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Taking a moment to look at what actually transpired this past year – and what can be learned from it.
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What You Should Know This film fits into many categories but “Space Opera” seems to work the best. How do we define “Space Opera”? Wikipedia gives us: Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes space warfare, melodramatic adventure, interplanetary battles, as well as chivalric romance, and often risk-taking. Set mainly or entirely…
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Today I read an article on the Filmsupply blog – https://blog.filmsupply.com/articles/operation-avalanche/9 It is mostly an interview about the film, Operation Avalanche, that delves into the technical aspects of how they made the movie. I won’t spoil those details here other than to say their workflow was unusual. In order to properly emulate the look of…
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What You Should Know If, like me, you have been avoiding this film based on the following criteria: 1) It is a Tarantino film and the posters/things you heard have lead you to believe that this film is nothing more than “Jewish revenge porn” and/or 2) The trailer for the film gave you the sense…
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If there is one question I have struggled with it is, “What is your favorite film?” Granted, this question is nowhere near as important as: “How do we achieve world peace?” or “How do we stop global warming?” but then people never seem to ask me either of these. So recognizing the proper ranking of…
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Where I attempt to say something about the nature of awards seasons and focusing on acquisition formats.
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In honor of Alan Rickman’s passing I am doing this “extra” See it Again. I have been meaning to write about Bottle Shock for some time and sadly it took his death to properly motivate me. What You Should Know This is a small film with an amazing cast telling a (mostly) true story. It…
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What You Should Know When you watch the trailer or see some of the posters for Redbelt you get the impression that this is an action movie. It is, but not in the same sense that The Transporter is an action movie. The fighting is limited, the pace is somewhat slow and the focus is…
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What You Should Know This is a Kevin Costner sports movie. It is a a rather straight-forward, enjoyable film about golf, taking chances and spending time with your buddies. Why You Should Reconsider For some reason, be it The Postman, aspects of his personal life or the way his hair looked on Tuesday, Kevin Costner…
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