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Actor Thomas Haden Church can't blame much on squirm-worthy Killer Joenew

Academy Award-nominated actor Thomas Haden Church (Sideways) doesn’t think violence in films should be held responsible for violent things that happen in real life.
San Antonio Current  |  KikO MARTÍNEZ  |  08-23-2012  |  Profiles & Interviews

Killer Joe Strikes Like an Unapologetic Texas Rattlesnakenew

If a film like 2011's sexually explicit British drama Shame taught us anything, it's that being slapped with a dreaded NC-17 rating these days doesn't always ensure a death sentence.
San Antonio Current  |  KikO MARTÍNEZ  |  08-23-2012  |  Reviews

Matthew McConaughey dressed more likely to impressnew

It might be a tired subject, but there's a running joke in Hollywood that actor Matthew McConaughey is allergic to shirts.
San Antonio Current  |  KikO MARTÍNEZ  |  08-23-2012  |  Profiles & Interviews

Almost Human: Frank Langella Accepts His Inner Machine

from an actor’s showcase perspective, the film allows the redoubtable Frank Langella to cast his glowing spell over his audience.
City Pulse  |  Cole Smithey  |  08-20-2012  |  Reviews

Ghost Story: Rebecca Hall Goes Gothic

“The Awakening” is an old-fashioned haunted house story with a couple of neat twists.
City Pulse  |  Cole Smithey  |  08-20-2012  |  Reviews

Cole Smithey Fall 2012 Movie Preview

Autumn is the best season for moviegoers. Oscar-bait movies from all corners of foreign, independent, documentaries, and of course Hollywood, are pitted against one another in an ever more crowded series of weekly release windows than usual.
City Pulse  |  Cole Smithey  |  08-17-2012  |  Movies

Laugh 'Til You Crynew

Anita Modak-Truran reviews "The Campaign."
Jackson Free Press  |  Anita Modak-Truran  |  08-16-2012  |  Reviews

Seven Minutes, Two Daysnew

The 48 Hour Film Project is no walk in the park. On the weekend of Aug. 17-19 when filmmakers gather in the capital city to participate in this exhaustive competition, they will have no idea what's ahead for them.
Jackson Free Press  |  Sara Sacks  |  08-16-2012  |  Movies

Chilling docudrama 'The Imposter' plumbs the depths of the human psychenew

Stare deep into the eyes of French-Algerian criminal Frédéric Bourdin and it is evident he has no conscience.
San Antonio Current  |  Kiki Martinez  |  08-16-2012  |  Reviews

Director Bart Layton confronts "The Chameleon"new

Getting to the truth wasn't going to come easy for director Bart Layton. He knew this even before he turned on the video camera and gave serial imposter Frédéric Bourdin a platform to do what he does best.
San Antonio Current  |  Kiki Martinez  |  08-16-2012  |  Profiles & Interviews

Semi-losers and 'Inbetweeners' checking the British pulsenew

Based on a British series, The Inbetweeners puts its finger on high school’s “in-between” cohort.
San Antonio Current  |  Dean Robbins  |  08-16-2012  |  TV

Time Traveling: Neil Young Journeysnew

Documentary takes a road trip down singer's past.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte)  |  Pat Moran  |  08-16-2012  |  Reviews

People in the Palacenew

In the quirky documentary 'Queen of Versailles,' the wealthy subjects are surprisingly sympathetic
Tucson Weekly  |  Colin Boyd  |  08-16-2012  |  Reviews

Jonesing for Jasonnew

Matt Damon—and good writing—are sorely missed in this Bourne flick
Tucson Weekly  |  Bob Grimm  |  08-16-2012  |  Reviews

'Ruby Sparks' fizzles behind Zoe Kazan's tweepulsive screenplaynew

Vanity Fair had the right idea late last year when it started recapping episodes of the comedy series New Girl by categorizing each of Zooey Deschanel’s idiosyncrasies as either “adorkable” (a personality trait described as dorky and adorable) or “tweepulsive” (the same trait, but at a more cloying level).
San Antonio Current  |  Kiko Martinez  |  08-16-2012  |  Reviews

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