Not sure which film to pick among the fray out in theaters right now? Allow the members of the Houston Film Critics Society to assist you with their reviews below:
Terminator: Dark Fate
Chris Sawin (Bounding Into Comics) — “…gives Terminator the facelift it so desperately needed the past 28 years.”
Jason Escamilla (EskimoTV) — “…features decent action and visual effects, but it’s barely a passable story that lacks a genuine heart.”
Dustin Chase (Texas Art & Film) — “The Terminator franchise is a product of the 80’s that should have lived and died there. No amount of technology can improve their scripts.”
Donna Copeland (Dr. Donna’s Movie Reviews) — “Terminator devotees will likely find the film satisfying; others are likely to find it tedious and boring.”
Harriet
Meredith Borders (/Film) — “…does fall prey to some of the more obvious tendencies of its genre-mates, the film goes easy on the melodrama and instead delivers laughs, capers and immensely entertaining action.”
Kiko Martinez (San Antonio Current) — “Sadly, Harriet is destined to fall under the same category as other inadequate biopics like Cesar Chavez or Hyde Park on the Hudson.”
Donna Copeland (Dr. Donna’s Movie Reviews) — “A story about the American heroine Harriet Tubman that, unfortunately, lacks dramatic weight.”
Dustin Chase (Texas Art & Film) — “Good intentions can’t free “Harriet” from its confining, generic delivery.”
Motherless Brooklyn
Michael Bergeron (Byline Houston) — “…will be remembered for different aspects of its execution but Norton’s repetitive tic dialogue will be the leading crux of its saga.”
Dustin Chase (Texas Art & Film) — “Norton’s “Motherless Brooklyn,” is a step in the right direction for the actor turned director as he re-envisions a crime drama with 90s era cinematic appeal.”
James Cole Clay VII (FreshFiction.TV) — “…an audacious film noir that breaks the conventions while celebrating the tropes.”
Donna Copeland (Dr. Donna’s Movie Reviews) — “A cloak and dagger story harking back to the 1950s with the added twist of a detective with Tourette’s, but possessing a formidable memory.”
The King
Dustin Chase (Texas Art & Film) — “The visual allure of Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet’s presence on film sustains the picture even when the editing does not.”
Donna Copeland (Dr. Donna’s Movie Reviews) — “Henry V is an entertaining take-off of Shakespeare’s version, this one having a message of peace and the value of unity.”
Nguyen Le (InSession Film) — “…even when The King misses out the chance to let us share the uneasiness — and the heaviness — of the crown on Henry V’s head, the spectacle characterizing the rest of the works are far from lowliness.“
Rattlesnake
Nguyen Le (The Young Folks) — “…if the vibe [director-writer Zak] Hilditch wants Rattlesnake to go for is in the vicinity of short tales for long drives, he has accomplished his mission.”
Jason Escamilla (EskimoTV) — “…tries its best to hold its entertaining setup but the bizarre premise mostly traps itself from ending in any type of a compelling manner.”
Adopt A Highway
Kiko Martinez (San Antonio Current) — “Actor-turned-first-time-writer and director Logan Marshall-Green gives his debut film an indie-inspired vibe that could transform into something special one day, but as it is now, Adopt a Highway is only a draft of a draft of an idea.”
