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Film Shorts // April 7-13, 2021 The Man Who Sold His Skin (NR) Nominated for the Oscar for Best International Film, this Tunisian drama is about a Syrian refugee (Yahya Mahyani) who becomes a living art exhibit in a museum. Also with Dea Liane, Koen de Bouw, Saad Lostan, Christian Vadim, Darina al-Joundi, and Monica Bellucci. (Opens Friday in Dallas) Photo courtesy of YouTube.com. OPENING   Held (NR) Jill Awbrey and Bart Johnson star in this horror film as a couple trying to repair their marri...

Film Shorts your username OPENING Assault on VA-33 (R) This thriller is about a PTSD-afflicted veteran (Sean Patrick Flanery) who is forced into action after the VA hospital that he’s in is taken hostage by armed terrorists. Also with Michael Jai White, Mark Dacascos, Weston Cage Coppola, Gina Holden, Brittany Underwood, and Rachel True. (Opens Friday in Dallas) Every Breath You Take (R) Casey Affleck stars in this thriller as a psychiatrist who allows the brother (Sam Claflin) of a recently ...

Film Shorts // February 24-March 3, 2021 Night of the Kings (R) This film from the Ivory Coast stars Bakary Koné as a young man sent to a prison deep in the jungle, where he’s forced to tell fanciful stories to the other inmates to avoid being killed. Also with Steve Tientcheu, Jean Cyrille Digbeu, Issaka Sawadogo, Rasmané Ouédraogo, Macel Anzian, Abdoul Karim Konaté, and Denis Lavant. (Opens Friday in Dallas) Photo courtesy of YouTube.com OPENING   Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little ...

Film Shorts // February 3-9, 2021 Son of the South (PG-13) Based on Bob Zellner’s autobiography, this drama stars Lucas Till as a 1960s Southerner who rejects his family’s deep history with the Ku Klux Klan to join the civil rights movement. Also with Lucy Hale, Sienna Guillory, Julia Ormond, Jake Abel, Cedric the Entertainer, and Brian Dennehy. (Opens Friday in Dallas)  Photo courtesy www.vert-ent.com OPENING   Dara of Jasenovac (R) This Serbian film stars Biljana Ćekić as a Croatian g...

Film Shorts // January 20-26, 2021 No Man’s Land (PG-13) Conor Allyn’s Western stars his younger brother Jake Allyn as a Texas rancher who flees into Mexico after murdering an immigrant on his property. Also with Frank Grillo, George Lopez, Jorge A. Jimenez, Alex MacNicoll, Alessio Valentini, and Andie MacDowell. (Opens Friday in Dallas). Photo courtesy YouTube.com. OPENING False Hopes (NR) Originally titled About Hope, this romantic comedy stars Justin Ray as a man caught between two wome...

Film Shorts // January 13-19, 2021 American Skin (R) Nate Parker (The Birth of a Nation) stars in and directs this drama as a Black man seeking revenge on the white cop (Beau Knapp) who killed his unarmed teenage son. Also with Omari Hardwick, Theo Rossi, Vanessa Bell Calloway, AnnaLyne McCord, Shane Paul McGhie, Tony Espinosa, and Wolfgang Bodison. (Opens Friday in Dallas) Image courtesy of YouTube.com OPENING American Skin (R) Nate Parker ( The Birth of a Nation) stars in and directs this dra...

Film Shorts // January 6-12, 2021 If Not Now, When? (NR) Meagan Good and Tamara LaSeon Bass co-direct and co-star in this drama about four school friends who reunite when one of them has a crisis. Also with Meagan Holder, Mekia Cox, Li Eubanks, Iyana Hailey, Josephine Lawrence, Amanda Mayfield, and Lexi Underwood. (Opens Friday in Dallas) Photo courtesy of Youtube.com OPENING   If Not Now, When? (NR) Meagan Good and Tamara LaSeon Bass co-direct and co-star in this drama about four school frien...

Hollywood besmirches Ronald Reagan again December 31, 2020 Todays best articles Daily business briefing Solving COVID newsletter Wonder Woman 1984 tries hard to establish visual verisimilitude with the titular year, from cars to clothes. This effort is most obvious — and most successful — with a big set piece early in the film. The Amazonian princess stops a heist thats taking place inside a mall. Nothing says the 1980s in cinematic shorthand like scenes of teenage girls with big hair...

Birds of Prey (2020) vs. Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) If these were Star Trek mirror images, which one would have the goatee? Posted: Dec 27, 2020 11:58 AM Posted By: Mike Bunge Sometimes life is all about the little things. A kind word. A thoughtful gesture. A gentle hand. Sometimes all the little things in life don’t matter if the big things have gone wrong. Being the kindest, gentlest, and most thoughtful prison guard in 1940 Auschwitz didn’t really add up to much. This edition of KIMT’s ...

Directed by Patty Jenkins. Starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, Gabriella Wilde, Natasha Rothwell, Amr Waked, Lucian Perez, Kelvin Yu, Oliver Cotton, Ravi Patel, Lilly Aspell, Stuart Milligan, David Al-Fahmi, Wai Wong, and Robin Wright. SYNOPSIS: Fast forward to the 1980s as Wonder Woman’s next big screen adventure finds her facing two all-new foes: Max Lord and The Cheetah. There is quickly a sensation of trouble ahead as Wonder Woman 1984 begins with ...