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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 to be a reality show. Starring Valter Skarsgård, Khamisa Wilshere, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Christopher ...
Chris Rock in 'Spiral.' (Brooke Palmer/Lionsgate) Published May 21. 2021 2:00PM Michael O'Sullivan, The Washington Post Get the weekly rundown Email* Submit If after eight movies in the "Saw" franchise — the new "Spiral" makes nine — you're still unfamiliar with or (harder to believe) undecided on the concept, let me get this out of the way up front: The movies center on the gruesome infliction of pain, perpetrated as a means of teaching a lesson, though more often the "student" just ends up dead, often minus a body part or two. Typically referred to as "game...
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 unsolved murder. Also with Genevieve O’Reilly, Keir O’Donnell, John Polson, Julia Blake, Bruce S...
Spiral is the ninth film in its series, but as the subtitle Spiral takes place long after Jigsaw’s death, in the same city where he did his killing, the connections to the throughline end there. It doesn’t share any of its characters, motives, or histories with the franchise, and that inconsistency leaves a gaping hole in Spiral that isn’t filled in with anything proportionately interesting. Spiral is directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, who also directed Saw II through Saw IV. In those chapters, he oversaw the death of Jigsaw, the rise of his co-conspirators, and the height of the tor...