It was a good year for small films with Texas connections.
Cary Darling December 21, 2020Updated: January 4, 2021, 10:08 am
Jake Horowitz and Sierra McCormick in The Vast of Night Photo: Amazon Studios
It has been a good year for films with Texas ties either shot here or by Texas directors elsewhere with several strong releases that made it to either theaters or streaming sites. Here are some of the best.
Amber Havard and Rob Morgan in the movie Bull directed by Annie Silverstein Photo: Burt Marcus Film
1. ‘Bull’: Though technically a 2019 release, Annie Silverstein’s heartfelt, Houston-shot drama, about the sometimes fraught friendship between an aging rodeo rider and his teenage neighbor, wasn’t widely available until April when it was screened digitally through the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston before going to video-on-demand in May. The central performances from Rob Morgan and Amber Havard are pitch-perfect and made all the more immediate by being set
2021 Ram 1500 Crew Cab Receives Top Safety Pick Rating
Photo: FCA
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has given the 2021 Ram 1500 Crew Cab a 2020 Top Safety Pick rating. The Ram 1500 is the first pickup truck to earn this designation since the IIHS implemented a stricter testing regimen.
The 2021 Ram 1500 Big Horn
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The Top Safety Pick rating is specifically for 2021 Ram 1500 Crew Cab models that have adaptive LED projector headlamps with high-beam assist and Pedestrian Automatic Emergency Braking technology.
The IIHS recently made Pedestrian Automatic Emergency Braking a new requirement for vehicles to receive the rating. This driver-assistance feature gives an alert when a frontal impact with a pedestrian is imminent. If you don’t act to prevent the impact, the system will then apply the brakes to mitigate damage or avoid the collision.
GoPro Hero 9 Black. (Robin Sinha/HT Tech)
GoPro cameras have been one of the most versatile ones in the industry. There’s almost a zero chance of mentioning ‘action cameras’ without ‘GoPro’ being a part of the chat and the fact that with each year these cams get better and more powerful, just proves their worth. With Hero 9 Black, the firm is trying to do the same. There are more features than before and so is the price.
The highlight this time is the inclusion of two colour screens. While all of this sounds nice and something that all traveller vloggers should have, what might make them think twice is the price, which also increases every year. The Hero 9 Black is available at ₹49,500 in India and considering that price is a major factor for a product here, things do get interesting for the Hero 9 Black.