The 1955 film Rififi should be screened and studied by every screenwriter and filmmaker. It is a near perfect example of a heist flick.
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Movie Review: Not Even Bret Easton Ellis Can Save Us from ‘The Curse of Downers Grove’
With "The Curse of Downers Grove," horror fans will be left wondering what they just watched and Ellis fans will be left searching elsewhere for his missing sardonic wit.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Meru’ Documents Elite Climbers’ Harrowing Attempts on Unconquered Himalayan Route
Something gets into these elite climbers' blood and makes the next great challenge impossible for them to resist.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’ Capitalizes on Nostalgia with Unique Filmmaking
This film gives audiences a satisfying action-adventure film with great touches of comedy as international government agencies thwart an international crime organization’s plans.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation’ Continues Stellar Spy Streak
than’s veteran team gets more screen time for character development as well as some great dynamics and emotional motivations for a deeper audience experience. Audiences get the expected high stakes thrills along with more personal situations of survival from various characters – both professionally and physically.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Six Gun Savior’ – Eric Roberts Brings the Sexy Back to Cowboy Boots
Westerns haven’t been sexy to Hollywood producers for a long time, but a plucky group of filmmakers is trying to change that. And they got Eric Roberts to play the devil with "Six Gun Savior."
Read More »San Antonio Film Festival Movie Reviews: Short Films (Part Two)
Of the dozens of shorts screened at this year's San Antonio Film Festival, some really stood out in terms of execution, creative vision, and dramatic heft.
Read More »San Antonio Film Festival Movie Review: ‘The Doo Dah Man’ Directed by Claude Green
Shot mostly in Austin, 'The Doo Dah Man' centers on a silver-tongued prison escapee and and a young man trying to escape his unhappy home who form an unlikely alliance on the byways of Texas.
Read More »San Antonio Film Festival Movie Reviews: Short Films (Part One)
Up-and-coming filmmakers from all over the world get a chance to shine in the short film category at the San Antonio Film Festival.
Read More »Movie Review: Antoine Fuqua’s ‘Southpaw’ Starring Jake Gyllenhaal
Another startling physical transformation from star Jake Gyllenhaal is not enough to save this risibly clichéd slugfest.
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