Published on RoundTrip.blog on May 17, 2017. RoundTrip is a travel blog with a conversational tone dedicated to helping readers discover new places to love and new ways to make travel more enjoyable. Los Angeles: Home of Hollywood, City of Stars, La La Land. L.A. is a city I fall more in love with every time I …
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Published Apr. 29, 2017 at ZekeFilm. Or, Tom Hanks and Internet Privacy in 2017 DIRECTOR: JAMES PONSOLDT/2017 Imagine Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Facebook—all combined into one. Now call it The Circle. Mae Holland (Emma Watson) shakes off a string of dead end temp jobs the first chance she gets to taste the potential and prosperity of …
Published Apr. 3, 2017 at ZekeFilm. Hollywood, Politics, and World War II: Inseparable From the Start DIRECTOR: LAURENT BOUZEREAU/2017 Say what you will about Hollywood’s influence in politics (or interference, depending on how you see it), but the two have intertwined for so many decades they’re difficult to dissociate. Oscar speeches like Sacheen Littlefeather’s upon Marlon …
Published Jan. 7, 2017 at ZekeFilm. Washington and Davis Show Their Range in Wilson’s Play DIRECTOR: DENZEL WASHINGTON/2016 Pittsburgh, 1950s. Troy Maxson arrives home from work with his friend Bono. His wife, Rose, is setting the table for dinner. His grown son Lyons arrives for a visit, and his son Cory will come home after football practice. This …
Published Dec. 20, 2016 at ZekeFilm. A Popcorn Flick, not an Oscar Contender (and that’s nothing to complain about) DIRECTOR: MORTEN TYLDUM/2016 Could any place be lonelier than space? Jim Preston (Chris Pratt) and Aurora Lane (Jennifer Lawrence) are about to find out. They’re the only two people woken up from hyper sleep on the Starship …
Published Nov. 17, 2016 at ZekeFilm. Pentalogy. It might be word you’re about to become more acquainted with in the movie world. In the lead-up to the release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, J.K. Rowling confirmed on Twitter in October that the Harry Potter spinoff is spinning off into five different chapters: …
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Published Nov. 7, 2016 at ZekeFilm. Or, What Might Be This Decade’s English Patient DIRECTOR: KENNETH LONERGAN/2016 When The English Patient was rounding the awards circuit in late ‘96/early ’97, the romantic drama must have seemed like a sure bet to moviegoers. With heaps of praise and 12 Oscar nominations, it should have been an easy choice for …
Published Oct. 21, 2016 at ZekeFilm. Tom Cruise Secures This Sequel a Sunday Afternoon Cable Slot, Not Much Else DIRECTOR: EDWARD ZWICK/2016 Jack Reacher is a drifter. We learned this in his inaugural 2012 movie—at least, I think so. I saw Jack Reacher, and my vague memories include him breaking into a construction trailer to rescue…wait, …
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Published Sept. 2, 2016 at ZekeFilm. Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender Shine in a Story of Loss DIRECTOR: DEREK CIANFRANCE/2016 Janus Rock may be a tiny island between two seas, but it holds a most important lighthouse—and a secret. After fighting in World War I, Tom (Michael Fassbender) finds solace in a quiet life as the new …
Published July 25, 2016 at ZekeFilm. Maker of Modern Fairy Tales Dead at 81 “I believe in fairy tales, and I believe other people do, too.” –Garry Marshall When I was 7 (almost 8, thank you very much), I saw The Princess Diaries in one of the front rows of a theatre with my dad. Though he covered …
Published July 11, 2016 at ZekeFilm. “If there’s something strange in your neighborhood…” DIRECTOR: IVAN REITMAN/1984 As a child of the ‘90s, my experience with Ghostbusters has been limited to the Ray Parker Jr. theme song for most of my life. Even though I hadn’t watched that movie with Bill Murray and those other jumpsuited guys, I knew …
Published June 10, 2016 at ZekeFilm. Me Before You Isn’t the Movie It’s Marketing “After the Show” is our spoiler-friendly way of talking about movies at ZekeFilm. In this article, plot twists and hidden details of Me Before You are potentially discussed. DIRECTED BY THEA SHARROCK/2016 Let me tell you something the marketing for Me Before You …
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Published on RoundTrip.blog on March 27, 2017. RoundTrip is a travel blog with a conversational tone dedicated to helping readers discover new places to love and new ways to make travel more enjoyable. If you want to know what you need to pack in a carryon, don’t worry—Pinterest has about 50 bazillion options of what …
Originally published Oct. 28, 2014 on HelloGiggles.com. Within a week, the post received more than 930 likes and 135 shares on Facebook, 45 retweets, and 75 notes on Tumblr . [A round of applause for Amy Poehler! Her much-anticipated memoir, Yes, Please, came out today and it's power-packed with great advice for women. No surprise …
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Published Dec. 25, 2013 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 // Blizzards, reindeer, and snowmen sound like classic elements for a Christmas movie. …
This blog post was published on Reliv International's blog on June 28, 2013. I also contributed to the Pinterest tie-in. Image courtesy of Reliv. When temperatures and prices for gas and food are all skyrocketing, it may seem like summer can’t come without cost to your health and pocketbook. If you’re struggling to find fun …
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