On Friday night, the AMC Palace was a vibrant hub of activity, as the Lone Star Film Festival entered its third day. Outside the ground-floor theater, dozens lined-up to see Rampart, the Woody Harrelson drama that’s been earning a great deal of buzz for the actor’s performance. Read more

A few years ago, Dallas-born filmmaker Jared Scheib was having lunch with his grandmother at her retirement community when a pair of residents walked by holding hands. Read more

'Hustle & Flow' Director Revives '80s Favorite with a Modern Twist Read more

Indie feature takes cliches and makes them memorable Read more

If politics is the art of compromise, then The Ides of March may be the most artful film of the year. Compromise of all kinds is at the heart of this taut, if overly obvious, election-themed thriller which, without any shootouts or explosions, is rife with emotional vi... Read more

What do you get when you mix talented actors (Sarah Jessica Parker, Greg Kinnear), a screenplay based on a bestselling novel and a topic dear to so many women's hearts -- specifically, how to balance work with a personal life? Read more

Director Steven Soderbergh's Contagion, a sleek, elegantly mounted dissection of a global pandemic, begins simply enough, in Hong Kong, with Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) under the weather and waiting to catch a flight back to America. Read more

R (disturbing violence, strong sexuality, pervasive strong language, nudity, drug use); 105 min. Read more

Vera Farmiga's directorial debut is thoughtful yet troubling Read more

Overdone style masks the important details in this documentary Read more

Warrior, a drama about mixed-martial-arts fighting, is about as subtle as a body slam. Read more

A quick take on two of this week's openings. Read more

There's a compelling story at the heart of The Debt, in which three Israeli agents are assigned to capture an unrepentant Nazi doctor living in Germany and bring him to Israel for trial. But despite some solid performances and gripping moments, The... Read more

R (disturbing violent content including a sexual assault, graphic nudity, strong language); 112 min. Read more

Film shot in Texas is beautifully shot but not much happens Read more

Renny Harlin has never been one for subtlety. Read more

Documentary about Formula 1 racer doesn't flame out Read more

Paul Rudd hops from one sofa to another to another as the title character in Our Idiot Brother, and that's sort of what the film itself does, too. Read more

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark takes all the dull, dreary clichés of the haunted house genre and polishes them until they shine as never before: the centuries-old mansion with a mysterious curse that's been placed upon it. The little girl whom the adults refuse to be... Read more

Paul Rudd hops from one sofa to another to another as the title character in Our Idiot Brother, and that's sort of what the film itself does, too. Read more