TCFF Day 2 Film Highlights: The Search for Simon, Gladiators Football doc, Trust Greed Bullets and Bourbon & more!

The Opening Night went on without a hitch! I can't post my review for Nebraska yet but suffice to say I highly recommend it! It was wildly entertaining and amusing. If you like The Descendants which also deals the quirky family dynamics, I think you'd enjoy Nebraska. Kudos for Alexander Payne for crafting such an …

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Question of the Week: What’s your favorite film festival/event experience?

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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Spotlight on five great documentaries – and they’re all playing at TCFF!

Woo hoo!!! Today is the day. 9 Days. 60 Films. 25 Events. From today all the way to next Saturday the 20th, this is the place to be for film lovers in the Upper Midwest! Have you gotten your tickets yet? They are selling fast, in fact when I went to the SHOWPLACE ICON THEATRE …

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Counting Down to TCFF! The Films I Can’t Wait to See

TCFF is just four days away and I've finalized the movies I'll be watching during the 9-day film fest. I'm just thrilled that there's quite an eclectic lineup we've got this year, practically there's something from every genre. I've blogged about some of them on this post, but below is my full schedule of what …

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Counting down to TCFF: Bikes Over Baghdad documentary review

In about three months time, one of the most exciting event in my neck of the woods is touching down. YES, the Twin Cities Film Fest starts on FRIDAY, October 12 through Saturday, Oct. 20! I can't wait to be a part of the festivities again as the official blogger. So from now until then, …

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TCFF Final Day: Stan Lee Doc & Closing Thoughts

The TCFF concluded its 6-day film festival with a wonderful family event Parade of Superheroes where kids get to dress up as their favorite superheroes, which is a great tie-in to the Stan Lee documentary playing mid afternoon. In the last six days, I saw a total of eight films and attended four panels. I …

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TCFF Day 4 & 5 Recap: Ordinary Family, Machine Gun Preacher, Where Soldiers Come From

The fun TCFF film fiesta continues! I think Day 4 breaks the record for me as far as movie watching. I saw three films in the theater which is the most I have done ever in my life. It's quite a hectic day for me even though I took a day off from work after …

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