“Footloose”: Actor by Actor
Chris Penn and Kevin Bacon, 1984
Miles Teller and Kenny Wormald, 2011
I wanted to compare and contrast the actors playing the same roles in each...
Indie Film Seeks Interns
The producers of a Christopher Guest-style comic mockumentary called Wonder Kids will be filming at various locations in Fort Worth and Dallas Oct 13-19....
Fort Worth Director Impresses
This week’s “Screen” page features an interview with Fort Worth filmmaker Cameron Bruce Nelson, who had three terrific short works debut this year: In...
Notes From the Modern Cinema Festival
Christopher Kelly's Modern Cinema: Great Movies You Haven't Heard of … Yet festival just concluded, and as usual, I found some of his picks...
“Taking Tiger Mountain” in Dallas
We don't usually concern ourselves with Dallas events here at Blotch, but this is worth checking out. Taking Tiger Mountain, a 1983 independent film...
Ron Washington Is in “Moneyball”!
I didn't have room in my review of Moneyball to include this tidbit, but the Rangers' current manager turns up as a character in...
DVD Review: “Meek’s Cutoff”
About halfway through Meek’s Cutoff, 19th-century Oregon settler Emily Tetherow (Michelle Williams) is gathering firewood. One of a small party traveling on the Oregon...
Considering Kenneth Branagh
Thor comes out on DVD today, and even though I liked the film when I reviewed it last May, I found it to be...
Rick Perry Reviews Aren’t Great
The Stepford Wives grin...George W. Bush bluster...Rush Limbaugh insensitivity...Cliff Clavin world insight...it was there for all to see.
Rick Perry made his national TV splash...
“Happy Poet” at The Modern
I haven’t seen writer-director Paul Gordon’s wry little indie comedy The Happy Poet (2010), but the reviews make it sound marvelous. Gordon stars as...
