Movie review: The Fourth Kind

E.T.: Meet The Exorcist.

By John P. Meyer

Cosmic horror in the H.P. Lovecraft tradition.

Friday, Nov. 6, 2009

Movie review: The Men Who Stare at Goats

By John P. Meyer

Walking through walls: it's not just for yogi mystics anymore.

Friday, Nov. 6, 2009

Movie review: Disney’s A Christmas Carol

By Alex Bentley

A Christmas Carol spends all its time and money making things look good without bothering to give it a story to match.

Friday, Nov. 6, 2009

Photo mockup and video teaser: Avatar trailer stunt coming to Cowboys Stadium

By John P. Meyer

Can you say "hype?"

Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009

Movie review: Michael Jackson’s This Is It

By Alex Bentley

This Is It is an invaluable peek into the creative process of a musical genius.

Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009

Movie review: Good Hair

By Alex Bentley

The comedy is hit-and-miss, but if you just do as the poster says and "Sit back and relax," you'll have a good time.

Friday, Oct. 23, 2009

Movie review: Amelia

By John P. Meyer

Mira Nair's ode to Earhart is a throwback to the Hollywood days of yore.

Friday, Oct. 23, 2009

Kids at Dallas Studio Movie Grill get their hair styled like Astro Boy

By John P. Meyer

... before getting a free preview of the movie.

Monday, Oct. 19, 2009

Movie review: Law Abiding Citizen

Should have gone for the filet.

By John P. Meyer

A Violent violation followed by a miscarriage of justice leaves this reviewer wondering who to root for.

Friday, Oct. 16, 2009

Movie review: Where the Wild Things Are

Objectifying the complexities of life and relationships.

By John P. Meyer

These critters are big and destructive and have sharp teeth.

Friday, Oct. 16, 2009

The Von Trapp children, ancestors from The Sound of Music characters, to sing with Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra

By Pegasus News wire

How cute is that?

Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009

Movie review: The Boys Are Back

By John P. Meyer

"Did you just wipe your face with a dog?"

Friday, Oct. 9, 2009

Movie review: Free Style

By Alex Bentley

Free Style will undoubtedly have an appeal to the younger group it's trying to court, but it holds almost no entertainment value for anybody else.

Friday, Oct. 9, 2009

Movie review: Couples Retreat

By Alex Bentley

Couples Retreat tries to play both sides of the ball by using both fantasy and reality elements, and it ends up succeeding at neither.

Friday, Oct. 9, 2009

Movie review: Zombieland

By John P. Meyer

Including a Thriller-dancing zombie quartet -- at no extra charge!

Friday, Oct. 2, 2009

Movie review: Whip It

By Alex Bentley

What should have been a fun movie about a girl discovering her true passion in life becomes bogged down in filmmaking ineptitude.

Friday, Oct. 2, 2009

Movie review: The Invention of Lying

In world of petty truthfulness, man with forked tongue wields absolute power.

By John P. Meyer

Welcome to a Never Never Land where no one's ever said something that isn't. (Until now.)

Friday, Oct. 2, 2009

Mini-movie review: Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3D

By Alex Bentley

Pixar is the gold standard in animation, and these are the films that made the company what it is today.

Friday, Oct. 2, 2009

Movie review: Fame

By Alex Bentley

The plot of Fame is still an interesting idea, but it just doesn't work well dramatically in movie form.

Friday, Sept. 25, 2009

Movie review: Surrogates

By John P. Meyer

Seen one unit, seen 'em all.

Friday, Sept. 25, 2009

Movie review: The Informant!

By Alex Bentley

The Informant! is a nice transition film from the mostly frivolous summer fare to the Oscar-bait films that dominate the fall.

Friday, Sept. 18, 2009

Movie review: Love Happens

By Alex Bentley

xxxLove Happens is not the savior for all movie romances, but it'll do just fine for a relatively romance-less September.

Friday, Sept. 18, 2009

Movie review: Jennifer’s Body

Extra salty!

By John P. Meyer

If I said it was a beautiful movie, would you hold it against me?

Friday, Sept. 18, 2009

Movie review: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Vegetarians need not apply.

By John P. Meyer

It's like The Day After Tomorrow, buffet style.

Friday, Sept. 18, 2009

Movie review: Sorority Row

By John P. Meyer

Trampoline trapdoor jammies? Party on, Theta Pi!

Friday, Sept. 11, 2009

Hugh Jackman as Wolverine visits Dallas — sorta

By Pegasus News wire

So it wasn't the actual guy, but the wax figure looked a heck of a lot like him.

Friday, Sept. 11, 2009

Movie review: Whiteout

By John P. Meyer

Something's rotten on the ice. (Fortunately, you can't smell it.)

Friday, Sept. 11, 2009

Movie review: 9

By John P. Meyer

It's 9/9/09: Do you know where your sock puppets are?

Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009

Movie review: All About Steve

Covers an awful lot of ground to end up going nowhere.

By John P. Meyer

Blind (date), deaf (kid), and downright dumb (movie).

Friday, Sept. 4, 2009

Movie review and filmmaker interview: Mike Judge’s Extract

By John P. Meyer

This is what happens when guys think with their hangy-down parts. (After taking horse tranquilizers.)

Friday, Sept. 4, 2009

Movie review: The Final Destination 3D

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the car wash.

By John P. Meyer

It's the latest installment in the series that posits: Everybody has to die sometime, so we might as well make it interesting. (And soon.) (And grisly.)

Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009

Movie review: Taking Woodstock

By Alex Bentley

Ang Lee inexplicably stripped away all the Woodstock music and leaves us with a boring story of transformation.

Friday, Aug. 28, 2009

Movie review: Inglourious Basterds

By Alex Bentley

Tarantino's films may be derivative, but no one does derivative in a more original fashion than he does.

Friday, Aug. 21, 2009

Movie review part zwei: Inglourious Basterds

Paris when it sizzles.

By John P. Meyer

However you spell it, Tarantino's latest translates into top-drawer action-adventure entertainment.

Friday, Aug. 21, 2009

Video: Pegnews film guys review Inglourious Basterds

By Alex Bentley, John P. Meyer

Our film talk tete-a-tete will prove to be less painful than holding onto a live electrical cord. We guarantee it.

Friday, Aug. 21, 2009

Movie review: Post Grad

By John P. Meyer

Ill blows the wind that profits nobody. (Like this picture.)

Friday, Aug. 21, 2009

Movie review: The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

By John P. Meyer

This movie has a foul mouth and a big heart, and it's brimming with gleeful ill-will. (Gotta love it.)

Friday, Aug. 14, 2009

Movie review: District 9

By John P. Meyer

A startling dose of humanism lends this beautifully-constructed sci-fi creature feature instant classic status.

Friday, Aug. 14, 2009

Movie review: Ponyo

By Alex Bentley

One's enjoyment of Ponyo will depend entirely one's tolerance of tendencies of anime.

Friday, Aug. 14, 2009

Movie review: The Time Traveler’s Wife

By Alex Bentley

The Time Traveler's Wife wants to give its audience a romance fantasy, but what it delivers is a fantasy of a romance.

Friday, Aug. 14, 2009