Central Track Contributor
A Post-Hellion Screening Q&A and The Rest of This Week's New and Specialty Releases.
Hellion.
Writer: Kat Candler.
Director: Kat Candler.
Cast: Aaron Paul, Juliette Lewis, Josh Wiggins.
Where it's playing: Texas Theatre.
Writer-director Kat Candler made a splash at the Sundance Film Festival with her first feature, Hellion, based off her festival hit short film of the same name. Starring Breaking Bad's Aaron “Yeah Bitch!” Paul, Hellion follows an angry teen (Josh Wiggins, in a powerful breakout performance) on his path to destruction. His only redemption is his father (Paul), a recovering alcoholic who's trying to find his own peace in life. Central Track's very own Chase Whale (if you're keeping score, that's me) will be moderating the Q&A with Candler following the screening. Come raise some hell with us! — Chase Whale
Transformers: Age of Extinction.
Director: Michael Bay.
Writer: Ehren Kruger.
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, John Goodman.
Where it's playing Everywhere.
Michael Bay brings back the Autobots and Decepticons to crush the Earth once again! This time, Mark Wahlberg is in and LaBeouf is out. Word on the street is Transformers: Age of Extinction is Michael Bay's worst film to date! But is that going to stop you from seeing space robot carnage? I think not. — CW
They Came Together.
Director: David Wain.
Writer: Michael Showalter, David Wain.
Cast: Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Ellie Kemper.
Where it's playing: Angelika Dallas.
Comedians David Wan and Michael Showalter team up once again to bring the goofball humor to the big screen. In They Came Together, Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler star as lovers who don't exactly find love at first sight. A fun game to play: Spot all the Wet Hot American Summer alumni and become an expert in useless bragging. — CW
The Witches.
Director: Nicolas Roeg.
Writer: Allan Scott (screenplay); Roald Dahl (novel).
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher.
Where it's playing: Alamo Drafthouse.
Every Saturday, Alamo Drafthouse screens old flicks to keep the young soul in you alive. This week's selection is 1990's The Witches. Remember when the idea of being in a hotel with a bunch of witches who were trying to turn you into a mouse was the kind of thing that scared the living bejesus out of you? Ah, simpler times. — Ashley Gongora
La Bare.
Director: Joe Manganiello.
Cast: Joe Manganiello, Nick Soto, Lance Winters.
Where it's playing: Angelika Dallas.
Dallas is known for a lot of important things — and, yes, male stripping is one of them. Actor Joe Manganiello (True Blood, Magic Mike) wanted to remind the world of this and made a documentary on LaBare, the creme de la creme of male strip clubs, which happens to exist in the same city you call home. After you read
Jaws. As a kid, Jaws was the most terrifying movie of all time. As an adult, Jaws is the most terrifying movie of all time. I still have issues with getting in the water. There's just something intimidating about coming face-to-face with a 25-foot shark. — CW
Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton. James Broughton was the real deal auteur filmmaker in the 1930s, and someone finally made a documentary about him. For one night only, you can catch this at the historic Texas Theatre. — CW
Burt's Buzz. You may not know his full name, but you've seen Burt Shavitz' face about a million times. Back in the '70s the New York beekeeper helped create the Burt’s Bees line of products with his partner Roxanne Quimby. Despite Quimby buying Shavitz’s share of the company in the early ‘90s for just $4 million his bearded mug still graces most of the company’s products. Quimby went on to sell the company to Clorox for $173 million and the brand is now worth over a billion. As for Shavitz, though? He still chooses to live in a glorified turkey coop, because, as he says in the trailer of this documentary, “A good day is when no one shows up and you don’t have to go anywhere.” — Cory Graves
Director: Steven Spielberg.
Writer: Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb; Peter Benchley( (novel).
Cast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss.
Where it's playing: Angelika Dallas.
Directors: Stephen Silha, Eric Slade, Dawn Logsdon.
Cast: James Broughton, Neeli Cherkovski, Jack Foley .
Where it's playing: Texas Theatre.
Director: Jody Shapiro.
Cast: Burt Shavitz.
Where it's playing: Texas Theatre.
