Let’s be frank. Yes frank, not Sally, not Tommy, not Mary, or Sue, but frank. Frankly, I have enjoyed films most of my life, and the semi-indulgent nature of earning the knowledge associated with industry names, terms, and sitting through repeated viewings of films so that I can quote them, and call up details is…
I’ve never truly experienced homesickness. In all of the vacations I’ve taken, roadtrips I’ve been on, and visits with friends and family, I’ve only ever been away for a couple weeks at most. That true sense of longing has never set in. And so it’s difficult for me to understand what it feels like to…
The financial crisis of 2007-2008 was no laughing matter. A lot of people lost their jobs, homes, and hope because of the short-sided greed of those in much higher positions of wealth. It threatened the potential collapse of the largest financial banks, which some feared would send us into a new dark ages, and was…
Christmas movies are an interesting topic, because what constitutes a “Christmas” movie can vary by opinion. But the general idea is that a movie has to open no later than November (American Thanksgiving) and the story has to take place inside of the holiday season. Whether the story is about Christmas itself is where the…
Perspective is everything when it comes to communication. One person’s experience is unique compared to another, but factor in variables like age, gender, ethnicity, and education, and things become that much more nuanced. Today’s film review features a story that addresses exactly that idea. Shall we? Room (2015) Cast: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers, Joan Allen,…
You ever get that feeling? That you know which person, place or thing is going to win an award or accolade? It’s a rare gift to anticipate the results, and most of the time these kinds of decisions are made based on results or conditions, but sometimes it seems like they are totally arbitrary. Which…
Great men and women are always to fascinating to the world. It’s almost as if people expect that by analyzing them, they’ll get insight into how to achieve their level of success and become them, without doing any real work. Almost cult-like behaviour. How fitting, given this week’s movie review topic. Steve Jobs (2015) Cast: Michael Fassbender,…
You know the routine, you get up, you do your thing and you get going. Sometimes it can be fun and other times it can feel irksome, but in moments of self-reflection, you realize that no matter what, you can create something special if you understand your limits and work to improve on them, one at…
Have you ever even played Dungeons and Dragons? That’s what so many advocates have said to me so many times before I finally took the plunge a couple of Christmases ago. And believe me, I get it. I get why they get so excited about it. It’s an opportunity to get lost in a role…
I can’t recall a time when Mars hasn’t been represented as a hostile environment – whether it is inhabited by aliens or not. Books like War of the Worlds almost without reservation show Martians as these violent beings which want to take over our world or destroy it. But the more we learn about the red…