"A Monster Calls" is not just a movie, it is an emotionally and visually stunning experience.
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Adobe MAX: Cultivating the Creative Spark
Is being creative just like flipping on a light switch, or does it take something more? Photographer/trainers Chris Orwig and Julieanne Kost think it takes a lot more, and provided a plan during their class “Cultivating the Creative Spark” at this year’s Adobe MAX conference.
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You can’t teach people to be creative, but you can inspire them to find their creativity. That is what happens at Adobe MAX.
Read More »California Bans Plastic Bags, and Zaps Your Freedom
With the passage of Proposition 67, California became the first state to ban single-use plastic grocery bags. It also requires most stores to charge shoppers 10 cents for either reusable plastic bags or paper bags. The idea is to manipulate people into using cloth totes to carry home their groceries. Hooray for the environment? Maybe.
Read More »Family Film Festival: More Than Just Movies
Unlike most film festivals which are mostly adult affairs, IFFF devotes an entire day and an awards ceremony to young filmmakers.
Read More »IFFF Movie Review: ‘Hot Bath, Stiff Drink, and a Close Shave’
'Hot Bath, Stiff Drink an’ a Close Shave' won the Finalist Award for drama at the International Family Film Festival (IFFF).
Read More »IFFF Movie Review: ‘Ridge Runners’ – Sex Trafficking in a Small Town
There are many more talented actors, writers and directors than Hollywood has room for. Ridge Runners is proof of that. The first feature film for screenwriter Austin Lott and director Hunter West is an indie crime drama which is a standout on multiple levels.
Read More »IFFF Movie Review: Dark, Hopeful Short Films
This collection of short films shown at the International Family Film Festival was on the dark side, but each shed light on why filmmakers create shorts.
Read More »IFFF Movie Review: James Caan as ‘Undercover Grandpa’ Gets Help from Paul Sorvino and Louis Gosset Jr
Is your grandpa really who you think he is? (Are you reading this, grandkids?) Or, like Jake’s grandpa played by James Caan in 'Undercover Grandpa,' does he have a secret identity? Jake’s fun and dramatic discoveries about his grandpa helped Undercover Grandpa win the Best Feature Foreign Comedy accolade at the International Family Film Festival.
Read More »IFFF Movie Review: Not Just ‘Another Day in Paradise’ for Jeffery Patterson and Frankie Muniz
'Another Day in Paradise' takes us into the world of a recent widower who is trying to reinvent his life.
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