Eddie Murphy to Host Oscars
The news dropped this morning that Eddie Murphy will host next February's Academy Awards ceremony, and the entire Twitternetinterwebversethingy lit up. Great pick, says...
Thoughts on the Prices of Movie Tickets
We moan about how the ticket prices at our movie theaters are constantly going up, but let's face it: They’re still a bargain compared...
How Long, Fall Weather, How Long?
Today is the first day of September, and that means I’m done with the brutal summer of 2011. The fall season doesn’t officially begin...
Want to Be a Movie Extra?
Filmmaker Cameron Bruce Nelson needs about 20 or so people to pretend to be crashed partygoers the morning after a big bash. It's for...
“Echotone” at The Modern
The bumpersticker slogan “Keep Austin Weird” began many years ago as a grassroots protest against the commercial development and suburban sprawl that has marked...
DVD Review: “Cracks”
If the new movies out this week are too male-centric for you, you might want to check out Cracks, which saw limited release in...
“Jackie Brown” at The Modern
I’m not a big Quentin Tarantino fan, but his best movie by far is 1997’s underrated Jackie Brown. It proved he had the discipline...
Sarah Palin Documentary Opens Tomorrow
While everyone else is lining up for the end of the Harry Potter saga, a new documentary film about Sarah Palin will be opening...
Defending “Sucker Punch”
This week Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch came out on DVD, and since a) I didn’t get a chance to review it properly when it...
James Johnston in “New York Times”
Roughly three weeks after Fort Worth Weekly's cover story on the local filmmaker, James Johnston has landed in the pages of the self-appointed Paper...