In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. I saw this film two months ago and it was an early screening at 11 in the morning. I made the mistake of going back to work after this, as I was so shaken …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: 12 Years A Slave (2013)
The glitz and glamor of Award Season kicks off tonight with the 71st Golden Globes Awards... just four days shy of the Oscar nominations. Boy, I didn't realize how close the GG telecast is to Oscar noms, but hey I guess Awards chatter is already going full throttle anyway. Despite the traditional cheers and jeers …
Continue reading FlixChatter’s 2014 Golden Globes Coverage: Predictions, Winners & Event Highlights
Once in a while, a film you hadn't heard much about suddenly sneaked in and took your breath away. In 2013, that film for me was HER. In its simplistic terms, Spike Jonze's sci-fi drama is about a guy who falls in love with an Operating System. Yes, that alone is downright bizarre, which at …
Special thanks to Conor Holt for this post. Stay tuned for my full review of Spike Jonze's her coming this weekend! Well, this is awkward. Science Fiction is my favorite film genre, but in 2013 one of my favorite films of the year and my least favorite film of the year…are both Science-Fiction. How could …
Continue reading Guest Post: Elysium, Her & The Nature of Science Fiction
Since I started last year, I'm going to make this post an annual thing (well, for as long as I have this blog that is). I mentioned in the first post that one of the joys of watching movies is discovering new talents. Again, I may not necessarily love the film they appear in, but …
Continue reading Five new-to-me actors I’d love to see more of – based on 2013 viewings
Ok, I'm hoping I won't have to talk about Minnesota weather on every Weekend Roundup but this is truly ridiculous! Schools are canceled today nationwide, ordered by the Governor, and every forecast says things like "Limit or even eliminate time spent outside today" and "It's truly dangerous out there." My brother in Jakarta thought business …
Continue reading Weekend Roundup & Review of ‘1976: Hunt vs Lauda’ Documentary
Hello folks, welcome to the FIRST edition of 2014 Five for the Fifth!! As is customary for this monthly feature, I get to post five random news item/observation/poster, etc. and then turn it over to you to share your take on that given topic. You can see the previous five-for-the-fifth posts here. 1. As I …
Continue reading Five for the Fifth: First of the Year (2014) Edition
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