For 2012, the Houston Film Critics Society recognized Robert Duvall with a Lifetime Achievement Award. I created this montage in his honor. Featuring a few of his iconic lines and shots from memorable films and ending with screen debut. Rest in peace. youtu.be/lmLTw4g5Lts?...

‘CRIME 101’ Review: This is Not a Re-HEAT, though some might call it Highway Robbery – Fresh Fiction share.google/1SHb3ux4HtFQ...

Having read the @donwinslow.bsky.social novella I am looking forward to Chris Hemsworth as the "101 Bandit" in a film that asks the question WWSMD? What Would Steve McQueen Do? #Crime101 #HoustonCritics #AmazonMGMStudios

Those blades be running at @joneshall.bsky.social #houstonfilmcriticssociety First time seeing the film performed with a live orchestra. Very cool.

Forget LOVE ACTUALLY. Nothing says Christmas like seeing Mads Mikkelsen seek vengeance in @magnoliapics.bsky.social RIDERS OF JUSTICE. The Houston Film Critics Society will be presenting this revenge thriller tomorrow night. It's going to be MADS ACTUALLY. fb.me/e/1Rwu38uBWI

@rianjohnson.bsky.social WAKE UP DEAD MAN is a divine investigation. Naughty things in the nave with a fickle flock. This third KNIVES OUT mystery is less cozy but is as locked in as ever. Benoit Blanc may not be moved by religion, he's the proper proselyte to solve a monsignor's murder.

A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE makes its arrival to 4K UHD this week from @criterion.bsky.social I don't think enough people talk about it. It has the beats of a straightforward thriller but with commentary about confrontation. It also marked a David Cronenberg renaissance with Viggo Mortensen as the star.

For VIDEOHEAVEN Alex Ross Perry should have acknowledged that just as David Cronenberg helped usher videotape in film with VIDEODROME, his 2005 film A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE was the last major Hollywood movie released on VHS.

I can't believe @kimmorgan.bsky.social convinced @realgdt.bsky.social to use The Edgar Winter Group's "Frankenstein" over the end credits. Brilliant.

Locked in. That's Paul Thomas Anderson's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. Viva la revolution!

My take on why box office matters, but why movies matter more. Listening to @scottmendelson.bsky.social on THE TOWN recently helped spur this column. houstonfilmcritics.com/critical-out...

Fun little nods in CAUGHT STEALING. 1. Takes place in New York, 1998 (the same place and year Aronofsky's debut PI was released). 2. Signage for Kim's Video was recreated for an exterior shot on Avenue A. 3. Including Griffin Dunne in the cast 40 years after AFTER HOURS.

Thank you @appletves.bsky.social and Sal Saperstein! #TheStudio #MrScorsese youtu.be/DBlEQHcXAJY?...

Quentin Tarantino ---> Zach Cregger Breakouts Reservoir Dogs Barbarian Sophomore Hit (not Slump) Pulp Fiction Weapons Adaptation / IP Jackie Brown (based on Elmore Leonard's novel Rum Punch) Resident Evil (based on Capcom video game series)

Well played @paramountpictures.bsky.social Get your beavers stuffed at @regalcinemas.bsky.social when you see THE NAKED GUN and order a large popcorn.

Friedkin, Fritz, and fatalism. I take a look at two new entries from @criterion.bsky.social SORCERER and THE BIG HEAT. #MovieSky #FilmSky #CriterionCollection

EDDINGTON: The most COVID of COVID movies. This coming from a guy that saw it in an auditorium with like five other people, all of whom were at least six feet away from me. Too bad mainstream media is concentrating on the politics of SUPERMAN and not what Ari Aster captures in his anti-western.

The problem with JAWS is that it was so damn good that the inferior sequels has made @universalstudiosfl.bsky.social not resurrect the franchise. But what if... We have OPPENHEIMER. The ship to transport the bombs was the USS Indianapolis. We need the story of the ship and the sharks.

When do we get the Gosling/Powell "Guys II Men" project? Gosling: Nice Guy / Fall Guy Powell: Hangman / Hit Man / Running Man

For real.

After being stuck in Chicago for the better part of a week (ugh), I finally got the @secondsightfilms.bsky.social release of THE NICE GUYS. I'm not one to usually complain about shipping, but packing this box for overseas shipment to Texas should have been better than in a case mailer.

How could Mel Brooks leave out that there's been five PLANET OF THE APES movies since SPACEBALLS with the SPACEBALLS 2 announcement?

Never forget. Today is the day in which shoeshiners everywhere remember what Tommy DeVito did to Billy Batts. #Goodfellas #FilmSky

I love how #BALLERINA is just Inigo Montoya's story from THE PRINCESS BRIDE. My name is Eve Macarro. You killed my father, prepare to die.

Regardless of the type of story, a cinematographer is a director's best friend. Watching COPYCAT again and it just looks so damn good because of Laszlo Kovacs. He also did PAPER MOON and GHOSTBUSTERS. Tak Fujimoto of SILENCE OF THE LAMBS also did FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF.

I don't like to do instant reactions, because in the afterglow your endorphins could trick your sensibilities. Letting it simmer a few days, I have been looking at @neon-rated.bsky.social #LifeOfChuck with so much zeal for the 23 hours and 56 minutes we have in a day. And you should too.

I wonder if when MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - THE FINAL RECKONING comes to Paramount+ it will have a skip pop-up option to bypass the recaps. I'm going to need you to listen to this ...

If you are around Houston's museum district this weekend come check out @neon-rated.bsky.social #ANORA in 35mm at the Museum of Fine Arts. Playing tonight with a late afternoon matinee tomorrow. ANORA recently won five Academy Awards and was named Best Picture by the Houston Film Critics Society.

Bryan Cranston just throwing 100 MPH on the #CinemaCon episode of #TheStudio. High AF Studio Mogul for the win! #WeekendAtCinemaCon

When a new pope is elected, Popeyes should run a Pope-Yes Special. #Conclave

I'm watching ROGUE NATION for the plot. The plot: ❤️ Rebecca Ferguson #FilmSky #MovieSky

GHOST PROTOCOL: Pretty much the template that Cruise and McQ would replicate with the series afterwards. One of my favorite theater experiences was seeing the Burj Khalifa climb in IMAX. Cat fight between Paula Patton and Lea Sedoux also great. Ethan Hunt runs I counted: 6.5

I think my biggest gripe with M:I III is that PSH isn't the primary baddie. It would be like watching Gary Oldman cook in THE PROFESSIONAL only to discover that he wasn't the major antagonist. The film also shares similarities with TRUE LIES, but Dr. Michelle Monaghan is a better shot. #FilmSky

M:I III: Starting in medias res was a smooth move, as we get newly minted Oscar winner PSH being intimidating and yelling about the Macguffin (Rabbit's Foot) multiple times. Story and actual rogue villain is pretty plain, but we do get the introduction of Benji. Ethan Hunt runs I counted: 7

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II feels like John Woo by way of MTV Total Request Live on account of the Limp Bizkit reverb and Hans Zimmer guitar rifts. Dougray Scott getting his Sean Bean on as the villain. Biocyte shootout is the best action set piece. Ethan Hunt runs I counted: 2

When you break it down MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE is basically Jim Phelps hates his job, wants a big score, and get a new, younger girlfriend. Some dated CGI in the train sequence notwithstanding, the original is still in the top tier of the series. Ethan Hunt runs that I counted: 4

Umbrellas to the left of me, swords to the right. Time to sing and dance, and thrust and parry. #CriterionCollection #FilmSky #MovieSky

We've only just begun. As the days count down to a new #FinalDestination it is time to go back and see some teenagers become splatter punks. #FilmSky #MovieSky

Added a special column to the Houston Film Critics website where I talk movie business: studios, theaters, and @cinemacon.bsky.social #FilmSky #MovieSky houstonfilmcritics.com/critical-out...

Hi there, Huckleberry.

When you have the director of FIELD OF DREAMS helming, how is there not a marketing tagline of "If you build it, they will hack it"? SNEAKERS, now on 4K UHD thanks to @kinolorber.com Prime example of great ensemble casting. #FilmSky #MovieSky

#SINNERS, but family friendly.

@criterion.bsky.social drops Sean Baker's Oscar winning #ANORA and his breakthrough gem PRINCE OF BROADWAY this week. I wrote about them over at FreshFiction. #FilmSky #MovieSky #CriterionCollection

The climax of TIN CUP was shot in my hometown at the Kingwood Country Club.

Nobody: Me: I'm telling everyone to see Ryan Coogler's #SINNERS in SIN-IMAX. #FilmSky #MovieSky

THE ACCOUNTANT 2 had me grinning like a Cheshire cat for most of its running time. It's more laid back than its predecessor, and I found the B story to be the highlight as we have Affleck and Bernthal as brothers commiserating and breaking each other's balls. Also, their T-shirt game was tight.

An immersive viewing experience that's not for the weak of heart or for those dealing with PTSD. My review of #WARFARE. #MovieSky #FilmSky

Long Overdue: AMPAS finally awarding an Oscar to Stunt Design starting with the 100th Academy Awards in 2027. If they need someone to cut a montage I know a guy. Me. I'm the guy. #MovieSky #FilmSky

10 minute film class. Ryan Coogler breaks down film stocks and aspect ratios for the upcoming #Sinners. Which one will you choose? youtu.be/78Ru62uFM0s?...

A few years from now: A stunt design category is coming to the Oscars. The Board of Governors of the AMPAS announced the creation of an annual competitive Academy Award for Achievement in Stunt Design, beginning with the 100th Oscars for films released in 2027.