For the seventh year in a row, Twin Cities Film Fest is keeping up with tradition of opening the film festivities with a strong film. Last year it opened with an inspiring documentary A New High which goes with 2015's Changemaker series that supported Homeless Youth, along with the heart-wrenching drama Room featuring Brie Larson who went …
Continue reading Highlights from TCFF 2016 Opening Night + Review of ‘Blood Stripe’
Every year Twin Cities Film Fest selects a social cause to bring to light and this year the subject of the Changemaker series is veteran support. Five powerful films paint a picture of what our vets face post-combat and foster important discussions around how to better serve those who've given us their all, which starts …
It's kind of an interesting choice for Ben Affleck to do this movie in the same year as Batman V Superman. Some people call this one as an unconventional superhero movie about an autistic accountant, and it wouldn't be wrong as there's certainly traces of Bruce Wayne in the film protagonist, Christian Wolff. Heck even his …
Just a few days aways until the seventh Twin Cities Film Fest begins on October 19! The 11-day cinematic marathon, running October 19 - October 29, will showcase 100+ films. It's definitely great to be a film lover living in Minneapolis! I've blogged about some of the films I'm super excited about, but I wanted to talk about the documentaries specifically, …
Continue reading Spotlight on 10 great documentaries – and they’re all playing at 2016 TCFF!
To be honest with you I hadn't paid much attention to this franchise. Yes I enjoyed the first movie but I wasn't clamoring to see the sequel. But once I learned that Emma Thompson had written the script, well it changed everything! Her Oscar-winning script results in one of my fave film of all time, …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: Bridget Jones’ Baby (2016)
TCFF is less than a week away! Those who've been reading my blog for a while knows I've been covering TCFF since its inception seven years ago. It was only a 5-day festival and it was split between two different locations in Minneapolis. Well now TCFF has made its home at Kerasotes ShowPlace ICON Theatres in …
Happy Tuesday, or if you're an eternal optimist, happy-three-more-days-until-Friday! 😀 My hand is still not well yet, apparently it's NOT Rheumatoid Arthritis, it's something w/ a fancy name: Extensor Tenosynovitis. Heh, it's really annoying, I have to wear a splint daily which makes typing a chore. I might have to do MRI in a couple of weeks if …
Continue reading Everybody’s Chattin’ + John Wick: Chapter 2 trailer
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