I recently had the chance to take part in some round table interviews with some of those involved in The Florida Project. There were three separate interviews: Willem Dafoe, Bria Vinaite with Broolynn Prince, and director Sean Baker.
this thing you’re reading is going to have zero jump scares in three expedient little parts: 1. a micro-review of the 2017 movie?IT 2. mini-musing on the meaning of IT 3. more mini-musing on how *any* good story “means” in a similar way so, here we go… IT Reviewed you know what IT was? super…
Three seasons ago, CBS unleashed a serial about the exploits of the overly smart (IQ-wise, not EQ-wise) Walter O’Brien, played in stunning fashion by Elyes Gabriel. O’Brien is joined on his team of unique experts working for Homeland Security by psychologist Toby (Eddie Kaye Thomas), engineer Happy (Jadyn Wong), and statistician Sylvester (Ari Stidham). With…
Now that September has finally arrived, it’s time to start looking forward to the end of the year–namely Thanksgiving and Christmas. One upcoming film that might pique your interest is The Man Who Invented Christmas, featuring Dan Stevens (the Beast in the live action remake of Beauty and the Beast a few months back) and…
Available now in Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD, Disneynature’s?Born in China?takes us on a breath-taking adventure to see three families animals – pandas, golden monkeys, and snow leopards, as well as a herd of antelope- in their natural habitat in the wild. Directed by China’s own Lu Chuan and narrated by?The Office’s?Jon Krasinski, the film…
Nathan Jacobs is the writer and director of the documentary Becoming Truly Human. The film explores the rise of the ?nones,? those that claim no religious affiliation. It?s an alternative perspective to what it means to be spiritual, and to have faith, via a medium that Jacobs? 5 Sees production company believes can be effective…
Somehow, FOX’s?Gotham?keeps getting darker. In the early “tween” stages of Bruce Wayne/Batman’s life, the focus is on Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) as a cop trying to right wrongs in a morally ambiguous city. In the third season, the first fourteen episodes are subtitled “Mad City,” and the final eight are subtitled “Heroes Rise.” But be…
?The whole of life, already framed, right there.? It?s hard to assign Maudie to any one genre. Certainly it qualifies as biography. But it is also a bit of art history. It?s an inspirational story of finding success and happiness against terrible odds. And at its heart it is a love story?but not the kind…
In the fifteen years I’ve spent writing about media online, only three things have earned me digital (and real-life) tongue-lashings. My proposal that?Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice?is better than?Captain America: Civil War. My belief that?The Shack?explains spiritual truths in a real and powerful way. My admiration for the sometimes bespectacled Rob Bell, former pastor,…
This weekend, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (Salazar’s Revenge in the UK) comes out in theaters. The last time Disney released a Pirates movie, it was a bit of a disaster. Or was it? [Note: This review contains spoilers, and was written with the assumption the reader has seen the film.]…
