Fallen Stars
| D | Austin Film Festival 2015 | This was a ridiculous movie. Script was poor, actors were not subtle at all, badly directed. Stay away! I was tempted to…
All Mistakes Buried
| B | Austin Film Festival 2015 | This was really, really interesting. I almost gave it four stars, but the script had a couple of coincidences that were a…
The Bad Guys
| B- | Austin Film Festival 2015 | Decent script, with nice interactions between some interesting characters. Good acting. Worth a viewing. (Originally rated 3 stars.) Trailer (along with full…
Legend
| B+ | Austin Film Festival 2015 | I will admit, I was having trouble staying awake after running around all day in the humidity and having little to eat.…
Creative Control
| C | SXSW 2015 | A lot of people apparently liked this film, but it didn't grab me. I liked a lot of the directorial and musical choices. The…
He Never Died
| A | SXSW 2015 | Another terrific film! Pretty dark, but very witty! Another different take on a horror genre (I won't say which one, even though that wouldn't…
The Invitation
| A+ | SXSW 2015 | Wow! I've been mulling this movie over for 30 minutes now and can find no reason to avoid giving it five stars. Excellent script,…
Nina Forever
| B+ | SXSW 2015 | This was a very original film. I didn't always get what was going on, but that may have been because I was trying to…
7 Chinese Brothers
| B | SXSW 2015 | This was an amusing movie. It's a "slacker" movie, so it's mostly low key with Jason Schwartzman being a goofball with everyone. (And the…
Fresno
| C | SXSW 2015 | I was so disappointed in this movie. The actors did good jobs, but weren't given much to work with. I'll bet on paper this…