Netflix will have hits and misses in its quest to master the process of providing quality original content. As Calibre (2018), Sunday’s Illness (2018) and other European offerings demonstrate, Europe will be a well tapped…
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In his review of BlackKklansman (2018), starring John David Washington and Adam Driver, Collin Willis notes that recent films Get Out (2107) and Sorry to Bother You (2018) also address racial conflict past and present. …
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Puzzle (2018) might be a rare gem. A foreign-born story that successfully migrates in to the U.S. One of the least tapped sources for American screenwriting material is foreign language films. Popular American culture favors…
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Whitney Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was one of the most successful professional singers in history. She found fame and fortune beyond a level that very few people ever experience. The fame…
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Calibre (2018) follows the fate of vacationing hunters, and arrives this summer amid a steady flow of independent films on the festival circuit that find their way into the Netflix fold. This English language production hails…
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Adam McKay’s Step Brothers (2008), like a fine Catalina Wine Mixer, gets better with age. Therefore, my way to celebrate its 10-year anniversary is to suggest my best ideas for the plot of a possible sequel.…
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Heat (1995), the famous first pairing of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, was so well made, with such high quality on both sides of the camera, that it was too good
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If The Equalizer 2 (2018) seems familiar, let’s figure out why. A fun game to play is to see how many other films you can identify in this movie — and there’s a lot of…
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Adam Sandler underrated film roles ranked
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Die Hard (1988) is 30 years old. Imagine that. Three decades represent solid proof that it has passed the test of time as an enduring action movie classic. Thank you, Die Hard, for so many…
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Reviews
The Curse of the Black Pearl 15 Years Later: What’s the Next Disney Ride that Deserves a Movie?
On the anniversary of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), we address a familiar question. Which should come first, the Disney movie or the Disney Park attraction? July 9th marks 15…
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Here we are at the halfway point of 2018. I know, already? You know what recent trends reveal. Most Oscar Awards quality films come out in the last month of the year. A number appear…