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OPENING   The Carnivores (NR) This drama stars Lindsay Burdge and Tallie Medel as a lesbian couple whose marriage starts to come apart under the strain of their dog’s grave illness. Also with Frank Mosley, Vincent James Prendergast, and Jason Newman. (Opens Friday in Dallas) The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do

OPENING   American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally (R) This drama is based on the real-life trial of the radio broadcaster (Meadow Williams) who broadcast Nazi propaganda to American soldiers during World War II. Also with Al Pacino, Thomas Kretschmann, Lala Kent, Jasper Polish, Carsten Norgaard, and Mitch Pileggi. (Opens Friday in Dallas) Funhouse (NR) Jason William Lee’s horror film is about a group of eight celebrities forced to fight for their lives while competing on what they believe ...

Film Shorts // May 19-25, 2021 OPENING   Counter Column (PG-13) This Christian drama is about a drug dealer (Chris Gonzales) who tries to escape his life by joining the army. Also with Nathan-Andrew Hight, Michael Kaiser, Zane Castor, Ella Haslett, Madeleine Martinez, Diego Medina, and Lars Nielsen. (Opens Friday at Movie Tavern Hulen) The Dry (R) Eric Bana stars in this thriller as a federal agent who returns to his drought-stricken hometown for a funeral and has to reckon with a decades-old ...

Film Shorts // May 12-18, 2021 OPENING   Army of the Dead (R) The latest film by Zack Snyder is about a group of mercenaries who decide to rob a Las Vegas casino after the city is overrun by zombies. Starring Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Garret Dillahunt, Nora Arnezeder, Ana de la Reguera, Hiroyuki Sanada, Omari Hardwick, Raúl Castillo, and Tig Notaro. (Opens Friday) The Djinn (R) This horror film stars Ezra Dewey as a mute boy trapped in an apartment with a sinister spirit after he makes a w...

Fort Worth Weekly The Paper Tigers (PG-13) This martial-arts comedy is about three middle-aged former kung fu prodigies (Alain Uy, Ron Yuan, and Mykel Shannon Jenkins) who are forced to revive their talents to solve the murder of their master. Also with Yuji Okumoto, Jae Suh Park, Roger Yuan, Peter Adrian Sudarso, Yoshi Sudarso, and Matthew Page. (Opens Friday in Dallas) Image courtesy of YouTube.com OPENING   Above Suspicion (R) This thriller based on the first American conviction...

Written by Nick Amadeus and Josh Braun Directed by William Brent Bell Separation is confounding. A puzzling pastiche of better horror movies, Separation has the unenviable task of being the first wide-release genre feature available in most markets after theaters shuttered this time last year. A few features found their way to the multiplex in the intermittent period, but those– such as last October’s criminally underrated Come Play– were isolated to those sequestered parts of the count...

Film Shorts // April 28-May 4, 2021 OPENING Cliff Walkers (NR) This Chinese spy thriller by Zhang Yimou ( Hero) is about a group of agents (Qin Hailu, Yu Hewei, Zhang Yi, and Zhu Yawen) who return to their Japanese-occupied country in the 1930s to find that they’ve been betrayed by persons unknown. Also with Liu Haocun, Li Naiwen, and Ni Dahong. (Opens Friday at AMC Grapevine Mills) Four Good Days (R) Rodrigo Garcia delivers yet another dull, earnest drama about white people living on the Wes...