Former Film Critic: AUSTIN CHRONICLE, DAILY TEXAN
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 2023
Seen at the Gateway Theater
This is a really interesting film. It’s a bit unusual to see a non big name (Marvel, DC, Star Wars, Star Trek, etc…) produced film franchise trying to get off the ground like this one. Everyone’s heard of the Dungeons and Dragons game. It’s been around a long time and a movie hasn’t been made of it until now. How to do it? Well, this is as good as any, except not all of it…Translated from by -
Sisu 2022
Seen at the Gateway theater
This is unexpected, offbeat, yet very focused little film from Finland. Set in Finland late in 1944, the Nazi army is slowly withdrawing from Finland. Ragtag groups of soldiers travel down muddy roads taking their tanks and women captives along with them. Unfortunately for them, they run into a nearly indestructible retired Finnish commando. He’s now a gold prospector who has secretly struck it rich. He’s riding his trusty horse to the bank in town…Translated from by
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Suzume 2022
Seen at the Gateway theater
I had seen this Director, Makoto Shinkai’s film Your Name and was hoping for more of that very original storytelling seen there. Unfortunately, while this film is filled start to finish with the beautiful style of animation seen in Your Name, I didn’t care much for the story at all. This film is clearly meant as a tribute to the master of Japanese Anime, Hayao Miyazaki (even to the point of lifting a song from…Translated from by -
Den of Thieves 2018
Seen on Netflix
This is a film I had never heard of before. It impressed me from beginning to end and I highly recommend it. It pits a group of brutal, unscrupulous bank robbers against a group of police just as brutal and perhaps even more unscrupulous. Their leader is played by Gerard Butler who has shown in the past that he’s capable of really good work in action films when he’s given some good material and boy oh boy…Translated from by
