Movie Review: A Quietly Affecting ‘Carol of the Bells’
Although it’s modestly budgeted and deliberately paced, Joey Travolta’s quietly moving film manages to deliver the emotional goods.
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Film Review: ‘Goalie’ Is a Different Kind of Sports Biopic
Director Adriana Maggs’ well-produced biopic is an unflinching look at the brief, tragic life of champion Canadian goaltender Terry Sawchuk.
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Film Review: ‘Reality Queen!’ Skewers the Celebutante Genre
The reality show genre is skewered in this on-target mockumentary about celebrities who are famous for no reason except their own desire to be famous.
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Horror Anthology ‘Holiday Hell’
This mixed bag of holiday-themed short stories isn’t quite like getting coal in your stocking, but it never quite rises above predictability.
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‘Devil’s Junction’ Doesn’t Know Where It’s Going
Cross the “Puppet Master” series with the “Saw” series and you get this silly, low-budget mess.
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Film Review: SAFILM U.S. Premiere of Alex Wolff’s ‘The Cat and the Moon’
Wolff’s assured directorial debut made its U.S. premiere at the San Antonio Film Festival with the director/star in attendance.
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Coming to SAFILM: ‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’
Shia LaBeouf and Zack Gottsagen in a quirky adventure story about a pair of unlikely pals who embark on a journey down the coast of Florida in search of a new life.
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Review: Lin Shaye in ‘Room for Rent’
Familiar character actor Lin Shaye has a field day portraying a lonely widow who’s driven over the edge by pent-up frustration.
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SXSW World Premiere Review: ‘The Art of Self-Defense’
In this dark comedy, Jesse Eisenberg plays a nebbish who is subjected to a violent mugging and decides to toughen up his image by taking a karate class.
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SXSW World Premiere Documentary: ‘Any One of Us’
Fernando Villena’s new documentary provides an unflinching look at people who have suffered traumatic spinal cord injuries and how their lives have changed.
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