by elinkstoday | May 31, 2024 | Film
Invaders from Proxima B premiered at the 2023 Austin Film Festival, and it was an entertaining film enjoyed by audiences. I liked the script that is family friendly when I viewed the film at the festival and am very glad that a broader audience can see it. The Sci-Fi...
by elinkstoday | May 31, 2024 | Film, Film Festival
Written and directed by Brett Wagner, the film has a unique mix of reality and fiction. The Big Bend is based on an incident in which one of his friend’s children (The Big Bend’s film’s producer Aaron Brown) was briefly lost in the national park....
by elinkstoday | May 31, 2024 | Film
Synopsis from IMDb: Comedian Max co-parents autistic son Ezra with ex-wife Jenna. Faced with crucial decisions about Ezra’s future, Max and Ezra go on a life-changing cross-country road trip. This synopsis is very brief and does not relay much more than it needs...
by elinkstoday | May 31, 2024 | Film
Having grown up with my family watching Westerns, especially the ones my maternal grandmother favored on certain evenings after dinner, I am fond of watching any “new” films set in old Western days. I say “new” because it is hard to find an original story that...
by elinkstoday | May 29, 2024 | Film
Chicago power-couple Brian Wallach and Sandra Abrevaya, who met and fell in love during the 2008 Obama campaign, found their world upended by Brian’s diagnosis of ALS when he was only 37. They went from being only a few years removed from both working at the White...
by elinkstoday | May 29, 2024 | Film, Film Festival
Property (original title: Propriedade) won Best Picture at last year’s Fantastic Fest and has since garnered significant attention on the genre festival circuit, including screenings at Sitges, Edinburgh, Berlin, and over 20 other festivals worldwide. Dark...
by elinkstoday | May 24, 2024 | Film
I remember in 1979 when director/writer George Miller’s Mad Max film was released. It became one of my favorite films in this genre and stars Mel Gibson. Synopsis: In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang....
by elinkstoday | May 23, 2024 | Film Festival, Television
Director Jamila Wignot’s documentary, “STAX: Soulsville, U.S.A.” premiered at the SXSW Film & Television Festival in March in the Screening Section: TV Premiere, and is now available for viewing on HBO and Max. “STAX: Soulsville, U.byA.” tells...
by elinkstoday | May 23, 2024 | Film
The Alamo Drafthouse Village Theater, Austin’s oldest continually operating first-run theater, turns 50 this year and is celebrating in grand style. Originally opened in 1974 by long-defunct Presidio Theatres and known as the “Village 4” is Austin’s oldest continually...
by elinkstoday | May 20, 2024 | Film
Netflix hosted the premiere of HIT MAN at the historic Paramount Theatre in Austin, TX. on May 15th DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater WRITER: Richard Linklater & Glen Powell, based on the Texas Monthly Article by Skip Hollandsworth. Richard Linklater...
