MOVIE REVIEW: Marriage Story

(Image courtesy of Netflix via EPK.tv) Special Presentation of the 55th Chicago International Film Festival MARRIAGE STORY— 5 STARS There is an old adage used by married people, kind of passive-aggressive burn really, that says “you can’t tie your shoes without me.” In a pithy...

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MEDIA APPEARANCE: David Ehrlich's IndieWire Critics Survey on November 25, 2019

Notable and notorious IndieWire film critic David Ehrlich recently put out a social media call for film critic peers to join a weekly survey to discuss movie topics, answer questions, and highlight their work.  Representing Every Movie Has a Lesson, I, along with...

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MEDIA APPEARANCE: David Ehrlich's IndieWire Critics Survey on November 18, 2019

Notable and notorious IndieWire film critic David Ehrlich recently put out a social media call for film critic peers to join a weekly survey to discuss movie topics, answer questions, and highlight their work.  Representing Every Movie Has a Lesson, I, along with...

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COLUMN: Top 5 Movies to Get Inspired for Creative Essay Writing

Top 5 Movies to Get Inspired for Creative Essay Writing Movies are among the best ever helpers when it comes to inspiration. Needless to say that when you are stuck with essay writing, it is better to watch an inspiring film about writers than to focus on procrastination, computer...

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MOVIE REVIEW: Little Women

(Image: vanityfair.com) LITTLE WOMEN— 5 STARS Not to borrow out of context from George Harrison’s Beatles lyrics, but, when it comes to Greta Gerwig as the director of Little Women, there is something in the way she moves. Scene after scene in the adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s...

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INFOGRAPHIC: The films of Sigourney Weaver

Folks, please welcome back John Rooney. He is an illustrator from Ireland. My website has published two of John’s previous career caricature sketches, one for Nicolas Cage last year and another for Bill Murray this past summer. His collected sketches are outstanding and The...

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GUEST POST: "The Greatest Movie Never Made" by Creative Principles

By Hannah Thomas The YouTube creator Creative Principles showcases new ideas on popular films and television. We wanted to share one of their latest videos that had a movie spin to it": What is “the greatest movie NEVER made?” Would-be projects include missteps from Pixar,...

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GUEST EDITORIAL: Was the film version of "The Lion King" worth it?

(Image: imdb.com) The Film Version of “The Lion King” - Was It Worth It? Everyone remembers The Lion King, the great animated movie that was released by Disney in 1994. It features animals, from lions to meerkats and warthogs. It showed what “The Circle of Life” means and it...

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MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the "CinemaJaw" podcast #447

This past week, I was pleased as punch to be a guest on the CinemaJaw podcast, hosted by fellow Chicago Indie Critic members Matt Kubinski and Ryan Jagiello. This was my third spin on their show which is recorded at the nerd-tastic headquarters of Cards Against Humanity. CinemaJaw...

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GUEST EDITORIAL: Top 10 Films Starring Only Two Actors

(Image: letterboxd.com) Most commercially successful films tend to have big  budgets, large cast and action taking place over several locations. But there are some films which take the risk of featuring just two actors, often limiting the action to one location and placing...

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MOVIE REVIEW: Ford V. Ferrari

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GUEST EDITORIAL: “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood” is Quentin Tarantino’s Special Universe

(Image: quentintarantinofanclub.com) The Movie “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood” is Quentin Tarantino’s Special Universe There are lots of things that tie together Tarantino’s movies such as violence and bright colors to name a few. However, there is one clear that ties all his...

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MOVIE REVIEW: Lady and the Tramp

(Image: omeroyaar.com) For warped reasons of splashy attention and an internal need to top themselves, the overfilled four-film 2019 slate of Disney re-imaginings have favored the gaudy, garish, and just plain loud. Granted, flashy noise appears to makes money, but it does...

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