GUEST EDITORIAL: 7 Best Films About the World of Translation

(Image: global-lt.com) 7 best films about the world of translation How much do people really know about the difficult tasks of translators and interpreters?  The profession of translation is one of the oldest in the world, dating from the first time two ancient civilizations...

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CAPSULE REVIEWS: 5th annual Irish American Movie Hooley

As an Chicagoan of strong Irish descent myself, let me step in and play the part of “good authority.” I have it on good authority that the annual Irish American Movie Hooley is a boisterous event with a trio of buried treasure movies that normally wouldn’t grace American screens....

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VINTAGE REVIEW: The Untouchables

(Image: vanityfair.com) THIS RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW AND ANALYSIS WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 FOR 25YL AS PART OF THEIR BRIAN DE PALMA TRIBUTE AND RETROSPECTIVE SERIES. THE UNTOUCHABLES— 4 STARS At the turn of the late 1980s, lauded filmmaker Brian De Palma...

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VINTAGE REVIEW: Simply Irresistable

(Image: youtube.com) THIS RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW AND ANALYSIS WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2019 FOR 25YL AS PART OF THEIR “GUILT-FREE PLEASURES” SERIES. SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE— 3 STARS Basic as the word may be, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition for the adjective...

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MEDIA APPEARANCE: Quoted in Reel Chicago for the short film "A Sisterhood of Signatures"

I’ve known film critic and now filmmaker Okema “Seven” Gunn for a few years now. She is someone I recruited into the Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle for a time. When she tabled her review writing to work on her passion project of making a film, I told her I would first...

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MOVIE REVIEW: Auggie

Photo courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films There is a fine line when using the verb “titillate.” Broadly, the word can simply mean “excite” or “thrill.” Taken more seriously, the word sharpens closer to “arouse” or “stimulate.” Context, ahem, is key. Auggie, the feature directorial...

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GUEST EDITORIAL: The Best Movies with the Most Unpredictable Denouement

(Image: independent.uk) The movie industry is flourishing. New movies are created every day and more and more young people get involved in the industry. But, making a movie that will be first in the box office is not that easy. It must have a great plot. It must have strong...

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MOVIE REVIEW: Ad Astra

(Image courtesy of 20th Century Fox via EPK.tv) AD ASTRA— 4 STARS There are competing dichotomies between performance and narrative in James Gray’s Ad Astra that are incredibly fascinating. The beginning of the film presents a focused pragmatic protagonist whose voiceovers...

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EDITORIAL: Top 5 Online Slot Games Based on Hollywood Films

Top 5 Online Slot Games Based on Hollywood Films Films have made their way into every facet of our lives — so much so that we live in a world where not one, but two Angry Birds movies have been made. The Angry Birds, if you aren't familiar with it, is a mobile game that requires...

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MOVIE REVIEW: The Goldfinch

(Image: americamagazine.com) THE GOLDFINCH — 2 STARS Normally, the book vs. movie argument centers around missed opportunities. The majority lament becomes about the necessary condensing and trimming executed by writers and filmmakers that shaves too much of the nuanced essence...

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