As The Shining showed us almost 40 years ago, nothing good ever comes from a deteriorating mind in an isolated, snow-bound place. In Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz’s new horror film The Lodge, substituting for Jack Nicholson’s crumbling facade into … Continue reading Review: ‘The Lodge,’ Long on Atmosphere, Short on Everything Else
Michelle Pfeiffer stars in a new drama. Continue reading Review: ‘Where Is Kyra?”
A masterfully acted and nuanced indie drama Continue reading Review: ‘James White’
Channing Tatum, bumping and grinding. Continue reading Review: ‘Magic Mike XXL’
The new film from Jeff Nichols (‘Take Shelter’) features Matthew Conaughey as a mysterious stranger who enters the lives of two teenage boys on the verge of adulthood. But it’s really about America. Continue reading Review: ‘Mud’ Presents a Clear-Eyed View of Modern American Life
Michael Bay explores a real-life story about Miami bodybuilders, circa the mid-1990s, with Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson on board. Does this tale of stupid criminals ring true? Continue reading Review: ‘Pain And Gain’ Warns Against the Abuse of Drugs and Too Much Style
Dallas Film Now. Reviews by Joe Baker & Peter Martin 