Posts Tagged ‘Alexander Skarsgård’
Film Review – The Aftermath (Second Take)
Grief. It’s both simple and all consuming. It can define a person and overwhelm them. It can dictate one’s actions. After living with it for a prolonged period, while you try to learn to live with it, it can also color the way you see…
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Film Review – The Aftermath
The Aftermath is a period drama set in Hamburg, Germany in 1945, five months after many parts of the city were leveled at the end of World War II. James Kent (Testament of Youth) directed the film based on a script by Joe Shrapnel, Anna…
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Film Review – The Legend of Tarzan
The Legend of Tarzan (2016) makes the grievous error of trying to expand on an origin story while assuming the audience doesn’t know what that origin is. It tries to tell multiple storylines, none very well. David Yates directs Craig Brewer and Adam Cozad’s screenplay…
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Film Review – The Giver
Part of buying into a Science Fiction book or movie is the ability to accept the world building as reasonable. Some things – no matter how well written or shown – just make no sense to me. (What do you mean they divide society up…
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SIFF Film Review – The East
Last year, director Zal Batmanglij and actress Brit Marling surprised audiences with their first original production together, Sound of My Voice, a film about a cult around a supposed time traveler. While it wasn’t on my top ten films of the year, it left me…
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SIFF Film Review – What Maisie Knew
Divorce is one of the unfortunate realities of modern society, with over 50% of marriages statistically not making it, my family being one of them. As difficult as it is for the couple, the impact on any children is even more profound and long-lasting. This…
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SIFF Interview – Scott McGehee/David Siegel – What Maisie Knew
Spencer interviews directors Scott McGehee & David Siegel from the drama What Maisie Knew at SIFF 2013. This segment is also available on Stitcher, iTunes and YouTube. The audio version can be downloaded directly from here.
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DVD Rundown 5-21-2013 – Video Podcast #256
Spencer and Greg give their DVD rundown for May 21st, 2013. In this episode they discuss Side Effects, True Blood, The Burning and Medium Cool.
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