[rating=8.00] I’ve often wondered what the movie The Notebook would like it if it wasn’t packed to the gills with trite sentimentalism and forced messaging. That’s a snobbish perspective, I
Nothing sends the movie world buzzing quite like the impending release of a Quentin Tarantino film. The director has built an empire out of slick genre movies that defy traditions
While the frequency of showings may have died down a little at “the writer’s festival,” there were some centerpiece films still highlighting the schedule. While The 33 and Brooklyn commanded
Having reached the halfway point of the 22nd annual Austin Film Fest, more red carpets were laid out for actors and filmmakers out to celebrate the role of the screenwriter
[rating=5.00] “He’s Not Here” For the first time since the sixth season premiered, we get a slowdown from the breakneck speed and the confined timeline of the first three episodes. With
It was a frantic and bustling third day of The Austin Film Festival, now in its 22nd year of celebrating the role of the screenwriter. While the numerous and occasionally-costumed
[rating=9.00] “El Jefe” Ash is back, and holy hell, is it groovy to see him. The Evil Dead series is one of the more remarkable works of modern camp classics, with
For the Austin Film Festival’s second day, a morning full of torrential rains and flash flooding put a severe damper (pun intended [editor’s note: ugh]) on getting easily around Austin.
[rating=4.00] Brian Helgeland’s latest screenwriting foray into the world of organized crime, which he also directed, is the kind of movie that sounds like an absolute must-see. A 1960s mob
[rating=4.00] The cycle of zombies continues to turn. The subgenre has gone from terrifying to joke to terrifying since George Romero first horrified audiences with Night of the Living Dead
