I rolled my eyes when I first learned that Hollywood was making another Planet of the Apes movie. Why can’t they just let a perfectly good trilogy be as they are? Apparently, director Wes Ball felt the same way, that is until he thought about jumping ahead in the timeline. Kingdom of the Planet of …
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TCFF 2015 Opening Night Recap: A New High doc + Lenny Abrahamson’s ROOM (2015)
Oh what a night! As they do year after year, TCFF 15 opened with a bang… this time with an inspiring, and beautifully-shot documentary A New High! The theater was packed and it's always nice to find snacks waiting on each of our seats at Showplace ICON Theater (thank you KIND Snacks & Chipotle!) I was …
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David Mamet Double Feature – Part 2: Spartan (2004)
Greetings all and sundry! This is the second part of the David Mamet Double Bill. If you missed it, check out the review for The Spanish Prisoner (1997) from last month. Spartan begins without fanfare in the hills and forests of what could be Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Bragg, North Carolina or Benning, in Georgia. As …
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TCFF Day 5: ‘The Sessions’ Review
The fun fest continues for MN film lovers. I love the eclectic schedule of TCFF, mixing tiny-budgeted MN films with studio-backed films of various genres. Today we've got a regional premiere of a character-driven drama that's been getting some Oscar buzz, and so far it has won the Audience Award and Special Jury Prize at …
DVD Pick: Maiden Heist
My friends and I saw this movie on Halloween night. Since nobody's keen on watching a horror flick, we stumbled upon this one as we're browsing the Redbox site. The biggest draws were the main actors: Christopher Walken, Morgan Freeman and William H. Macy. You'd think that with names like those it'd be a dark …
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