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.
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DVD Review: ‘Blood Cells’
As Adam travels across England towards a family reunion he dreads, the film slowly and almost furtively reveals the traumatic backstory of the agricultural disaster that struck his family years before and its tragic repercussions.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘The Divergent Series: Insurgent’
"Insurgent" flits over things too quickly, but is visually impressive, and boasts a great bunch of extras.
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.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘On Beauty’ – A Documentary Short
What is beauty? What fashion magazines and the media presents? Is there room for individuality or must we all fit the conventional image of beauty we see plastered everywhere? Conventional beauty images by their very nature are discriminatory. Is that such a bad thing?
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Kung Fu Killer’ Starring Donnie Yen
"Kung Fu Killer" is a good time to be had by anyone who picks up a copy.
Read More »DVD Review: ‘Batman vs. Robin’
'Batman vs. Robin' pits Batman against a new secret society and his own sidekick.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Minions’ – You Had Me at Bello
The Minions are why children have to see this film, and it becomes a sort of communal experience when every kid is trying to see who can laugh the loudest during the movie.
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