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Richard Linklater is one of my favorite filmmakers of all time... no question. A true hero of cinema. A guy who never sold out, never moved to Hollywood, never stopped making his  kind of movies. He’s an artist who stayed home in Austin, Texas, where he’s from, and built a career doing things on his own terms. He’s one of the great American directors, a genuine champion of independent film, and a storyteller who somehow manages to make the most everyday moments feel absolute

Let’s face it—if a new movie is based on a video game, there’s a 99.9% chance it’s going to suck. That’s just the reality. Historically, movies based on video games have an absolutely terrible track record. In fact, they might have the worst track record of any movie subgenre. So, in “honor” of the release of the Minecraft  movie—yes, a Minecraft  movie starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa , which (spoiler alert) is not good—I decided to take on the nearly impossible task of

My Film Critic pants are on, pressed, and ironed, and I'm ready to review five new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, April 4th, 2025. 1) A MINECRAFT MOVIE Movies based on video games have a long and storied history… of being terrible. I've said it before and I'll say it again: any movie that begins with "based on the popular video game" should come with a warning label — "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here." And A Minecraft Movie , based on the

Pro wrestling—is it real or fake? Well, the answer is both. It's real and  fake, just like any other form of entertainment. The storylines? Fictional. The outcomes of the matches? Predetermined. The athleticism, the punishment these men and women put their bodies through, the sacrifices they make in and out of the ring? Very, very real. I've been a die-hard pro wrestling fan since I was a little kid sitting in front of the TV on Sunday mornings watching The Bruiser  and The C