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The Luckiest Guy in the World Review- A Man Who Gave A Lot Of Himself to a Game That He Truly Loved
As a huge Boston Celtics fan I have fond memories of Bill Walton in 1986 when he was a sith man on a Celtics team that was a perennial NBA Championship Contender. They were already a two-time champion under KC… Continue reading
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Ghosted Review- A Many-Layered and Multifacited Action Adventure Spy Comedy
Spy films come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes they come in the form of a romantic action-adventure film. That’s the case with Ghosted. It stars two of the biggest stars on the planet Ana de Armas and Chtis Evens.… Continue reading
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My Life My Love 50 Years in Film Pt 1
By Dan Skip Allen This is the first article in a series of five where I’ll run down my favorite and or best films from a given year starting with my birth year in 1974 and ending with this year,… Continue reading
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Paint Review- A Fine Performance by Owen Wilson Makes Seeing this Film Worth Your Time
Sometimes film genres can be loosely described in the film world. They can blur the lines between what a movie is trying to convey. One of those examples is Paint which is described as a comedy. I would say it’s… Continue reading
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Tetris Review- Another Fantastic Nostalgia Story of Something Nobody Knew Anything About
The 80s was a decade that brought a lot of fun and entertainment to the masses in the form of movies, music, and yes video games. The console wars were in full swing in the 80s. Atari, Sega, and the… Continue reading
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Scream 6 Review- A Once Tired Franchise Still Has Life In It
The Scream franchise has been one of many upsets and subverting expectations from the very beginning. Neve Campbell, David Arquette, and Courtney Cox have held this franchise down for two and a half decades. Now only one of the big… Continue reading
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Palm Trees and Power Lines- A Cautionary Tale About Predators
Coming-of-age films come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes they are about boys growing up and other times they are about girls trying to find their way in the world. Palm Trees and Power Lines is about the latter. It… Continue reading
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Slamdance 2023 Capsule Reviews
Starring Jerry as Himself Starring Jerry as Himself is a docudrama about a guy named Jerry Liu. The film starts with home movies of Jerry’s family, his three sons Joshua, Jesse, and Jonathan, and his ex-wife Kathy. He Lives in… Continue reading
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Is Top Gun: Maverick as good as people think it is?
Tom Cruise was a young actor on the rise after his breakout role in Risky Business in the early ’80s. In 1986, he had two movies: one, a sequel of a Paul Newman classic, The Hustler, The Color of Money, in which he plays… Continue reading
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My Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2023
2022 was a very good year with a lot of under-the-radar films. Also, there were some films by some big-name directors as well. Disney and Warner Brothers had a good year in their respective superhero universes. The indie studios had… Continue reading
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