Reviews of films/TV shows/trailers
After Antartica The title of Legendary Polar Explorer is not a title easily earned. Minnesota-born educator, author and lecturer Will Steger earned that title when in the years between 1989–1990, he was the first to dogsled traverse Antarctica, and the International Arctic Project. Then in 1995, he became the first and only person to dogsled …
Continue reading TCFF 2021 Documentary Reviews: After Antartica + A Fire Within
I love music-themed movies, so I was excited to see SOLD OUT. Somehow I did not realize the Minnesota-connection until I started watching this movie, which opens with a snowy Minneapolis skyline. Strangely-enough, I warmed up to this movie right away. It centers on a down-on-his-luck construction worker John (Sam Bardwell) who wants to pursue …
These film are currently available online throughout the entire Twin Cities Film Fest - Oct 21-30. A Northwest Passage Shot entirely in the neighborhood of Northeast Minneapolis, A Northwest Passage tells the story of its residents, neighbors, business owners & employees, and activists who call that part of the largest city in Minnesota their home …
Continue reading TCFF 2021 Reviews: A Northwest Passage + Everything In The End + Drunk Bus
One of my favorite things about Twin Cities Film Fest is that it always takes place close to Halloween, so it's the perfect time to check out independent horror movies I might not have heard of otherwise. While there aren't quite as many this year as there have been in previous years (thanks, Covid), there …
Continue reading TCFF 2021 Horror Reviews: Night at the Eagle Inn + The Curse of Raven Heights
Few films are as buzzy as DUNE in the past decade and after nearly a year delay, its eventual release date felt like it crept up on me all of sudden. The press screening was packed, which wasn’t always the case lately as most screenings have been barely half full. But DUNE felt like a …
Paradise Strong This film is available both in person at the Showplace ICON Theaters on Friday October 22 at 4:30 PM and online throughout the entire run of TCFF - Oct 21-30. This is the true life story of the Camp Fire, a wildfire that devastated the community of Paradise, California on November 8, 2018. …
Continue reading TCFF 2021 Reviews: Paradise Strong + Pretty Boy
Benedict Cumberbatch has built his career on quirky roles, and he once again plays an eccentric genius. This time it's an English artist Louis Wain whose surreal cat paintings, um, catapulted his career at the end of the 19th century. Now, I never thought there was a time when cats weren’t household pets, well apparently …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain (2021)
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