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SXSW 2022: EMERGENCY

Kristen “KD” Dávila (“Motherland: Fort Salem” TV Series) wrote the short film Emergency and Carey Williams (R#J) directed, going on to win the Best Narrative Short at SXSW 2018. The feature-length adaptation by Williams and Dávila premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The Texas premiere of the film was held at the SXSW 2022… Continue reading SXSW 2022: EMERGENCY

Austin Screening Pass Giveaway: JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION

Source: Universal Pictures TVR is giving away passes (good for two people) to an advance screening of this movie in Austin, TX, scheduled for Tuesday, June at 7:30 p..m.  NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY. Must be 18 or older to enter. See this movie early and free of charge before it opens in theaters! This summer,… Continue reading Austin Screening Pass Giveaway: JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION

TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Thirty-six years after Tony Scott’s Top Gun opened in theaters, and further launched the stardom of actor Tom Cruise, a sequel is finally playing in theaters. Over thirty years is a very long time between movie installments, but director Joseph Kosinsky, the film’s writers and producer/star Tom Cruise have made damn sure the movie has… Continue reading TOP GUN: MAVERICK

THE BOB’S BURGERS MOVIE

Though I have never watched the Bob’s Burgers animated series religiously, I have enjoyed the funny and goofy antics of the Belcher family from time to time. It is definitely one of those comfortable, mostly inoffensive animated shows with humor and themes geared mostly toward adults. To be honest, it has been a long time… Continue reading THE BOB’S BURGERS MOVIE

THE VALET

The Valet, a HULU Original premieres today Friday, May 20th, and it is a remake of a 2006 French film “La Doublure” that starred Daniel Auteuil and Kristin Scott Thomas. The new film is directed by Richard Wong (Come As You Are) and written by Rob Greenberg (Meet Dave) and Bob Fisher (Wedding Crashers). In… Continue reading THE VALET

DOWNTON ABBEY: THE NEW ERA

Follow-up to the 2019 feature film in which the Crawley family and Downton staff received a royal visit from the King and Queen of Great Britain (IMDB). Just about every character is back in this latest version of Downton Abbey. I have seen every episode of the television series as well as the first film.… Continue reading DOWNTON ABBEY: THE NEW ERA

TORN HEARTS

From Blumhouse Television, comes a tense horror-thriller that reflects the dark, corruptive nature of ambition. Based in the Country music world, Torn Hearts tells the tale of two hungry musical artists who are desperate to be discovered on a larger level, and are so determined to get there. Director Brea Grant, with writer Rachel Koller… Continue reading TORN HEARTS

FIRESTARTER

(from left) Andy (Zac Efron) and Charlie (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) in Firestarter, directed by Keith Thomas.

Since Stephen King’s novel, Firestarter, was first published in 1980, the acclaimed and popular story inspired one cinematic adaptation in 1984, and a straight-to-television sequel in 2002. Though I have never watched the sequel, I do recall getting frightened and disturbed by the first movie version which stars E.T.’s Drew Barrymore. Of course, at the… Continue reading FIRESTARTER

DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS

(L-R): Xochitl Gomez as America Chavez, Benedict Wong as Wong, and Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Stephen Strange in Marvel Studios' DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. ©Marvel Studios 2022. All Rights Reserved.

Dr. Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) casts a forbidden spell that opens the doorway to the multiverse, including alternate versions of himself, whose threat to humanity is too great for the combined forces of Strange, Wong (Benedict Wong), and Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) (IMDB). I am a science fiction junkie and have seen all the Marvel… Continue reading DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS