B8 | THE DAILY NEWS | THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2021 CELEBRATING 179 YEARS GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS FROM THE LIVING FRONT CHASE ASTROS Continued » B1 Continued » B1 actions to prolong the list. story. Jeimer Candelario had The technical elements three hits and two RBIs that might have allevi- for Tigers, who took ad- ated some of the poor vantage of a wild per- writing are atrocious, as formance by Lance Mc- is the supporting cast. Cullers Jr. (1-1) to pile up This film easily has some LIONSGATE/Courtesy six runs in four innings of the worst cinema- Morgan Freeman stars in “Vanquish,” which will be with only a double and a tography, editing and released in theaters Friday and is so low-budget smattering of singles. The musical scoring in recent filmmakers couldn’t afford to pay their star to stand small-ball display came a memory. up. night after Detroit scored One of the city’s finest all its runs in an 8-2 win KEVIN M. COX/The Daily News cops, now a celebrated that technique, however, enced, that if someone via five homers. The Houston Astros’ Jason Castro, right, celebrates police commissioner, was throws newspaper clip- walked in on this film The Astros trailed 6-3 with Ronnie Dawson after hitting a two-run home paralyzed by a would-be pings at us using either you might confuse it going into the ninth and run off Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Michael Ful- assassin, resulting in his poorly manufactured with those reenactments loaded the bases with no mer in the bottom of the fifth inning on Wednesday being confined to a wheel- de-aged photos of Free- seen on “Unsolved Mys- outs. Bryan Garcia retired at Minute Maid Park. chair. man or old photographs teries.” the next two batters before As it turns out, Damon from the Oscar winner’s The film also has many walking Yuli Gurriel to (Morgan Freeman) is no archive. phone calls because, force home a run. Garcia longer the outstanding “Vanquish” might be the remember, they have then struck out Kyle Tuck- lawman he once was. most embarrassing work only paid for Freeman to er to get his second save. Facing with the end of of Freeman’s career. sit and be in one loca- Detroit manager A.J. his legacy, he has one last The entire film is edited tion (meaning he likely Hinch wrapped up a tri- mission, but it will require in a way where we move filmed all his scenes in umphant return to Hous- his caretaker, Victoria from action scene to a day or two), so the ton with the sweep that (Ruby Rose) to be his arms action scene with Damon remainder of the cast followed the Tigers losing and legs. just shouting, “Get out of never share the screen their previous four games Fortunately, Victoria there” or, “It’s a trap’” into with him. and six of seven. It was can handle herself just Victoria’s headset. The supporting cast are his first meeting with the fine; her prior connec- Astros since being sus- I know what you’re of the quality you would tions to the Russian mob pended by Major League thinking, didn’t Denzel expect to find on stage in have made her fearless local Biloxi theater. Like Baseball and subsequent- Washington and Angelina and a great shot. Damon most action-suspense ly fired in January 2020 Jolie do the same thing has five pickups she must films, this one has car for his role in the team’s in “The Bone Collector?” hit before the night is over chase sequences, as you sign-stealing scam. from some of the worst Yes, but that was one with would expect, and some- Fulmer (1-0) yielded criminals in the city. better supporting actors, one is shot about every three hits and two runs Damon holds Victoria’s better editing, a bigger 10 minutes. over five innings. It was daughter hostage until the budget and was actually Final Thought: “Van- his first start this season money is collected and suspenseful. quish” fails on nearly after three relief appear- KEVIN M. COX/The Daily News the job is finished. When one of the open- every level of filmmaking ances. Opening credit se- ing shots takes a rat’s Houston Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. delivers from acting, suspense and Fulmer snapped a nine- to the Detroit Tigers’ Robbie Grossman in the top of quences that provide the point of view, you know editing. game losing streak with the first inning on Wednesday at Minute Maid Park. viewer with informa- what you’re watching is his first win since June tion to the film’s main headed downhill. The Dustin Chase is a film critic and 14, 2018. An All-Star in plot is normally a good camera used is so low associate editor with Texas Art & 2017, he lost his last seven The Astros loaded the struggle with control in use of time. This film’s budget, and the editor Film, which is based in Galveston. decisions in 2018 in going bases with one out in the the fourth inning, walking uninspired attempt at apparently so inexperi- Visit texasartfilm.com. 3-12, then missed all of eighth, but Abraham Toro Schoop with no outs and 2019 after Tommy John grounded into a double allowing him to advance play to end the threat. to third on a wild pitch the area’s dark past. He CNN Tonight anchor surgery. BOOKWORM The 28-year-old right- McCullers plunked Re- with one out. McCullers acknowledges that things Don Lemon doesn’t tell nato Núñez before walk- then walked Goodrum Continued » B1 have changed; that some readers much that’s new. hander lost two games in 2020 when each of his ing Jonathan Schoop to before hitting Grossman things are “’different this George, Breonna, Jacob, 10 starts were limited to start the second. The Ti- with a pitch with two outs time’,” but they’re still the Stephon, Sandra, their the trial in Minnesota is three innings as he recov- gers took a 1-0 lead on an to end his night. same, whether you live names are familiar. Read- taking place, this book ered from the procedure. RBI double by Akil Bad- Joe Smith took over and in poverty you’ve been ers get a bit of biography opens with a poignant Jason Castro’s two-run doo before adding anoth- was greeted by Candelar- manipulated to be in or letter from Lemon to his and that delicious Lemon homer cut the lead to 6-2 er one on a groundout by io’s two-run single that young nephew on the you live in a well-to-do sense of wry humor, but in the Houston fifth. Dan- Niko Goodrum. Robbie extended the lead to 5-0. evening of George Floyd’s enclave and try to “Shop what else? iel Norris took over for Grossman’s two-out single A bloop single by Wilson death. Lemon writes of While Black.” Perspective. Fulmer to start the sixth scored Baddoo to make it Ramos drove in another the legacy he got from Racism, he points out, is Lemon’s thoughts are and allowed an RBI single 3-0. run to put the Tigers up his parents, his grand- so endemic that we don’t the kind that make you by Gurriel. McCullers continued to 6-0. mother and his beloved always see it or know its gasp. They’re I-never- older sister, and he tells entire history. We con- saw-it-that-way avow- NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION his nephew that the boy demn white supremacy als that leave room for (AVISO DE ELECCIONES GENERALES) is “old enough to know without understanding self-education, reparation how it ever existed in the To the registered voters of the City of Jamaica Beach, TX: what’s going on ...” with wisdom, honest re- (A los votantes registrados del Ciudad de Jamaica Beach, TX) There’s been enough first place, we march to flection and fixing what’s complacency: “Silence is “defund the police” but so deeply and wrongly Notice is hereby given that the polling places listed below will be open from 7:00AM to 7:00PM, on May 1, 2021, for voting in a general election to elect 1 Mayor and 2 Alderman for two year terms. no longer an option.” forget that many Black embedded in this coun- (Notifiquese, por las presente, que las casillas electorales sitados abajo se abrirán desde las 7:00 Once was a time, families likewise fear a try. hasta las 19:00 el 1 de Mayo de 2021, para votar en la Elección General para elegir 1 alcalde y 2 though, when things were neighborhood without They demand that you concejales, periodo de dos anos.) kept quiet. them. think. Now. ELECTION DAY VOTING LOCATIONS “My life has been bless- “Racism ... is a conta- And so, whether you’re Seaside Baptist Church, 16534 Termini-San Luis Pass Rd, Jamaica Beach, TX 77554 Justice Center, 600 59th St, Galveston, TX 77551 ed ...” Lemon says, “but gious assailant,” he says. up for a heated argument, MUD 12 Building, 2929 Highway 6 2nd Floor, Bayou Vista, TX 77563 let’s be real: I grew up gay “Healing is you and a fiery debate or just a La Marque Community Room, 1109 B Bayou Rd. La Marque, TX 77568 and Black in the South in me standing on the John La Marque Fire Station, 5715 Texas Ave., La Marque, TX 77568 warm talk with someone, Carver Park, 6415 Park Ave., Texas City, TX 77591 the 1970s.” Lewis Bridge.