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A 'Solitary Man' Goes Back to Schoolnew
Michael Douglas tries to hold back the years in this mild comedy.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
07-02-2010 |
Reviews
Eclipse: Lady Ante Bellanew
The third film in the Twilight series comes close4st to turning Stephenie Meyer's books into excellent cinema.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
07-02-2010 |
Reviews
The Karate Kid: Kung Fu Shufflenew
This movie barely mentions karate, so why name it The Karate Kid? Beyond that Hollywood stupidity, this remake isn’t a great movie and neither was the original, but it may be good enough to inspire a new generation and a new audience.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
06-09-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The Karate Kid, Harald Zwart
'Mother and Child': Missing Girlsnew
In his low-key dramatic films, Rodrigo Garcia writes roles that let women show off what they can do. The results are sometimes electrifying -- but not in his schematic and unsatisfying latest movie, Mother and Child.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
06-02-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Mother and Child, Rodrigo García
A Rock Star's Greek Orgynew
Get Him to the Greek is a wilder, funnier, more anarchic version of The Hangover. It’s The Hangover on mood-altering drugs.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
06-02-2010 |
Reviews
MacGruber: The 80s Live!new
After all the negative and positive hype, this movie turns out to be resoundingly OK. It's not a great comedy, but it has its moments.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
05-26-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Jorma Taccone, MacGruber
'Death at a Funeral': Back from the Gravenew
The British farce returns, African-Americanized and slightly better.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
04-21-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Death at a Funeral, Neil LaBute
'The Joneses' Doesn't Keep Up With Its Early Promisenew
The Joneses starts off quite well, which makes it all the more disappointing to see it end so badly, yet it remains a film that’s worth checking out in some form.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
04-21-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Derrick Borte, The Joneses
A Kids's Book Becomes... an Iraq War Allegory?new
Fans of Cressida Cowell's book series about boys, Vikings and dragons won't recognize much in this visually superb but slick and unsatisfying animated movie.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
03-26-2010 |
Reviews
Ben Stiller is a Bastard in This Excellent Drama About a Failurenew
Two things you should know off the bat about Greenberg. First, it’s a deeply unlikable movie. Second, I liked it. You see, most movies have main characters who are nice people, because moviegoers tend to prefer the company of such characters
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
03-25-2010 |
Reviews
Kristen Stewart Rocks Out in 'The Runaways'new
An uneven music bio is made compulsively watchable by Stewart's performance as someone who is rapidly figuring herself out musically and sexually.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
03-19-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The Runaways, Floria Sigismondi
An Analysis of Oscar's Not-So-Major Categoriesnew
Hey, look! It’s an Oscar ceremony in March, just like we used to have every year. With all the attention on the Best Picture and acting races as usual, I’m running my third annual rundown of some of the lesser-known categories to help you with your Oscar pool.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
03-07-2010 |
Movies
At Long Last, Geeks Get Respectnew
Ashley Eldred was trying to figure out how to make Hell into a cuter place. The young blonde woman with a confident manner is a student at the Guildhall at SMU - the school Jay Leno was talking about that teaches students how to make video games.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin and Cole Williams |
02-03-2010 |
Media
Rob Williams on How He Fell into Filmmakingnew
The director of Make the Yuletide Gay only dreamed of being a screenwriter, but while attending a scriptwriting workshop with his life partner Rodney Johnson, the light bulb went on.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
08-27-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Kids Film 'Shorts' is Uneven but Enjoyablenew
Shorts isn't nearly as good as the first Spy Kids. Still, on a scale of Robert Rodriguez's kids' movies, it's much better than The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
08-20-2009 |
Reviews
