What a weekend it's been! It's just three days until Twin Cities Film Fest kicks off Wednesday night 10/21 so naturally my week and the entire weekend is filled with preparation for the festivities. If you follow me on Twitter, you've likely seen me tweeting up a storm about TCFF, so yeah clearly I'm excited 😛 Stay …
Continue reading Weekend Roundup + Mini Review of Bridge of Spies (2015)
As I'm still putting my finishing touches on my Top 10 list [it's really quite an agonizing process], I decided to turn my focus on the performances I love from 2014. I initially drafted about underrated performers who I wish had gotten more love, but I think I'll make that a 'Question of the Week' …
Continue reading 2014 Recap: 10 Favorite Female Performances of the Year
It's been nearly a month since I saw this film, but I'm still thinking about it. In fact, I was just telling a friend over coffee this weekend how the more I think about this film, the more I like it. The story revolves around Riggan Thomson, played by Michael Keaton in an art-imitating-life sort of …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: Birdman or (the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
Breathe In I have to admit I'm usually not into films about infidelity as it often gets glamorized on film and those getting cheated on often appear as if they deserve what happen to them. Luckily that's not the case here. It's more of a character study on temptation and the fragility of people who …
Continue reading MSPIFF14 Reviews: Breathe In & The Grand Seduction
Sly Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger ruled the box office throughout the 80s and most of the 90s but have never shared a screen together until they appeared in the two Expendables films. But Arnold's appearance was more of a cameo in those films, now finally the two action hero icons are together for the first …
This post is my contribution to the DEBUTS blogathon spearheaded by Chris (Terry Malloy Pigeon Coop) and Mark (Three Rows Back). ‘Debuts’ will focus on directors’ first features (shorts not included), whether that be some little known feature no-one’s heard of or a breakthrough piece that catapulted them to stardom. We (well, Mark originally) thought …
Continue reading [Directorial] Debuts Blogathon: Ben Affleck’s Gone Baby Gone (2007)
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