DOCUMENTARY REVIEW: No Small Matter

Image: culturemixonline.com NO SMALL MATTER-- 4 STARS Documentaries often carry a sharp specificity by design. The backers and filmmakers have zeroed in on a pointed topic or singular issue they feel needs a spotlight or, even stronger, a public wake up call. Sometimes,...

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Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga ★★★

Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams take on the Eurovision Song Contest in David Dobkin's Netflix Comedy. The post Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga ★★★ appeared first on Movie Marker. from Movie Marker https://ift.tt/3g5kp...

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EDITORIAL: Lessons on the New Future of Movie Theaters

Image: pxfuel.com During this last month or so of our collective national and international quarantine, I’ve been holding the topic of re-opening movie theaters from my usual “What We Learned This Week” columns on the Feelin’ Film podcast for a “Soapbox Special.” There have...

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

The VOD debut of Jon Stewart’s new comedy Irresistible starring Steve Carell and Rose Byrne set off an impromptu new release edition of Ian Simmons’s “Reelpolitik” series on his Kicking the Seat podcast. The two of us looked into all of the leg pulls and the rug pulls...

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The Best Indie Horror Movies on UK Netflix

Over the years, the indie horror scene has established itself as a wildly inventive, sprawling cinematic entity that is ideal for experimentation and unusually horrific narrative concepts. For many filmmakers – both established and up-and-coming – it remains a safe space to explore their darkest, most twisted ideas and realise them without the constraints...

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INFOGRAPHIC QUIZ: Junkyard Quiz of Iconic Film and TV Cars

Enjoy this game from our friends at LeasingOptionsUK! Click and drag with your mouse around the junkyard and find car parts from iconic film and TV cars. Click on a car part to select it and submit your answers. Press the “End Quiz” button at any time to view your final score. Hit...

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INFOGRAPHIC: 6 Classic Bond Car Chases: Where Was He Really Going?

9Image: https://ift.tt/37VHGRl) 6 Classic Bond Car Chases: Where Was He Really Going? In the early James Bond movies, a technique known as rear window projection, or “driving a desk” was used to show a scene in the background of a stationary car (normally in a studio) to...

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INFOGRAPHIC: The Evolution of Autonomous Cars On-Screen

Self-driving cars are becoming a more realistic prospect with each passing year as companies from the traditional (Toyota, Audi and BMW) to the more disruptive (Tesla, Google and Uber) race to be the first to produce an intelligent vehicle that can get you from...

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GUEST COLUMN: 10 Rules to Follow While Attending Film Festivals

(Image: https://ift.tt/3dCWENr) 10 Rules to Follow While Attending Film Festivals by Kathrin Garner Film festivals are a wonderful opportunity to see what’s new in the movie industry, but also to connect with people and hang out. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the plans...

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How To Build A Girl – Latest Trailer

It’s 1993, and there’s only one way for a curvy, bright, funny, working-class sixteen year old (Beanie Feldstein) to break out of her tiny, crowded house in Wolverhampton, and go on the somehow noble sex-quest she desires – to reinvent herself as swashbuckling, top-hat-wearing rock critic Dolly Wilde, and explode all over London. The only […] The post...

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MOVIE REVIEW: Irresistible

(Image courtesy of Focus Features) IRRESISTIBLE-- 3 STARS Jon Stewart’s new film Irresistible holds a broad and powerful mirror up to the lies and guises of America’s election economy. Right when you think an outspoken personality like the beloved former host of The Daily...

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