Night Owls is one of the wonderful indie films screened at Twin Cities Film Fest back in October. Though I didn't get a chance to see it then, I did meet its writer/director Charles Hood at one of the After Party Mixers. Well, we reconnected via email recently to chat about his film. I really enjoyed …
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Interview with The Peanuts Movie’s writer/producer Craig Schulz and director Steve Martino
Ahead of the release of The Peanuts Movie, St. Paul MN mayor Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman declared that October 20, 2015 “Charles M. Schulz Day.” He presented the film's writer/producer Craig Schulz (son of Charles M. Schulz) with a proclamation making, followed by red carpet interviews and family-friendly celebrations that include face-painting, photos with …
FlixChatter Interview with NO ESCAPE filmmakers John Erick & Drew Dowdle
This past week I got the opportunity to meet up with the filmmakers behind the action thriller NO ESCAPE. So apparently the Coens are not the only brother filmmaker team from Minnesota, and the Dowdles are truly one of the nicest filmmakers I ever had the pleasure to meet. The interview was about an hour late than scheduled, apparently there …
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Five new-to-me actors I’d love to see more of – based on 2015 viewings
I saw this list on Variety on 10 Actors To Watch in 2015 and I realized I dropped the ball on this Actor Discoveries post last year. I mentioned in the first post back in 2012 that one of the joys of watching movies is discovering new talents. I planned on making this post an annual thing but alas, the last time …
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An Appreciation + Birthday Tribute to Stanley Weber
If you read my blog regularly, hopefully you won't go 'Stanley who?' He's my first French actor crush and I think it'd only fit to give him a proper birthday tribute! The Parisian-born actor Stanley Weber turns 29 today and it's just the perfect time to give him a proper tribute. It's always a joy for me to give …
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Musings on the Han Solo spinoff & who we’d like to see as young Solo
So a couple of days ago when Twitter was all abuzz with news of the upcoming Han Solo spinoff movie, I was rather ho-hum about it. I'm not exactly clamoring to see this, nor the throng of other spin-offs as Disney's milking the Star Wars franchise for all its worth. $4 Bil is really chump change considering the …
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FlixChatter Review: Pixar’s Inside Out (2015)
Ever since Pixar came out with Toy Story in the mid 90s, I've been a big fan of Pixar films. What I love about most of them is behind the imaginative concepts and inventive visuals, the stories aren't devoid of heart. Well, that principle is in full display with this latest movie. This time, the …
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