Ranking All the Star Wars Movies

The Star Wars franchise is probably the biggest and most important franchise in my cinematic life.  I grew up watching these films and every time a new one comes out I get excited.  Even though the franchise isn’t perfect, I still love it.  In honor of STAR WARS DAY, here is my ranking of the franchise.   May the Fourth Be With You!       11 – EPISODE II – ATTACK OF THE CLONES (George Lucas,…

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Top 5 – Movies You’ve Never Heard of that Played at the Chicago International Film Festival

This week, the 55th Chicago International Film Festival kicks off and it is a festival near and dear to my heart.  I first attended the festival in 2008, where I got to see Darren Aronofsky’s masterpiece The Wrestler  I was also lucky enough to meet Mr. Aronofsky after the screening and talk to him about wrestling and filmmaking, which, for a 20 year old film student, was mind-blowing.  I have attended the festival every year…

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Review – Terminator Genisys

I don’t go to the movies to see bad movies.  I don’t ever want a movie to be bad because then it just wastes my time and money.  But, Terminator Genisys was one I had a bad feeling about from the beginning.  From the awful, spoilerific trailer, to the current state of Hollywood, and the casting, this movie had all the makings to fail. I don’t want to toot my own horn or anything, but…

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