Capsule reviews for Dec. 21
American Renegades It’s both disheartening and amusing to find Oscar-winner J.K. Simmons barking insults at…
Mary Poppins Returns
Fifty-four years after Julie Andrews first appeared on screen as the titular nanny, Emily Blunt steps into her Oxfords to return to the Banks’ household just as things are falling apart. Now grown, Michael (Ben Whishaw) with children of his own, finds himself in financial distress…
DFW Film Critics Association Announces 2018 Awards
DALLAS – The Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Association today announced its list of winners, and…
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
While not groundbreaking, this fresh twist on the comic-based mythology works best when it ditches the superhero mayhem and remains grounded as a charming contemporary coming-of-age story about a precocious yet mischievous Brooklyn teenager who gets in over his head.
Mortal Engines
An adventure set more than 1,000 years in the future, Mortal Engines features navigators straight…
The Mule
Leo Sharp probably deserves a better movie than The Mule, depending on your level of…
Capsule reviews for Dec. 14
Backtrace The biggest problem with this absurdly incoherent crime thriller is that it’s played with…
Mary Queen of Scots
While the turbulent 16th century life of Mary Queen of Scots was filled with such made-for-TMZ shenanigans, this new biopic admirably shows restraint by dialing down the melodrama in favor of a character-driven examination of a royal power struggle.