Texas Art & Film

09/11/2026

Practical Magic 2

Practical Magic 2 Starring: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Joey King, Maisie Williams, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing, Lee Pace Director: Susanne Bier Rated PG-13 Running Time 130 minutes Grade B- The original “Practical Magic” film was no masterpiece. You could argue (and many did) it wasn’t even very good. Yet it’s a film that for some of us put a time stamp on 1998....

08/03/2026

The D**k

The D**k Starring: Jake Johnson, Mary Steenburgen, Aaron Chen, Ed Harris, Ben Stiller Director: Josh Greenbaum Rated PG-13 Running Time 103 minutes Grade C+ From the director of “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar” and “Strays” comes another movie with more snickers and sneers than laughs. Josh Greenbaum’s “The D**k” is both making fun of pickleball as much as it’s celebrating the sport phenomenon....

The D**k review: not laugh-out-loud funny, but quietly amusing enough to keep you snickering through its offbeat humor and comic rhythm.

07/16/2026

Tuner

Not exactly a romance, comedy, thriller, or a heist film; “Tuner” is rather a dysfunctional hybrid when it comes to categorization. It’s in the grey area where director Daniel Roher’s film finds its flex.

07/16/2026

The Odyssey

The Odyssey Starring: Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson Director: Christopher Nolan Rated R Running Time 3 hours Grade B- At the end of most Christopher Nolan films, the leading man (he has yet to do a film with a female in the lead) has a moment of “what have I done/caused” and “now I must fix it”. Nolan loves an antihero, the flawed leading man....

07/01/2026

“Lockbox” wastes no time getting creepy. This genre shape-shifting flick seesaws between thriller and horror, using periodic jump scares to bring you back from glancing at the time on your phone. “Lockbox” is riddled with conundrums and script misfeasance, which might not bother or distract the casual viewer looking for cheap scares....
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06/28/2026

Backrooms

Backrooms Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett Director: Kane Parsons Running Time 110 Rated R Grade B Director Kane Parsons has adapted his unusual television show into a feature film. Horror films fans should beware this isn’t your typical genre film. Those beckoned to the beige light because of Oscar nominated actors Chiwetel Ejiofor (“Twelve Years a Slave…...

Backrooms review: Kane Parsons’ eye for design and ’90s nostalgia is as immersive as the film’s eerie, trippy sci-fi horror premise.

06/28/2026

House of the Dragon, Season Three https://www.texasartfilm.net/house-of-the-dragon-season-three/