Posts Tagged ‘Thomas Mann’
Episode 86 – Halloween Kills
With this week’s podcast, we ring in the final week of October with our review of David Gordon Green‘s Halloween Kills. We also discuss the horror films that never scared us and compare our answers to listeners’ personal experiences. At the end of the show,…
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SXSW Film Review – Them That Follow
Them That Follow is a film that screamed thriller or horror to me at SXSW. Unless you are terrified of snakes, this film is a drama set in a remote Appalachian town that does not have money but plenty of faith. This faith is what…
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SXSW Film Review – Lean on Pete
Lean on Pete is film distributor A24’s latest release, and it also screened at SXSW 2018. The film is based on the novel by Willy Vlautin with the script written and directed by Andrew Haigh. The story revolves around Charley Thompson (Charlie Plummer), a teenager living…
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SIFF Film Review – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Intro: Normally when I write a review, I try to write a nice essay that is cohesive and flows nicely from one subject to another. (You can be the judge on whether I’ve ever successfully followed through on that.) But I’ve been pondering for two…
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SIFF Interview – Alfonso Gomez-Rejon – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Spencer interviews director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon from the dramedy Me and Earl and the Dying Girl at SIFF 2015.
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Film Review – Barely Lethal
So completely average in every way, Barely Lethal tries for so little and hits that mark the whole way through. The high school movie has tried so many ways to reinvent itself, striving to add some new level to the experience to make the fish out of…
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Film Review – Project X
People are always complaining about lack of truth in advertising. Some of the most common culprits are movie trailers. Frequently, film studios have marketing divisions (with no connection to the production) put together trailers that ineffectively convey what the movie is about. In the case…
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