Stewart Smith
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Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 3:55 PM CST
|By Stewart Smith
Creed III manages to rise above these shortcomings and cements itself as a terrific boxing movie in its own right and Johnson proves himself more than capable behind the camera.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 6:31 PM CST
|By Stewart Smith
A jury trial has begun for a Tyler man who is accused of leaving a man to die after the defendant crashed through a fence in January 2021.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 2:55 PM CST
|By Stewart Smith
The second day of a trial for a Tyler man accused of leaving a man to die after crashing through a fence began Friday with the victim’s father on the stand.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 3:38 PM CST
|By Stewart Smith
2022 turned out to be a banner year at the movies for KLTV film critic Stewart Smith. Here's his top 10 favorite movies from the year.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2022 at 4:24 PM CST
|By Stewart Smith
When the credits finally rolled, I was left wishing he had simply made a couple of faux documentaries about Pandora narrated by Sigourney Weaver.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 10:04 AM CST
|By Stewart Smith
The Fabelmans is as heartfelt as anything Spielberg has ever made or likely ever will make.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 5:13 PM CST
|By Stewart Smith
The Menu asks: “What if David Fincher, director of Fight Club and Gone Girl, directed his own version of Ratatouille?”
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 8:06 PM CST
|By Stewart Smith
This is a deeply human, emotionally-driven film to a degree that you rarely get in blockbuster movie-making, and for that alone I’m grateful it exists as it does.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 3:53 PM CST
|By Stewart Smith
East Texas Kitchen guest Stewart Smith shares the recipe for his mouth-watering fried chicken sandwich
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 4:04 PM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
Black Adam has convinced me it’s time for Dwayne Johnson to resume calling himself The Rock.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 2:19 PM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
It’s taken more than 30 years, but we finally have a Predator sequel that feels worthy of standing next to the stone-cold classic that is the 1987 original.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 6:16 PM CDT
|By Blake Holland and Stewart Smith
The jury handed down the sentence after about 30 minutes of deliberation.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 4:12 PM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
The Black Phone is an immensely enjoyable crowd-pleaser of a supernatural horror movie.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2022 at 11:53 AM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
If I ever see a frame of Jurassic World: Dominion again it’ll be too soon.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2022 at 5:20 PM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
I can definitively say that while we did not in any way need a sequel to Top Gun, boy am I glad we got (this) one.
Updated: May. 11, 2022 at 7:28 PM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
With Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, director Sam Raimi has delivered a movie the likes of which I wasn’t sure I’d ever see within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2022 at 11:33 AM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is a paean to one of cinema’s most misunderstood stars. It’s a veritable love letter to Nicolas Cage starring Nicolas Cage as Nick Cage.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2022 at 4:16 PM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
To our great benefit, however, Bay’s latest supercharged cinematic offering, Ambulance, is of a piece with the director’s absolute best.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2022 at 9:38 AM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
Stewart Smith thinks Morbius is better left undead.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2022 at 12:49 PM CST
|By Stewart Smith
The truest testament to the strengths of The Batman as a movie and piece of entertainment is the fact that I loved it in spite of itself.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2022 at 9:12 AM CST
|By Stewart Smith and Christian Terry
Closing arguments have begun in the trial of a former Harrison County deputy sheriff accused of mistreating a prisoner.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2022 at 12:07 PM CST
|By Stewart Smith and Christian Terry
The trial for a former Henderson County Deputy Sheriff, accused of mistreating a prisoner, is underway.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2021 at 9:29 AM CST
|By Stewart Smith
For all of the fretting about the sustainability of The Theatrical Experience expressed throughout 2021 (and to be certain, the future of it all is no sure thing), this year was a surprisingly fantastic year for movies.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2021 at 2:50 PM CST
|By Stewart Smith
The Matrix Resurrections almost feels like an impossible film: The work of a true auteur that delivers blockbuster thrills and a heartfelt romance but also mocks the very idea of its existence and serves as an act of meta-narrative commentary.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2021 at 3:01 PM CST
|By Stewart Smith
KLTV's Stewart Smith says Spielberg's remake of the Broadway classic is one of the best movies of the year.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2021 at 10:27 PM CST
|By Julian Esparza and Stewart Smith
The jury found Martin Reynolds guilty of first degree murder on Wednesday night.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2021 at 11:06 PM CST
|By Julian Esparza and Stewart Smith
The jury delivered the guilty verdict on a charge of murder Wednesday night following five hours of testimony. The jury will hear testimony on punishment on Thursday.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2021 at 4:33 PM CST
|By Stewart Smith and Lexi Vennetti
Multiple witnesses during the second day of the trial unanimously stated that they never expected violence to escalate beyond a possible fist fight.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2021 at 10:23 AM CST
|By Nahum Lopez and Stewart Smith
Monday morning a Whitehouse man accused of shooting and killing a Tyler man in November of 2017 was in the 114th District Court court in front of Judge Reeve Jackson.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2021 at 2:56 PM CST
|By Stewart Smith
Netflix’s latest original blockbuster offering, Red Notice, is the movie equivalent of a Canadian brand of grocery store items.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2021 at 12:18 PM CST
|By Stewart Smith
A Longview man facing federal criminal charges for his participation in the January 6 insurrection at the United States capitol is petitioning for a pretrial release from detention.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2021 at 1:21 PM CST
|By Stewart Smith
A Flint man received the maximum prison sentence after pleading guilty to a 2020 shooting at a transmission shop in Tyler.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2021 at 6:56 PM CDT
|By Blake Holland and Stewart Smith
Smith County Elections Administrator Michelle Allcon says 1,452 people had voted in-person across Smith County as of about 10:30 a.m.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2021 at 11:53 PM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
Dune is undoubtedly half a movie, but what a compelling, arresting half it is.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2021 at 9:20 AM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
No Time To Die is an excellent send-off for Daniel Craig’s tenure as the world’s most iconic superspy.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2021 at 11:23 AM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
A multi-agency operation resulted in at least seven arrests of men accused of soliciting prostitution early Wednesday morning.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2021 at 10:05 PM CDT
|By Blake Holland, Stewart Smith and Christian Terry
The fifth day of the trial of a former East Texas nurse got underway Monday.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2021 at 9:33 AM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings more or less immediately became one of Stewart Smith's favorite movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2021 at 11:21 AM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
Tracey Lynn Brookshier, 52, of Tyler, admitted her guilt as part of a plea agreement reached with the prosecution.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2021 at 10:26 AM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
The face of the film may be a whole lot of juvenile material, but if you dig deep enough in this chum bucket of a movie you’ll find an actual beating heart.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2021 at 3:08 PM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
Shelby County authorities say the woman they arrested for allegedly robbing a Dollar General store at gunpoint was caught after they saw her back at the scene of the crime later that night.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2021 at 9:22 AM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
KLTV's Stewart Smith was simultaneously enraptured and frustrated by David Lowery's adaptation of the Medieval-era poem.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2021 at 4:28 PM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
KLTV's Stewart Smith reviews the latest disappointing film from director M. Night Shyamalan.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2021 at 9:31 AM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain, for the majority of its nearly two-hour runtime, is an often moving, warts-and-all portrait of a complex man who both was and was not the personality that millions watched travel the world.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2021 at 2:57 PM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
Stewart Smith reviews the long-awaited solo movie about Scarlett Johansson's super spy Avenger.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2021 at 9:56 AM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
The ninth entry in the long-running "Fast & Furious" series is equal parts exciting and stupid
Updated: Jun. 23, 2021 at 11:09 PM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
KLTV's Stewart Smith reviews Luca, the latest film from Pixar.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2021 at 10:54 AM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
This adaptation of the hit Broadway play feels right at home on a movie screen.
Updated: May. 18, 2021 at 10:45 AM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
Director Zack Snyder's latest zombie flick finds the perfect balance of seriousness and absurdity.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2021 at 10:40 AM CDT
|By Stewart Smith
This latest movie version of the long-running video game series takes a lot of lumps but still offers up some ridiculous fun for fans of the material.
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