Posts Tagged ‘Lionsgate’
Film Review – La La Land
Damien Chazelle’s La La Land (2016) is many things, but most of all it is a celebration. It basks in the wonder and excitement of young love, the optimism of the dreamer, the nostalgia of classic Hollywood, and the emotion of musical fantasy. Chazelle –…
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Pulitzer prize-winning novel, American Pastoral, by Philip Roth became the film adaptation that Ewan McGregor chose as his directorial debut.
READ MOREFilm Review – Deepwater Horizon
Director Peter Berg’s Deepwater Horizon (2016) tells the true story of the offshore oil rig (of the same name) which exploded in April 2010, causing the worst oil spill in American history. This tragic event ended with the loss of life and immeasurable damage to…
READ MOREFilm Review – Blair Witch
Chances are you’ve fallen into one of two camps when it comes to 1999’s record-shattering indie The Blair Witch Project: you’re either appreciative of its (at the time) gonzo, POV approach and guerrilla marketing strategy or you’re the other 80 percent of the planet. Personally,…
READ MOREFilm Review – The 9th Life of Louis Drax
One of the best things about film writing is discovery. Every once in awhile, I watch a film with little or no information beforehand and find something amazing/delightful/heartbreaking/wonderful up on the screen. The worst thing about writing about film is when you go to a…
READ MOREFilm Review – Now You See Me 2
***Warning: The following contains spoilers for Now You See Me (2013)*** One of things I hate – and I mean really hate – about movies featuring magicians, con artists, or master thieves, is that the chosen profession of the characters automatically creates an easy out…
READ MORESXSW Interview – Matt Johnson & Matthew Miller – Operation Avalanche
Spencer interviews director/star Matt Johnson and producer Matthew Miller from the thriller Operation Avalanche at SXSW 2016.
READ MORESXSW Film Review – Operation Avalanche
Ambition starts as farce and leads to conspiratorial designs in this quasi-mockumentary thriller from actor/director Matt Johnson. Playing with the conceit of one of the biggest conspiracy theories of our time, Operation Avalanche begins with a group of young CIA agents working in the Audio/Video…
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