Dustin Chase

“I was we, now I’m I.” Writer, director and star of the new film “Twinless,” James Sweeney explores the tragedy of one twin losing their other. In what might be

Jason Momoa and the team behind “Chief of War” calculated the perfect summer movie lull to drop the highly anticipated history of Hawaii epic on AppleTV+. Serving as one of

If you’ve ever seen those Facebook or YouTube traffic stop videos, where an individual tells a cop they are “traveling” but not driving, then “Sovereign” might be of great interest.

The seventh installment of the “Jurassic” series sadly hasn’t learned much from the mistakes of the past. Writer David Koepp who worked on the original two films with Steven Spielberg,

Despite his cultural popularity and prolific writing, Stephen King adaptations rarely translate well to cinema. For every “Shawshank Redemption” or “The Green Mile” you have numerous duds. Seasoned screenwriters, producers

There’s something about an adventure movie for the summer when you are a child, traveling through a story whether a book or a film. Long gone are the days of

“Simple and Plain” is how Veronica Cartwright’s character describes her new live-in nurse. The same could be said for the film itself. “The Ruse” is the would-be result if the

If you were a fan of the anxiety induced roles Nicholas Cage delivered in “Adaptation” or “Dream Scenario,” his latest “The Surfer” might be the quirky summer ticket you’ve been

“We are all just a hair’s breadth from losing everything.” That line from the new film “On Swift Horses” describes both the fragile lives of the characters in the story

Director Christopher Landon is in the Bermuda triangle of low budget horror films. Circling from “Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones” to the “Happy Death Day” sequels. There is always a

“What will happen to the dog,” is the premise of the new film “The Friend.” If the pet owner dies first, do you have a contingency plan? You don’t have

Not to be confused with the American thriller of “Cleaner” (2007), this new “Cleaner” is a British action flick from director Martin Campbell. The hit-and-miss director has been tethered to

Director Scott Derickson is hit or miss. When he’s working with Ethan Hawke on horror films like “Sinister” or “The Black Phone,” the less is more approach usually results in

What starts as a heavy film only grows in weight. First-time feature director Chris Andrews delivers a lean composed thriller, with a handful of actors you should recognize and barefaced

Few mainstream films with high-profile, Oscar-nominated actors, such as Kristen Stewart (“Spencer”) and Steven Yeun (“Minari”) are rarely this dreadful. Described as a post-apocalyptic romance, “Love Me” is shockingly bad.

“The Performance” wouldn’t have registered much a week ago, a small film with a big turn from Jeremy Piven (“Entourage”), directed by his sister Shire Piven, about an American/Jewish tap

The 2024 year is finally closed and while we may have turned the calendar over to 2025, we will still be talking about the good or the bad films that

After a pandemic-complicated trek to get to Canada, Galveston County Daily News film critic Dustin Chase reviews “Memoria,” “Dear Evan Hansen” and “Mothering Sunday,” which were screened on day one

Not sure we needed another “Wonka” film reboot. Although, like chocolate itself, need and want are often confused. Paul King, the director of the adorable “Paddington” films, brings his whimsical

If you like your Christmas films sick and twisted, “Eileen” might be the Hitchcockian film noir you didn’t know you were looking for. From director William Oldroyd, who gave actress