard about the existence of Crimson Peak, I’ve been holding my breath waiting for it. The draw of a horror movie...
Prisoners’ Dilemmas
Steven Spielberg directed Bridge of Spies from a script that was co-written by the Coen brothers. Not so long ago, these filmmakers seemed to...
Street Life
Richard Gere shouldn’t play a homeless person. Let’s just say that off the bat. He gives it a good try in Time Out of...
A Girl Stands Up
We all know the story of Malala Yousafzai, the Pashtun girl from northeastern Pakistan who was shot in the head three years ago this...
Off Keys
I liked Ramin Bahrani’s movies much better when they weren’t about white people. The 40-year-old North Carolina native of Iranian descent began his career...
Leave One Man Behind
Of late, directors the caliber of Christopher Nolan and Brad Bird have made science-fiction spectacles engineered to lift our spirits and turn our faces...
Blunt Force
Emily Blunt is on some kind of tear. We used to think of her as some proper English rose living among unthreatening romantic comedies,...
Bonus Film Reviews
My Film page this week was a casualty of the early deadlines facing our Best of Fort Worth issue. Usually at least one really...
Informers
On some level, I can’t help but feel sorry for Black Mass. This movie gives off every sign of wanting to be very serious...
Scorch Marks
I must admit I was a bit bewildered when I heard that last year’s The Maze Runner was getting a sequel. The dystopian YA...
