Twin Cities Film Fest (TCFF) unveils 2024 lineup – featuring Ralph Fiennes’ thriller CONCLAVE as its opening night film

Autumn Equinox is coming this Sunday 🍂 ... and almost on cue, this year's Twin Cities Film Fest (TCFF) lineup just dropped!! I can't believe it's been 15 years since the first TCFF opened here in the Twin Cities, and every year, it's always an exciting time to see which buzzy films make the lineup! …

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FlixChatter Review: THE CRITIC (2024) – Ian McKellen is always a delight to watch even if the material fails to meet his character’s lofty standards

I love movies set in the world of theater, though the premise of The Critic is intriguing as the center of the story is a theater critic. Directed by Anand Tucker from a script by Patrick Marber, it's an adaptation of Curtain Call, a novel by former film critic Anthony Quinn. I read that Quinn …

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FlixChatter Review: REBEL RIDGE – Aaron Pierre is the new cerebral action hero in Jeremy Saulnier’s lean, taut thriller 

Netflix churns out SO MUCH content every week but few are actually worth watching, so it’s nice when something comes along that ends up being a pleasant surprise. The main draw for me was London-born Aaron Pierre, who I first saw in the dystopian sci-fi drama FOE with Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal. The three …

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FlixChatter Review: SIGHT (2024) – Dr. Ming Wang’s remarkable story still shines in this uplifting but tepid biopic

Another week, another biopic hitting the screens, proving that real-life stories are ripe for cinematic treatment. I had no clue who Dr. Ming Wang was before this movie. He’s this amazing Chinese genius who escaped Communist China in the 1970s and went on to become a world-renowned, groundbreaking eye surgeon in the U.S. After watching …

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RIP James Earl Jones (1931-2024)—what an iconic voice, but he was so much more than just a voice actor

We lost a great Hollywood yesterday… James Earl Jones has passed away at the age of 93 in his home in Dutchess County, New York. He's indeed lived a long life but it was still a punch in the gut when I heard about his passing on NPR while I was driving… I was astonished …

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Emmy Awards 2024: Chatting about Costume Design Nominations with Emmy Voter Resa McConaghy

The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards is just around the corner… it's set to air on ABC at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Sunday, Sept. 15. I have been watching more TV the past year so I've been paying more attention to it than I usually would and I've always been a fan of fashion …

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Twin Cities Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Woodbury is back!!

One of my favorite cinemas in the Twin Cities - Alamo Drafthouse Woodbury is back!! Photo courtesy of drafthouse.com/twin-cities Can't believe it's been nearly three months since the Alamo Drafthouse in Woodbury (the only Twin Cities location so far) suddenly shut down due to a franchisee going bankrupt. The Texas-based chain revealed that all six locations …

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