Hello everyone! I'm gearing up for Twin Cities Film Fest (TCFF) coming Thursday. I hope you all will stick around in the next week and a half for the TCFF coverage I'll bring you, which includes reviews, education o coverage, interviews and more! I'm super excited for the dozen plus movies I'll be watching in …
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A couple of months ago I named my top 5 Spectacle Endings, well now I shift my focus on 5 movie endings that I thought lacked spectacle and excitement. As I mentioned on my last article, I love big Hollywood event/tentpole films. Yes I know most of them aren't what you called "great" cinema but …
Continue reading Top 5 lackluster endings in big Hollywood movies
I've been seeing quite a bit of biopic feature films this past year but obviously not all are created equal. I think the BOATS (based-on-a-true-story) sub-genre is best handled when it focuses on a certain period of time and this is a great example of one. The title refers to Captain Richard Phillips, based on …
Happy Friday everyone! I can't believe I missed this post in September! I definitely will try to make up for that. Well I'm taking a bit of a review-writing break but I've been seeing a ton of screenings lately as well as gearing up for TCFF that's coming next Thursday! Can't believe it's been another …
Continue reading Everybody’s Chattin’ … and counting down to TCFF
Runner Runner is a poker term referring to when a player needs the cards on the turn and river to win the pot. I'm pretty sure any poker player knows the term quite well and for non-poker folks, I'm sorry I couldn't explain much better than that. I consider myself to be a pretty decent …
Happy Monday all! Hope you had a nice weekend. I see that a lot of you saw GRAVITY, glad to see that Alfonso Cuarón's film proves to be a critical AND box office hit with over $55 mil this weekend. If you've read my review, clearly that'll be the film I'll be rooting for come …
Continue reading Weekend Viewing Roundup and PARKLAND review
Hello folks, welcome to the 10th Five for the Fifth of the year! As is customary for this monthly feature, I get to post five random news item, observation, trailer, actor/director spotlight, etc. and then turn it over to you to share your take on that given topic. You can see the previous five-for-the-fifth posts …
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