“I was hoping to be finished like two weeks ago, but things happen,” Eddie Lee Henderson says, taking a seat across from me. He’s tall, thin and resembles a more youthful Lenny Kravitz. With him is Trevor Ayala, a 2011 Plano East graduate. We’re meeting at a small but bustling…
Every week, we find you five movies for you to check out over the coming week or weekend, from the latest wide release to weird local screenings to timely classics you can watch on your couch. Did we miss something? Let readers know in the comments. Badlands Now available on…
Every Wednesday, we find you five movies for you to check out over the coming week or weekend, from the latest wide release to weird local screenings to timely classics you can watch on your couch. Did we miss something? Let readers know in the comments. Ministry of Fear Now…
Every Wednesday, we find you five movies for you to check out over the coming week or weekend, from the latest wide release to weird local screenings to timely classics you can watch on your couch. Did we miss something? Let readers know in the comments. Now, Forager Screens tonight…
This week, the Dallas Film Society and the Angelika Film Center in Dallas will host a short retrospective of the films of South Korean director Park Chan-wook, starting Tuesday with Oldboy, winner of the Grand Prix award at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. It continues Wednesday with 2006’s Lady Vengeance…
Girls on the Run of DFW brings LUNAFEST traveling film festival to Dallas on Thursday. The one-night-only event will be held at the Studio Movie Grill off North Central Expressway near Spring Valley. The evening will begin with a reception at 6 p.m., followed by a screening of selected short…
Every Wednesday, we find you five movies for you to check out over the coming week or weekend, from the latest wide release to weird local screenings to timely classics you can watch on your couch. Did we miss something? Let readers know in the comments. Tommy Runs Thursday through…
Lee Pace isn’t a household name, but you may remember him as the star of the terrific but short-lived ABC series Pushing Daisies. He also appeared on the big screen recently, with roles in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and Lincoln. Now it’s being reported that Pace will return to…
Sunday night, Hollywood’s Dolby Theater will see its seats fill with a bevy of A-listers as this year’s Oscars ceremony gets underway. Leading the field this year is Steven Spielberg’s historical drama, Lincoln, which has 12 nominations. Ang Lee’s Life of Pi has just one fewer, while the others all…
When you think of filmmaking, New York and Los Angeles spring immediately to mind, but for the eighth year in a row, the Dallas Producer’s Association will show audiences that Texas can hold its own compared to those production heavyweights. It Came from Dallas — Behind the 8 Ball brings…
Every Wednesday, we find you five movies for you to check out over the coming week or weekend, from the latest wide release to weird local screenings to timely classics you can watch on your couch. Did we miss something? Let readers know in the comments. When I Rise Screens…
This weekend, the locally made film The Playroom begins a limited run at Oak Cliff’s historic Texas Theatre. Two familiar faces, John Hawkes and Molly Parker, have central roles in the movie as Martin and Donna Cantwell, a couple who share a drunken evening with a pair of friends while…
Your Valentine’s dinner is over you want a nice movie to share with your special someone. You’ve got a bottle of wine to open, a box chocolates to share. You want to relax, but you don’t want to shut your mind off completely. You want something sophisticated, off the beaten…
Every Wednesday, we find you five movies for you to check out over the coming weekend, from the latest wide release to weird local screenings to timely classics you can watch on your couch. Did we miss something? Let readers know in the comments. The Master Screens Friday, Saturday, and…
This weekend, February 9-10, fans of all things sci-fi will descend upon the Irving Convention Center for this year’s Sci-Fi Expo. Major guests will be in attendance, including comic book artists and actors from popular sci-fi films and TV shows. The roster includes stars from Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead,…
Netflix added a new television series called House of Cards to its streaming library last Friday. Starring Kevin Spacey and developed by Hollywood heavyweight David Fincher (Fight Club, Social Network), the series is a political thriller based on a 1990 BBC series of the same name. But what makes this…
Every Wednesday, we find you five movies for you to check out over the coming weekend, from the latest wide release to weird local screenings to timely classics you can watch on your couch. Did we miss something? Let readers know in the comments. The Breakfast Club Screens Friday and…
Shortly after independant writer-director Coley Sohn learned that her first short film, Boutonniere, had been accepted for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, a filmmaking friend of hers warned her: People will want to know what’s next. With that in mind, Sohn began work on a feature-length idea about a mascot,…
Every Wednesday, we find you five movies to watch over the coming weekend, from new theater releases to weird screenings to timely classics you can watch on your couch. Did we miss something? Let readers know in the comments. The Oscar Nominated Shorts Films 2013: Animated and Live Action Opens…
Each week, we tell you exactly where you can go … cinematically speaking. The Room Tommy Wiseau’s melodramatic love triangle is a mainstay of the Inwood’s midnight features. The movie’s trailer calls it a black comedy, but just how much of that humor is intentional is part of the film’s…
Joel Hodgson, the creator and original host of Mystery Science Theater 3000, entertained a packed house at Oak Cliff’s Texas Theater Saturday night. It was a twofer, beginning with an introduction and screening of the show’s classic “Pod People” episode, followed by Hodgson’s new one-man showcase, “Riffing Myself.” In his…
