I’m dreaming of a white Christmas… So I can put on a minstrel show… This is an odd Christmas movie because it doesn’t feel Christmasy. We start the movie off in the midst of World War 2, which was unexpected. Even more unexpected was that uniformed soldiers were putting on a show during the heat... Continue Reading →
I am part of a monthly movie exchange group where we recommend movies to a randomly chosen member. This month I was recommended Pride and Prejudice… the long version…. I mean really long…. 6 episodes long…. I could have been tracking down the Golden Globe nominees, but no, I had to watch Colin Firth sexily... Continue Reading →
The only reason for the Avatar sequel to exist is as a toy, as a way for James Cameron to continue playing in the water as he has done for the last 30 years. All he wants is a reason to work on new technologies, which would be admirable, except that it’s a self indulgent... Continue Reading →
In the last 5 years we have experienced a renaissance in the Black horror genre, coinciding with the rise of director Jordan Peele and his social thrillers Get Out and Us. There has been a surge of new minority voices in Hollywood that have been confronting white audiences with the horrors and reality of what it’s like to be... Continue Reading →
This movie is one of those memory plays, one where either a character or a director looks back nostalgically at an older age with fondness for how rough things were back then, but how full of life everything was. These were types of films were pretty popular back then, with the likes of How Green... Continue Reading →
What Filmland gets right … and a little wrong Overall impressions from Filmland 5
Here's last weeks columns from the Democrat Gazette. My trip to the Fayetteville Film Festival Look at the new Brent Renaud Foundation and their first event
Last week was the Arkansas Cinema Society’s Filmland 5, which had a great slate of movies. Also this week, cult filmmaker Todd Solondz visited the film department at UCA.
I was told the other day by one person to watch the 2016 horror film, Terrifier. I was also told the other day by another person to not watch Terrifier. But I was told by both of these individuals to watch Terrifier 2, which has somehow caught fire and is on its way to becoming... Continue Reading →
What a quick easy watch this was. Marvel's attempt at horror is an interesting choice as they pay tribute to the old Universal Monster movies. We get Gael García Bernal in some cool practical werewolf makeup. We get a level of gore like we've never seen before in a Marvel movie. And we get a... Continue Reading →
