With Pokemon: Detective Pikachu, Nintendo gets back into the movie game with their first live-action adaptation of the popular franchise. When Tim Goodman gets the news that his absentee father has passed away, he returns to his home to search for answers. However, after Tim discovers his father’s partner, a wise-cracking Pikachu, he quickly discovers… [Read More]
The Lego Movie 2: The Toxic Gender Wars
We all owe Disney a collective ‘Thank You’. After their unceremonial firing as directors of Solo: A Star Wars Story, Phil Lord and Chris Miller were immediately offered involvement in two projects that needed guidance. One such project was Spider-Man: Into The Spider Verse, an animated spin outside the confines of the MCU that was… [Read More]
General Magic – The Success of Failure
“Failure is not the end. Failure is actually the beginning” In the early 1990s a group of Apple employees left the company to try to take computing to the next step—a handheld computer that people can carry around. And they did. Except the company they started failed. But failure isn’t always failure. General Magic documents… [Read More]
JT LeRoy: Finding Yourself in Someone Else
BBased on Savannah Knoop’s memoir, Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT LeRoy, JT Leroytells the true story of deception and lies behind one of the greatest literary hoaxs of our time.Author of a NY Times best-seller,Laura Albert (Laura Dern) writes as her “avatar,” a disenfranchised young queer man named JT LeRoy. When JT becomes a… [Read More]
Lady Hater: Laughing with the Ladies
Written and directed by Alexandra Barreto (The Fosters),Lady Hateris a hilarious look at the current conversation surrounding femininity and gender. While running late for what she thinks is a yoga class, a self-proclaimed ‘guy’s girl’ (Allyn Rachel) becomes stuck in an all-female ‘goddess’ seminar. As she attempts to leave, she is drawn into a conversation… [Read More]
Beauty and the Beats: 1on1 with Kelly Asbury (UGLYDOLLS)
Directed by veteran animator Kelly Asbury (Shrek 2, Gnomeo and Juliet), UglyDollstransports the viewer to the adorably different town of Uglyville, where eccentricity is celebrated and beauty is understood to mean what lies underneath. Wondering what lies on the other side of the mountain, Moxy (Kelly Clarkson) and her UglyDoll friends discover the of Perfection, where… [Read More]
Hesburgh – Conscience of the Nation
He was called “the Conscience of the Nation.” He was the advisor and friend of Presidents of both parties from Dwight Eisenhower to Ronald Reagan. He served (and eventually chaired) the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. And around the Notre Dame campus (where he was President for 35 years) he was Father Ted. Father Theodore Hesburgh… [Read More]
Monday at #NBFF20
I mentioned in one of my earlier reports that I’m stingy with my ratings of Excellent on the Audience Award ballots we are given for each film. The choices are Excellent, Good, Fair, and Poor. My default is Good. To get an Excellent, a film needs to rise above the other films in some way…. [Read More]
Sunday at #NBFF20
The Newport Beach Film Festival presented by Pacific Sales continues to bring interesting films that may never make it to a wide distribution, but that doesn’t mean the films aren’t worthy of being seen. That is one of the values of film festivals. I would encourage everyone to look for film festivals near you. (Note… [Read More]
When Love Sets Us Free: 1on1 with Celia Au (IN A NEW YORK MINUTE)
Currently playing at the Newport Beach Film Festival in Los Angeles, In a New York Minutegives a glimpse into the lives of three strangers who inadvertently discover that their problems may be solved by a single pregnancy test. Amy (Amy Chen) is haunted by a past breakup that has manifested into an eating disorder. Angel (Yi… [Read More]
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