2020 Chicago International Film Festival – Kubrick by Kubrick, I’m Your Woman, Memory House

2020 Chicago International Film Festival – Kubrick by Kubrick, I’m Your Woman, Memory House

Here are some brief reviews of some of the movies I have seen at the 2020 Chicago International Film Festival.           KUBRICK BY KUBRICK  Directed by Gregory Monro I am a big fan of documentaries about film, particularly ones about directors.  Hearing directors talk about their work or hearing others who worked with them talk about their experiences is always a good watch that I use as a learning experience.  Kubrick…

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Aaron Sorkin Films – Ranked

Aaron Sorkin Films – Ranked

Usually when we think of the idea of an auteur, directors come to mind.  These are directors who have complete control of their film and you can recognize a film is directed by a certain director based on the visual style and themes of the film.  There aren’t many screenwriters that I would consider auteurs, but there is one who defines this: Aaron Sorkin.  The Oscar and Emmy award winning writer has established his own…

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56th Chicago International Film Festival – Films To Be Excited About

56th Chicago International Film Festival – Films To Be Excited About

The 56th Chicago International Film Festival kicks off this week and it is a film festival near and dear to my heart.  This was the first festival that I attended back in 2008 and it is one I have attended every year since.  The Chicago International Film Festival is a wonderful film festival.  One that highlights so many unique movies from all around the world and showcases some of the best filmmakers working today.  Though…

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What’s Streaming This Month? – October

What’s Streaming This Month? – October

Check out my picks for the best things coming to Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Disney+, Criterion Channel, and HBOMax in October.  This month offers up a lot of great options, but the highlights include some of the most intriguing and exciting titles of 2020, which at this point are few and far between.           NETFLIX Full list of everything coming to Netflix in October can be found here.     CAPE…

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Fantasia Festival 2020 Review – Free Country

Fantasia Festival 2020 Review – Free Country

        Free Country is a top-notch police procedural.  It’s a cop drama that looks at two very different detectives as they work together to solve the disappearance of two girls in a small town.  They must deal with local townspeople and town happenings while learning to work with each other through their flaws and personal issues in order to solve what happened to these girls.  It’s quiet, brutal, and endlessly compelling. The film…

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Fantasia Festival 2020 Reviews – THE PAPER TIGERS and MONSTER SEAFOOD WARS

Fantasia Festival 2020 Reviews – THE PAPER TIGERS and MONSTER SEAFOOD WARS

To consolidate workload with the amount of films I watched over the course of the 2020 Fantasia Festival, I have combined a couple reviews of films together in one post.       THE PAPER TIGERS   The Paper Tigers is a movie that looks at three former Kung Fu prodigies who have grown into washed-up, middle-aged men.  When their master is murdered, they go on an ill-advised mission to find out who killed him, but…

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What’s Streaming This Month? – September

What’s Streaming This Month? – September

Here are my picks for the movies coming to Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Disney+, Criterion Channel, and HBOMax in September.  This month offers up many unique choices, from original films to Hollywood classics.           NETFLIX Full list of everything coming to Netflix in September can be found here.   THE BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY (Robert Zemeckis, 1984/1989/1990) A trilogy that is full of life, fun, and originality.   THE DEVIL ALL…

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Fantasia Festival 2020 Review – The Dark and the Wicked

Fantasia Festival 2020 Review – The Dark and the Wicked

          Twelve years ago, writer/director Bryan Bertino made his debut with The Strangers.  The claustrophobic nightmare is one of the scariest movies I have seen in the last fifteen years and one of my favorite horror movies of the 2000’s.  It was an impressive debut film, yet Bertino’s follow-up films, Mockingbird and The Monster, failed to make a dent whatsoever.  In fact, I didn’t even know those films existed until I was looking up…

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Fantasia Festival 2020 Review – Class Action Park

Fantasia Festival 2020 Review – Class Action Park

          Growing up, I was lucky enough to live right across the street from a Six Flags amusement park.  My family and I would get season passes every year and I basically grew up with Six Flags.  I grew up riding roller coasters and all the other rides in the park.  I grew up with the cheesy theatrics and food that tasted great when I was seven, but hasn’t aged very…

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Fantasia Festival 2020 Review – Crazy Samurai Musashi

Fantasia Festival 2020 Review – Crazy Samurai Musashi

          Crazy Samurai Musashi looks at a battle of legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi (Tak Sakaguchi) as he takes on 588 soldiers and defeats every single one.  Director Yûji Shimomura made the decision to shoot this battle in one, 77-minute-long uncut take, a bold and ambitious decision, yet one that if executed right, could have been an incredible feat and made for a great film.  Unfortunately, it isn’t as incredible as it could…

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