Dustin Chase

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

“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

Bradley Cooper is again all hands on deck for his sophomore feature film. Cooper said “A Star is Born” was about Lady Gaga’s voice, and “Maestro” about Leonard Bernstein’s music.

If you like sarcastic, campy humor, Todd Haynes’ latest “May December” might be the indie entertainment you have been waiting for. Haynes has never been a “general audience” kind of

Sure, Taylor Swift is everywhere these days. She’s on your radio, at the supermarket check-out line, at NFL football games and currently at local cinemas. The one place you probably

Perhaps the most misleading title and poster of the season. “Sitting in Bars with Cake,” is based on a true story of two young women and their lifelong friendship. It’s