Did you know there were two big films titled “Lone Star”?
We’ve added an alphabetized list of key movies about Texas.
Texans adore movies about Texas and Texans.
In my May 10 “Think, Texas” column ( Starring Texas: What you can learn about the state through its movies ), I tried to sort out what it means to be a “Texas movie,” and argued that such a film must be about our state, not just shot here. It must tell us something about who we are.
I applied that standard to 32 movies, starting with the two versions of “The Trip to Bountiful,” one starring Geraldine Page, the other Cicely Tyson, and ending with the never-ending “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” franchise.
Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan play the soldiers tasked with carrying out the mission.
Sicario 2: Soldado - Channel 4 - 9.30pm
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Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin return in this sequel to the excellent thriller Sicario, playing CIA agents who take radical steps to stamp down on drug cartels operating along the US-Mexico border.
While maybe not as strong as the original, great performances, muscular action set-pieces and a dark labyrinthine plot make this worth checking out.
Loving - BBC Two - 11.00pm
Irish actress Ruth Negga earned an Oscar nomination for this beautiful drama telling the true story of a couple arrested for being in an interracial marriage in 1960 s Virginia.
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Arnett Moore holds of photo of his late aunt, actress Juanita Moore. He s determined to get Juanita a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Long before the current reckoning with the Golden Globes and the push for more diverse representation in media, Black actors in Hollywood s Golden Age paved the way in an industry that gave them few options and, often, no credit. In her seven-decade career, Juanita Moore made more than 80 film and television appearances.
Though she was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in the 1959 film, Imitation of Life, she didn t reach the level of fame and recognition that might normally follow such a nomination. Her nephew, Arnett Moore, says her spotlight is long overdue.