For immediate release: Festival Welcomes Directors with Ties to Texas Ben Masters, Raj Patel, John Claiborne Brown, Brandon Holmes, Alejandra Vasquez, and Kathryn Francis Festival Showcases Powerful Texas Stories of Nature and Conservation, Climate Change, Oil Drilling vs. Property Rights, Boom and Bust Oil, Fast Fashion and more Dallas, TX (April 21, 2022)… Continue reading TEXAS FILMMAKERS AND STORIES TAKE CENTER STAGE AT EARTHX FILM FESTIVAL 2022, MAY 12-15
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THE WHITE FORTRESS – Tabija
Bosnian filmmaker Igor Drljača opens his new gritty yet poetic crime drama, Tabija/The White Fortress, in the rundown, graffiti-covered Sarajevo suburb of Alipasino Polje. The war-torn ghetto is the perfect landscape for this unsettling film.
STANLEYVILLE
Stanleyville is bizarre. There, I said it. I sat through the 90-minute runtime, wanting to turn it off half the time and wanting to see how it ends for the other. My guest tuned out and I stayed put. Writer/director Maxwell McCabe-Lokos makes an apparent effort to create an intriguing dark comedy, but it never… Continue reading STANLEYVILLE
THE BAD GUYS
El nuevo largometraje de DreamWorks Animation, The Bad Guys, es una historia muy simple adaptada de las novelas gráficas infantiles del mismo nombre de Aaron Blabey con algunas lecciones básicas dentro. Pierre Perifel, Director, trabaja a partir del guión de Etan Cohen (Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa). Aunque la historia es básica, ciertamente tiene mucha aventura… Continue reading THE BAD GUYS
SXSW 2021: THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent tiene energía positiva cuando Nicolas Cage y Pedro Pascal están juntos en la pantalla. El guionista/director Tom Gormican y el coguionista Kevin Etten han creado una comedia que no debe perderse con el talento que Cage y Pascal traen a la pantalla en cada escena, sin importar cuán ridícula… Continue reading SXSW 2021: THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT
Lionsgate’s The Devil You Know on VOD
Written and directed by Charles Murray, The Devil You Know, a crime-drama thriller will now be available on VOD April 22nd after a theatrical release at the beginning of the month. About the film: Boundaries and bonds are tested in this gritty crime-thriller drama about family, morality, and redemption. Once-incarcerated Marcus Cowans (Omar Epps) is… Continue reading Lionsgate’s The Devil You Know on VOD
THE DUKE
In film, intrigue and art theft are typically reserved for suspense thrillers with handsome leads dressed to the nine’s plotting the perfect heist. A stodgy, slightly bumbling low-class thief isn’t the typical type unless the story is true. Based on a radio play story, director Roger Michell’s version is nearly perfect – cast, sets, costumes,… Continue reading THE DUKE
FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, movie audiences would have to wait four years for this sequel to Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. While I am not a massive fan of the “Wizarding World” franchise, I feel that I actually benefitted greatly from this longer-than-expected break for this next installment. With its flaws and problems,… Continue reading FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE
FATHER STU
Based on the true story of Catholic priest Father Stuart Long (portrayed in the movie by Mark Wahlberg), this biopic definitely has a firm foundation, with an inspiring spiritual story of redemption. During Long’s youth and young adult years, he endured heartbreak through the loss of his brother, and the subsequent divorce of his parents… Continue reading FATHER STU
DUAL
Hunger Games meets cloning in Dual, a new film starring the talented Karen Gillan. Writer/director Riley Stearns creates a darkly satirical story regarding some intense themes, beneath which there lies a rumble of serious existential questions. Stearns creates a futuristic and otherworld feel to his setting, characters, and plot, allowing for a disconnect from the… Continue reading DUAL