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reviews

LOLO

Relationship approval from our parents is nothing compared to relationship approval from our children.

Posted on June 12, 2016September 11, 2020
the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched June 4 – 10)

Reed Morano brings a new twist to the #52 Project; The first film directed and shot by the same woman. The result are real, and they are spectacular.

Posted on June 11, 2016June 18, 2016
trailers

Spirit Voices – PERSONAL SHOPPER Trailer

Slim pickens leaves one looking down the road to Cannes selections.

Posted on June 8, 2016June 19, 2016
matineecast, podcasts

Episode 159 – ALMOST FAMOUS

Talkin’ ALMOST FAMOUS with Rebecca Sharp of Almost Ginger.

Posted on June 6, 2016May 30, 2021
the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched May 28 – June 3)

We face very long odds in this world, and the visual approach by Gillian Armstrong seems to underscore that…in case you forgot.

Posted on June 4, 2016June 11, 2016
listy goodness

Tracks of My Years (My Birthday Tradition)

Here’s a hope that thirty-eight will be a good year…

Posted on June 1, 2016June 16, 2016
blind spot series

Blindsided by THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP

Powell and Pressburger remind us that conflict used to be more civilized, and every stuffed-shirt has a tale to tell.

Posted on May 31, 2016June 11, 2016
reviews

THE MEDDLER

Those calls you duck, and that person you avoid? They might be worth so much more than you think.

Posted on May 30, 2016September 11, 2020
reviews

X-MEN: APOCALYPSE

Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Walk Away from a Comic Book Franchise.

Posted on May 29, 2016September 28, 2019
the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched May 21 – 27)

The end of the playoffs and the second week in a row where #52 brings me to a theatre.

Posted on May 28, 2016June 4, 2016
matineecast, podcasts

Episode 158 – THE NICE GUYS

Talkin’ THE NICE GUYS with Corey Pierce of The Soundtrack of Your Life.

Posted on May 23, 2016June 5, 2016
reviews

THE NICE GUYS

A familiar genre gets a new champion.

Posted on May 22, 2016September 28, 2019

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