Director/screenwriter Shana Feste presented her engaging and robust feature world premiere 'Boundaries' at SXSW Film Festival.
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Movie Review: ‘Lady Bird’
In the early 2000s, an artistically-inclined 17-year-old comes of age in an all-girls Catholic school in Sacramento, California in the highly recommended (4 star) comedy-drama 'Lady Bird.'
Read More »Web Series Review: ‘High & Mighty’ – Stoned with Superpowers at Sundance
'High & Mighty' is Cheech and Chong meets Spider Man, but it’s a lot more. Even funnier than I imagined, it’s also a buddy movie and a rom-com and goes deeper into human relationships than many totally serious films.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: Deck the Holidays with Yuletide Slaughter in ‘Better Watch Out’
'Better Watch Out' provides plenty of thrills for non-traditional Christmas film lovers.
Read More »Movie Review: James Franco’s ‘The Disaster Artist’
Bad filmmaking has never been so well-portrayed in James Franco's new hit "The Disaster Artist."
Read More »Jerry Lewis: The Nutty Filmmaker
In the wake of the 60th anniversary of Jerry Lewis’s first solo film, it’s time to commemorate the oeuvre of the King of Comedy.
Read More »DVD Review: ‘Logan Lucky’
Patient, observant audiences get rewarded throughout the one hour and 59-minute running time where even paying attention to what’s on the television pay dividends.
Read More »Blu-Ray Review: ‘Jabberwocky’ Takes on the Establishment
The Criterion Collection will release a special edition of Terry Gilliam’s Jabberwocky next week. The film, based on the poem by Lewis Carroll, takes us on a satirical adventure with medieval every-man Dennis Cooper, played by Michael Palin. Cooper is mistaken for a knight and finds himself defending the kingdom against a dragon – the Jabberwock – bent on destroying whatever lays in its path.
Read More »ARFF Film Review: ‘My Ranger’ Is More Than Truck Love
'My Ranger' ia a hilarious coming of age/rom-com, filmed in Texas, with a predominantly Texas cast and crew of amazing talent. The film tells three love stories at once. Well, four, if you count the truck.
Read More »ARFF Movie Review: Mockumentaries Rock and Cut
Mockumentaries are that genre of film which satires the documentary style. Classics in this filmic tradition include 'This is Spinal Tap' and 'Borat'. The Austin Revolution Film Festival (#ARFF2017) included two excellent feature films in this style: 'Mock and Roll' and 'Frazier Park Recut'.
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