UK actor Jonathan Holmes provided insights about working on 'Anything Goes' as the Captain and revisited his experiences in 'The BFG.'
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Movie Review: ‘The Cabin’ : Silly Over Substance
This attempt to inject new life into the "terror in the woods" genre comes off as muddled and risible.
Read More »Music/Spoken Word Review: ‘The Al Purdy Songbook’
'The Al Purdy Songbook' proves once and for all that poetry in the right hands is relevant to everyone and anyone.
Read More »Movie Review: South African Thriller ‘Number 37’
The Capetown-set Hitchcockian thriller delivers the suspenseful goods.
Read More »Indie Filmmaking: Getting the Cart Before the ‘Black Sheep’
“Getting the cart before the horse” is an English idiom dating back to the 16th Century. It means to do things in the wrong order. In the independent filmmaking world, however, this might be a good idea. In the case I’m considering, two highly creative filmmakers put the cart before …
Read More »Movie Review: Comedy-Drama ‘Welcome to the Men’s Group’
At first a bit talky and a bit long, 'Welcome to the Men's Group' manages to develop into a powerful statement about the role of men in today's society.
Read More »Austin Film Fest Film Review: ‘Clara’ Wins Best Narrative
Clara, a sci-fi film, won the Jury Best Narrative Feature award at the Austin Film Festival. The festival, which ran October 25 – November 1, screened more than 180 films, and brought screenwriters and filmmakers together to celebrate the role of the screenplay in film and television. Clara, written by …
Read More »Austin Film Fest Film Review: ‘Ben is Back’ will Shake You Up
Ben is Back is one of those films that break rules and still entertains. Entertain is too mild a word for this film. It grabs you and shakes you and doesn’t let go for 103 minutes. The film was a featured event – The Centerpiece Film – at the Austin …
Read More »Austin Film Fest Film Review: Laughing at ‘Original Sin’
You shouldn’t really laugh at sin. Unless, it was the film Original Sin (Pecado Original), part of the Comedy Vanguard series at the Austin Film Festival, which ran October 25 – November 1. The festival showed over 180 films and brought screenwriters and filmmakers together to celebrate the role of …
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Regarding the Case of Joan of Arc’
'Regarding the Case of Joan of Arc' works out to be a metaphor for the current radicalization of Republican Christians in the USA, especially their hardcore faction and those advocating the use of violence to restore their alleged supremacy.
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