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SpielBLOG: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective

SpielBLOG: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective

Posted by on Jul 19, 2019 in action, All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

Along with many others, I watched Solo with a growing sense of disappointment. Here was an iconic Star Wars character, a hero, who...

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Review: Varda by Agnès – “As much about sharing ideas and experiences as it is about artistic reflection”

Review: Varda by Agnès – “As much about sharing ideas and experiences as it is about artistic reflection”

Posted by on Jul 17, 2019 in All, documentary, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

The late, great Belgian-born, French filmmaker Agnès Varda presents one last window into her life and work. Varda by Agnès is a...

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SpielBLOG: Empire of the Sun – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective

SpielBLOG: Empire of the Sun – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective

Posted by on Jul 12, 2019 in All, Books, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller, war | 0 comments

There’s a rhyming in the posters of E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial and Empire of the Sun. The big moon is replaced with the big sun;...

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Review: The Dead Don’t Die – “Awkwardly charming and effortlessly cool”

Review: The Dead Don’t Die – “Awkwardly charming and effortlessly cool”

Posted by on Jul 11, 2019 in All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, horror, indie, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

Written and directed by Jim Jarmusch (Paterson), The Dead Don’t Die stars Bill Murray (Lost in Translation), Adam Driver (Star Wars: The...

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Review – Kursk: The Last Mission – “Draws you into the desperate emotions of these men”

Review – Kursk: The Last Mission – “Draws you into the desperate emotions of these men”

Posted by on Jul 10, 2019 in All, drama, DVD/Blu-ray, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

Directed by Thomas Vinterberg Starring Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, August Diehl, Colin Firth, Max Von Sydow,...

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Review – Spider-Man: Far From Home – “A most enjoyable time at the cinema”

Review – Spider-Man: Far From Home – “A most enjoyable time at the cinema”

Posted by on Jul 6, 2019 in action, All, comedy, Comics, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

The new Spider-Man movie is the first one after the events of Avengers: Endgame and the final part of Marvel’s Phase 3. The events...

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SpielBLOG: The Color Purple – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective

SpielBLOG: The Color Purple – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective

Posted by on Jul 5, 2019 in All, Books, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

I’ve never really understood this idea that Steven Spielberg felt it necessary to move into serious films. To me Jaws, Close...

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EIFF 2019 Review: The Wind – “Wonderfully creepy and spooky and unsettling”

EIFF 2019 Review: The Wind – “Wonderfully creepy and spooky and unsettling”

Posted by on Jul 4, 2019 in All, drama, Film, Headline, horror, indie, Reviews, thriller, Western | 0 comments

Directed by Emma Tammi Starring Caitlin Gerard, Julia Goldani Telles, Ashley Zukerman, Dylan McTee I usually always manage to take in a...

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EIFF 2019 – McLaren Animation Reviews

EIFF 2019 – McLaren Animation Reviews

Posted by on Jul 2, 2019 in action, All, animated, biopic, comedy, drama, fantasy, Film, horror, indie, musical, Reviews, romance, sci-fi, short film, thriller | 0 comments

The annual McLaren Animation award screenings at the world’s oldest continually-running film festival have always been a personal...

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Review – Spider-Man: Far From Home – “A missed opportunity”

Review – Spider-Man: Far From Home – “A missed opportunity”

Posted by on Jul 2, 2019 in action, All, comedy, Comics, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

Spider-Man: Far From Home has an opening that’s every bit as jarring and befuddled as Captain Marvel. I’m a Russo Fanboy (Seriously, their...

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