Film: Missing in Action
August 31, 2010 – 1:49 pm | No Comment

Here are some films we may not be seeing in September much less the rest of the year. When the Angelika closed all of a sudden this weekend it was almost like a death in …

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Metropolis
September 2, 2010 – 2:33 pm | No Comment
Metropolis

In times past it was stated that all roads led to Rome. Well in the 21st century, as far as cinema goes, all great contempo science fiction films can be traced in some way or …

Going the Distance
September 1, 2010 – 2:19 pm | No Comment
Going the Distance

Going the Distance won’t set the world on fire but will make you laugh your ass off. Thank goodness this Drew Barrymore starrer is rated R for multiple uses of the f-bomb, general potty mouth …

The American
September 1, 2010 – 10:29 am | No Comment
The American

The American allows the viewer to travel back, in an atmospheric sense, to action dramas of the 70s. In particular, this George Clooney starrer (helmed by Anton Corbijn) charts a lone assassin, alternately known as …

Film: Missing in Action
August 31, 2010 – 1:49 pm | No Comment
Film: Missing in Action

Here are some films we may not be seeing in September much less the rest of the year. When the Angelika closed all of a sudden this weekend it was almost like a death in …

Takers
August 31, 2010 – 12:32 pm | No Comment
Takers

Takers takes more than it gives. A fast paced ensemble heist movie Takers shows off a cast of impossibly handsome criminals, some of whom produced the film.
After a brilliantly executed robbery followed by a skyscraper …

Angelika Film Center closes
August 29, 2010 – 1:50 pm | 6 Comments
Angelika Film Center closes

My living room just became the second biggest art house in Houston overnight.  The Angelika Film Center shuttered its doors this morning. For the last few months, this is summertime remember, they only ran air …

Life During Wartime
August 27, 2010 – 6:54 pm | No Comment
Life During Wartime

Sitting through Life During Wartime has a slight resemblance to listening in to a psychiatric session with writer/director Todd Solandz. There’s no connection to the Talking Heads song “Life During Wartime” although there is a …

Centurion
August 26, 2010 – 11:51 pm | No Comment
Centurion

Centurion is a film for people who thought that Gladiator wasn’t violent enough or that King Arthur was not realistic enough. In truth, the recent Bruckheimer produced King Arthur was very realistic in depicting Romans …

Animal Kingdom
August 25, 2010 – 11:44 pm | No Comment
Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom pounces on the audience with its brilliant portrayal of a family unit bound by crime and the police detective who wants to take them down. Even weeks after seeing Animal Kingdom certain images …

Cairo Time
August 23, 2010 – 1:31 pm | No Comment
Cairo Time

Cairo Time operates in its own unique zone of comfort. This two-character drama, set in Cairo, Egypt, allows the leads (Patricia Clarkson and Alexander Siddig) to dominate the film in equal parts with the bustling …