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Trance

‘Trance’ is all flash and no substance

Alex Williams April 12, 2013

“Trance,” the new film from “127 Hours” director Danny Boyle, exudes pure, unflappable confidence in every single frame. The neo-noir bristles with the purpose of a practiced storyteller...

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“The Place Beyond the Pines” is an overreaching, thematically confused follow-up to “Blue Valentine”

Alex Williams April 12, 2013

Three years after the devastating “Blue Valentine” garnered an Oscar nomination for Michelle Williams’ performance, director Derek Cianfrance returns with the overly ambitious “The...

EvilDead

“Evil Dead”‘s showers of blood will satisfy the most weathered horror fans.

Alex Williams April 5, 2013

Remakes are tricky to get right, not just because they’re setting themselves up for comparison to another, usually better, film, but because they have to figure out how to put their own twist on...

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“Wrong” gets a lot right

Alex Williams March 29, 2013

When a film opens with a shot of a group of firefighters watching one of their own poop in the middle of a street while a car burns to a crisp in the background, you know that it’s going to operate...

GameofThrones

Season Three of “Game of Thrones” maintains large cast, large body count

Alex Williams March 29, 2013

As our government continues to fight a War on Drugs, HBO has quietly figured out the science of the televised equivalent of crack cocaine, and it’s called it “Game of Thrones.” Anyone...

Gameofthronesrecap

A recap of the second season of “Game of Thrones”

Willa Young March 29, 2013

The first two seasons of HBO’s adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s series of fantasy novels included incestuous twins, pushing children out of windows, beheadings and terrifying ornithology....

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“Stoker” is an impressive, gorgeous American debut for director Chan-wook Park

Alex Williams March 22, 2013

Korean director Chan-wook Park has built an overseas following by delivering violent, sensual revenge films with impressive style. Park doesn’t step too far outside of his comfort zone in his English-language...

“The ABCs of Death” entertains despite inconsistencies

Alex Williams March 22, 2013

Horror anthologies are notoriously spotty, and “The ABCs of Death,” a brainchild of Alamo Drafthouse CEO Tim League and producer Ant Timpson, proves that it’s impossible to round up 26...

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“Spring Breakers” shows the dark side of your favorite holiday

Alex Williams March 21, 2013

Harmony Korine’s “Spring Breakers” doesn’t seem to have much on its mind as the credits unfurl over a barrage of beer bongs, bare breasts and bad behavior, and on the surface, “Spring...

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‘Spectacular Now’ tops SXSW film lineup

Alex Williams March 18, 2013

This year’s South By Southwest boasted such an impressive line-up that Texan film critic Alex Williams saw 30 movies during the nine days of the festival and still managed to miss plenty of notable...

“Grow Up Tony Phillips” relays the struggles of high school

Alex Williams March 15, 2013

Coming-of-age tales usually involve soaring emotional turns and poignant life lessons, but Emily Hagins’ “Grow Up, Tony Phillips” is a charming story about realistic, low-key...

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SXSW Sunday and Monday in Film

Alex Williams March 12, 2013

HOLY GHOST PEOPLE There’s not a lot in “Holy Ghost People” that you haven’t seen before, and the story of Charlotte (Emma Greenwell) and the profoundly broken war vet (Brendan...

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