Posts Tagged ‘Billy Ray’
Film Review – Richard Jewell
Director Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell (2019) is often times a frustrating watch. Not only because it depicts yet another instance of injustice being inflicted on an innocent person, but in the way Eastwood and his production deconstruct the characters into one dimensional participants. Eastwood’s style…
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Film Review – Terminator: Dark Fate
I saw the Terminator: Dark Fate panel at San Diego Comic-Con this summer, and ever since then, the excitement to see the film has not wavered. This film is the first since Terminator 2: Judgement Day that writer and producer James Cameron has participated in, and…
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Film Review – Gemini Man
There was talk leading up to the release of Gemini Man (2019) involving the technical achievements that allowed it to come to life. Some of the talk regarded the 4K 3D cinematography, shot at 120 frames per second. The bigger buzz surrounded the CGI technology…
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Film Review – Overlord
It’s been a pretty darn good year for horror. That trend continues with Overlord (2018). Directed by Julius Avery and co-written by Billy Ray and Mark L. Smith, the film has no interest other than pushing the B-Movie, action/horror limit for utmost entertainment. The story:…
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Film Review – Secret in Their Eyes
English language remakes of prized foreign language films has become standard in Hollywood. Knowing that the average American audience doesn’t have the attention span for reading subtitles, film companies will often turn their gaze towards foreign intellectual properties they can pilfer and repackage into a…
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Captain Phillips – Video Podcast #281
In honor of its release, Spencer and Greg take a look at Captain Phillips, its director Paul Greengrass and stars Tom Hanks & Barkhad Abdi.
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Film Review – Captain Phillips
The inherent challenge of a film like Captain Phillips is in telling a gripping story that many people already know the outcome of. I remember vividly Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama, a cargo ship that was taken by Somali pirates back in 2009.…
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