We've all been there: we're in a movie theater and someone in front of us stretches and we are blinded by their Apple Watch. The good news is that there is a way to stop this from happening so that you are not the person who does this. I know that I get irrationally angry [...]
It's that time of year again where Hollywood celebrates and promotes the best that it has to offer to the world. This morning at 5:30 PT the nominations were announced at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. There weren't many surprises, with the exceptions of Greta Gerwig [...]
A 4K restoration of a beloved classic film can be very risky business. Disney is without a doubt the worst offender and you can head to Disney+ for the proof, with so many titles seemingly just put through generic upscaling software solely so they could have enough Ultra-High Definition (UHD) content at launch of the [...]
Film festivals give audiences a chance to sample up-and-coming films. Though they run throughout the year on a global scale, the globe comes to Arizona on several occasions, including the upcoming 5th annual Peoria Film Fest, starting Thursday, October 19th, and running through Sunday, October 22nd, at the Harkins Arrowhead Fountains theater with the Arizona [...]
Joe Badon is an independent filmmaker based in New Orleans who made one of the most mind expanding films of recent years with the brilliantly insane film “Sister Tempest (2020).” “Sister Tempest” was a brilliant masterpiece of surrealistic cinema that was like a cross between John Waters and David Lynch. Badon's debut film "The God [...]
Conducted every ten years since 1952, the British Film Institute has surveyed film critics, filmmakers, programmers, curators, archivists and academics for their Greatest Films of All Time list. Up until 2012, the vast majority of films in these lists came from the United States, Britain, and Europe, with India being represented only by Satjayit Ray [...]
You're invited to see THIRTEEN LIVES in Atlanta, Wednesday, August 10 @4pm at one of the following locations AMC Phipps: 13LivesCFPhipps AMC Parkway Pointe: 13LivesCFPPointe AMC Southlake: 13LivesCFSL To download a FREE screening pass, please visit: AmazonScreenings.com and enter the corresponding location code. Thirteen Lives recounts the incredible true story of the tremendous global effort to rescue [...]
I'm not sure what this says about me, but out of all characters in all the literature I've consumed, Albus Wulfric Percival Brian Dumbledore is my favorite. He is always the smartest person in the room while also being the kindest. He is far from perfect, yet that that imperfection endears me to him more. We've [...]
You're invited to the advance screening of ENCOUNTER Midtown Art Cinema November 30, 2021 Tuesday 7:00pm URL to redeem passes: http://amazonscreenings.com/CINEMAFILES CODE : CINEMAFILES Desperate to save his two young sons, Jay and Bobby, from a mysterious threat, decorated Marine Malik Khan (Riz Ahmed) packs them in a car and sets off on a perilous journey [...]
When one watches a Zack Snyder film, you have to know what to expect as a viewer. You're not going to be seeing an intense Martin Scorsese-like drama about sin and redemption, or a Godardian critique of capitalist society. Instead, as exemplified in previous Snyder films like “Sucker Punch,” “Man of Steel,” and “300,” you're [...]
