The 2020 Christmas season might be a little different this year compared to most years. Usually a time of year where families come…… Read more “New from Kevin Wozniak on Kevflix: Review – Fatman”
New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: Happiest Season is Willing and Committed to Honesty and Humor of its Lifestyle Choice
Leave it to a character played by newly-minted Schitt’s Creek Emmy winner Daniel Levy to speak the blunt honest truth only to get summarily dismissed. Very early…… Read more “New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: Happiest Season is Willing and Committed to Honesty and Humor of its Lifestyle Choice”
New Written Review from Mike Crowley on You’ll Probably Agree: ‘Black Bear’ appropriately subverts expectations
Playing the old switcheroo, “Black Bear” maintains its tense atmosphere mostly thanks to Aubrey Plaza’s alluring performance, which raises itself above a well done, if not slightly…… Read more “New Written Review from Mike Crowley on You’ll Probably Agree: ‘Black Bear’ appropriately subverts expectations”
New Written Review from Mike Crowley on You’ll Probably Agree: ‘Nasrin’ has an important message but is flat in its filmmaking
How do I go about reviewing this film without sounding like a heartless boar? I often watch pictures regarding our planet’s atrocities that make the United States…… Read more “New Written Review from Mike Crowley on You’ll Probably Agree: ‘Nasrin’ has an important message but is flat in its filmmaking”
New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MOVIE REVIEW: Happiest Season
(Image courtesy of Hulu) HAPPIEST SEASON– 3 STARSLeave it to a character played by newly-minted Schitt’s Creek Emmy winner Daniel Levy to speak the blunt honest truth…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MOVIE REVIEW: Happiest Season”
New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Sundance 2020: Promising Young Woman
By Andrea Thompson“Promising Young Woman” is one of those films that begins with a very good idea. Ideas that involve the camera lasciviously objectifying men on a…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Sundance 2020: Promising Young Woman”
New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: Run Displays the Patient Balance of Show or Tell
Quality thrillers can skin their cat with a balance of two routes: show or tell. Screenwriters, directors, and performers plan and execute choices emphasizing either verb to…… Read more “New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: Run Displays the Patient Balance of Show or Tell”
New from Jeff York on The Establishing Shot: “MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM” IS A SEARING PORTRAIT OF BOTH RACISM AND SHOW BIZ
Original caricature by Jeff York of Michael Potts, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, Chadwick Boseman, and Viola Davis in MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM. (copyright 2020) The late, great…… Read more “New from Jeff York on The Establishing Shot: “MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM” IS A SEARING PORTRAIT OF BOTH RACISM AND SHOW BIZ”
New Episode from CinemaJaw: Extra Helping – CinemaJaw 366, Jack C. Newell – Best Kitchen Scenes NEW INTRO
Happy Thanksgiving! Oh man – March 2018 seems like decades ago. It’s easy to see the things we may have taken for granted, like being in a…… Read more “New Episode from CinemaJaw: Extra Helping – CinemaJaw 366, Jack C. Newell – Best Kitchen Scenes NEW INTRO”
New from Jeff York on The Establishing Shot: “THE MYSTERY OF D.B. COOPER” MAKES THE CASE HE’LL REMAIN JUST THAT
Certain crimes stick in our collective craw, often because they remain unsolved. Jack the Ripper, the Zodiac Killer, the assassination of JFK, these unsolved cases have fascinated…… Read more “New from Jeff York on The Establishing Shot: “THE MYSTERY OF D.B. COOPER” MAKES THE CASE HE’LL REMAIN JUST THAT”
