Published May 20, 2018 at ZekeFilm.org. Summer Movies are a Dangerous Business, and No One Knows It Better than Ishtar Ah, summertime. The season of long days and short shorts, of cool ice cream cones and humid afternoons at the pool, and—for us movie junkies—of box office-crushing blockbusters and box office-crushed flops. Movies can earn the epithet …
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Published May 14, 2018 at ZekeFilm.org. Reverse Taken Thriller is Cliché Fun DIRECTOR: JAMES MCTEIGUE/2018 “You have no clue what I’m capable of.” Oh, Shaun, but we do. Shaun (Gabrielle Union) is spending the weekend packing up the house she grew up in after her father’s death. Since her husband (Jason George) is stuck at work, …
Published April 4, 2018 as the first entry in a monthly series I manage at ZekeFilm.org. 3 Film Podcasts to Add to Your Queue You love movies? What a coincidence! So do we, and there’s an explosion of awesomeness happening in the world of film. The twist? It’s not all on the screen. More and …
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Published March 4, 2018 at ZekeFilm.org. Why Edgar Wright and James Gunn Made the Best Musicals of 2017 The Jazz Singer to La La Land, Singin’ in the Rain to Sing Street, Meet Me in St. Louis to Moulin Rouge! Oscar isn’t the only one celebrating a major birthday this weekend—2017 also celebrated the 90th …
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Published Feb. 12, 2018 at ZekeFilm.org. J.J. Abrams's Surprise Sequel Has That Cloverfield Je Ne Sais Quoi DIRECTOR: JULIUS ONAH/2018 When I wrote about 10 Cloverfield Lane almost two years ago, I marveled at J.J. Abrams pulling off a plot twist in real life. Releasing a surprise sequel with just two months of advertising? How novel! …
Published Jan. 28, 2018 at ZekeFilm.org. Each month, ZekeFilm critics contribute to a group feature called Film Admissions, in which we each admit to watching classic films for the first time with a similar theme. In January 2018, we each watched a Billy Wilder film we'd never seen before. Film Admission: The Apartment I get a …
Published Jan. 7, 2018 at ZekeFilm.org. Or, 10 Movies That Aren't Pirates of the Caribbean If my calculations are correct, 2017 was a fantastic year for movies. Yes, yes—any time this writer claims she did “calculations” should be suspect, but how else do you explain that I could have written about the top 30 movies of …
Published Jan. 4, 2018 at ZekeFilm.org. Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon Tell the Best Love Story of 2017 DIRECTOR: MICHAEL SHOWALTER/2017 Before you start this review, you know what would be lovely? Listening to the soundtrack for The Big Sick while you read. Hey, I’ll make it even easier for you—here’s it is on …
Published Jan. 1, 2018 at ZekeFilm.org. Netflix's New Drama Sets a Greek Tragedy in the Deep South DIRECTOR: DEE REES/2017 “When I think of the farm, I think of mud.” And when I think of Netflix’s new drama Mudbound, I think of Greek tragedies. Everything on the farm is covered in mud; every moment is …
Published Oct. 29, 2017 for the film's Blu-ray release from Kino Lorber Studio Classics. 1943 Films Says More About the Makers Than the 1912 Disaster DIRECTORS: WERNER KLINGER AND HERBERT SELPIN/GERMAN/1943 STREET DATE: OCTOBER 17, 2017/KINO LORBER STUDIO CLASSICS Do I need to explain the events on the RMS Titanic in 1912? If “big boat …
Published Oct. 15, 2017 for the film's Blu-ray release from Kino Lorber Studio Classics. Matt Dillon Stars in Quintessential Garry Marshall DIRECTOR: GARRY MARSHALL/1984 STREET DATE: OCTOBER 10, 2017/KINO LORBER STUDIO CLASSICS It's 4th of July Weekend in 1963 Brooklyn, and Jeffrey Willis swelters on the street corner. Since it's too hot to do anything, …
Published Sept. 18, 2017 at ZekeFilm.org. Reese Witherspoon Charms in Her Return to Romantic Comedies DIRECTOR: HALLIE MEYERS-SHYER/2017 Alice Kinney is starting over. After separating from her husband of 15 years in New York, Alice (Reese Witherspoon) has moved back into her childhood home in Los Angeles. She’s trying to settle her two grade school …
Published Oct. 24 2017 at ZekeFilm in anticipation of the second season of the Netflix drama. Everything an Ambitious Demogorgon Needs to Know in the World of Stranger Things Congrats! You’re a Demogorgon making the big move out of the Upside Down! While the Upside Down will always be home, moving your residence to the Right Side …
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Published Jan. 6, 2017 for the film review site I created, Crowd vs. Critic. Each film is reviewed twice, once from the Crowd perspective for its entertainment value (Popcorn Potential) and once from the Critic perspective for its Artistic Taste. CROWD REVIEW // November 22, 1963. If you’ve lived long enough to study a at …
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