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SXSW Film Review – Midnight Special
The SXSW Film Festival this year does not have many heavy hitters this year. However, when Midnight Special was added to the schedule, the sci-fi nerd in me was a tad excited. I should say, from the trailer, it looks like a sci-fi film. How…
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SXSW Film Review – Another Evil
In Carson D. Mell’s first feature film Another Evil, Dan (Steve Zissis), his wife Mary (Jennifer Irwin), and son Jazz (Dax Flame) are staying at their weekend house in the woods when they notice something a little weird. There are minor disturbances in Dan’s painting…
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SXSW Film Review – Silicon Cowboys
When I think about the history of computing, most what I know has to do with Microsoft, Apple, and Xerox PARC. (If you are interested in the subject, and you should be because it’s a fascinating, I recommend Robert X. Cringely’s Triumph of the Nerds:…
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Film Review – 10 Cloverfield Lane
Love him or hate him, J.J. Abrams knows how to get your attention. His “mystery box” approach to both 10 Cloverfield Lane and it’s spiritual predecessor, involving surprise trailer drops and elaborate ARGs (look it up), can be either invigorating or infuriating depending on your…
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Film Review – London Has Fallen
There’s a moment early into the action in London Has Fallen where the film’s hero Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) executes a bad guy in an isolated situation. President of the United States, Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) is watching Banning as he does this and responds with…
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Film Review – Zootopia
Disney’s Zootopia (2016) is about as middle of the road as you can get with an animated film. It doesn’t reach the stars, nor is it a unmitigated disaster. We get a nice story about chasing your dreams and being more than what society deemed…
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Film Review – Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016) is a classic example of “Tourist Cinema.” We’re led to believe this to be a comedic take on war journalism in Afghanistan circa early 2000s. What we actually get is a self-absorbed story of a privileged white American in the midst…
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Film Review – A War
War is a complex situation. We know that nothing is ever black and white in these situations but A War examines when those decisions are made in the heat of the moment and at the time they seem right but can call into question what…
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