MOVIE REVIEW: The Vast of Night

(Image courtesy of Amazon Studios) THE VAST OF NIGHT-- 5 STARS There exists a wide range of adjectives between the pleasurable place of “thrill” and unpleasant extreme of “terrify” that one could apply to stimulating movie experiences. Just like the films themselves from...

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MOVIE REVIEW: End of Sentence

(Image courtesy of Gravita Ventures) END OF SENTENCE-- 4 STARS LESSON #1: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM DECISIONS OF LOVE-- There is a kindly and uplifting pair of lines delivered around the halfway point of the mournful road movie End of Sentence that...

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‘No Turning Back’ Lands in June

The award-winning drama sci-fi film ‘No Turning Back’, starring Joseph Wycoff, Caroline Muller, Grace Goulter, and Kelaan Schloffel-Armstrong will release via Random Media on-demand and on all digital platforms June 22, 2020. Directed by Danny Phillips, from the award-winning films ‘Life is for Living’ and ‘Presentment’, ‘No Turning Back’ follows avionics...

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COLUMN: 5 Tips For Taking Family Film Photographs

(Image: Bored Panda and CardboardBoxOffice.com) 5 Tips For Taking Family Film Photographs Pictures are a way to capture the moment into a frame. If it is for any special occasion or just randomly, people love to take photographs. Most of us love to take pictures of our family...

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MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the "Kicking the Seat" podcast talking the politics of "Election"

As a teacher (pants optional during this current work landscape), it was a pleasure to discuss Alexander Payne’s 1999 film Election with Ian Simmons on his Kicking the Seat YouTube channel. It was my second spin for his “Reelpolitik” series after a previous appearance...

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MOVIE REVIEW: The High Note

(Image: indiewire.com) THE HIGH NOTE-- 2 STARS Matching what decades of movies and TV shows have characterized about personal assistants, cinematic commandments stipulate that Dakota Johnson’s character Maggie in The High Note must work for demanding and vain people and...

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COLUMN: 7 Features of the Perfect Date Night Movie

(Image: wallpaperflare.com) 7 Features of the Perfect Date Night Movie by Kevin Gardner Date night had been entirely homebound for some time now. You've probably spent hours scrolling through your various streaming services looking for just the right date night movie. The...

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COLUMN: 10 Best Movies for Career Inspiration

(Image by Randalyn Hill on Unsplash) 10 Best Movies for Career Inspiration Pursuing career goals may be a daunting experience, especially when you get repeated disappointments in the process. During such times, one may need intriguing successful stories about careers for...

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EDITORIAL: Comedy Writing Tips From Professionals

(Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash) Comedy Writing Tips From Professionals Humor is what saves us from boredom and negative thoughts. It is the reason why we watch comedies after a hard day. But what stands behind these funny stories and witty joke? (Spoiler: it is not...

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MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the "You'll Probably Agree" podcast talking the future for movie theaters

(Image: Facebook.com) Back in March, I joined Mike Crowley’s You’ll Probably Agree podcast with Ian Simmons of Kicking the Seat and Pat McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com in listing and recommending movies to cope with the COVID-19 quarantine. Now, two months later, society...

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MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the "Kicking the Seat" YouTube channel talking "The Lovebirds"

Right in the same vein of Date Night and Game Night, one could do worse for a good COVID “Netflix and Chill” couch movie than The Lovebirds. Ian Simmons of Kicking the Seat and I agree that this one has some wit, heart, and fun worth your time at the low price of 86 minutes....

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MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the "Kicking the Seat" podcast talking "Scoob!"

COVID-19’s loss is our VOD gain with the new Scoob! from Warner Bros. I can’t say I was a huge Scooby Doo nut as a kid, but I have seen more enough in my years to know what is the essence of that lovable franchise. That gave me a little fandom leg up on Ian Simmons of the Kicking...

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MOVIE REVIEW: The Lovebirds

(Image courtesy of Netflix) THE LOVEBIRDS-- 3 STARS There is nearly always a smirk of veiled anticipation when a plot setup meets a full-stop right after a descriptive peak with the zinger transition of “hi-jinks ensue.” Digging into the meaning and origin of that phrase...

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Why Secretary (2002) totally spanks Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

It is a delicious irony that James Spader’s character in Steven Shainberg’s movie, Secretary, is called ‘Mr Grey’ just like the protagonist of the hugely popular Fifty Shades of Grey franchise, and that both films give an account of a BDSM relationship. Shainberg’s film, however, manages to be neither exploitative nor prudish, and even occasionally...

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MOVIE REVIEW: Scoob!

(Image courtesy of Warner Bros.) SCOOB!-- 2 STARS One of the classic catchphrases of the old Scooby Doo franchise is the vocalized signal, often from the eager mouth of their de facto leader Fred, of “looks like we’ve got another mystery on our hands.” The new CGI reboot...

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MOVIE REVIEW: Capone

(Image: imdb.com) CAPONE-- 3 STARS For something like Capone, let’s talk about faculty, which can span natural aptitude all the way up to powers of the mind to function, act, or do. In any film, you have the faculties of the character conveyed through the faculties of the...

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GUEST PROFILE: Mike Horvath

Image: revenue-hub.com Meet Hungarian movie fan Mike Horvath. His hobby is transforming photos of himself into movie characters in Adobe Photoshop. He is also a musician, photo editor, and designer. Every Movie Has a Lesson would like to share a little collection of his...

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