Mini Movie Reviews Archives
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Movie Blog Post: BABY DRIVER
The trick to this movie is the music, it’s really a sound track with a movie instead of a movie with a soundtrack, but I say that admiring the creative concept. Baby always listens to music on his headphones, especially while driving, as a way to both soundtrack his life and drown out the ringing tinnitus in his ears....
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Movie Blog Post: THE HERO
Laura Prepon (That’s 70’s Show and Orange is the New Black) plays Lee Hayden’s love interest. You’d think that would be icky, with the age difference, instead you really get the sense that they’re responding as two people who recognize a bit of themselves in the other...
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CHUCK (The “Real Rocky”)
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Chuck Wepner in Philadelphia for Q&A after Screening of His Biopic CHUCK When Chuck Wepner was introduced to the Philadelphia audience in attendance at PFS’s Prince Theater for the preview screening of CHUCK, the first thing he said was that the only way he agreed to have his real story told was if there were no sugar coating; he wanted it all out there – warts and all. It just so happens that some guys can wear warts like badges of honor, because Chuck, played by “Ray Donovan” lead Liev Schreiber, is the kinda guy you root for, despite his many stupid choices, lost opportunities…
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Food in Film: JEREMIAH TOWER: THE LAST MAGNIFICENT
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor The artwork for the poster is what first drew me to this documentary, as most regular readers know, the “Tine” in Tinsel & Tine stands for the tines of a fork, so when I saw the “Jeremiah Tower” poster of the fork giving the middle tine, like a middle finger, it made me laugh! But when I got to the theater, I saw trailers for the new Richard Gere movie The Dinner and the rare glimpse of Debra Winger in The Lovers, and suddenly I really wanted to see a narrative film, not a doc on a temperamental chef. Surprisingly, I got what I was…
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COLOSSAL
Only he figured out a smarter way to not only make the storyline more interesting than a traditional Kaiju, he also was able to keep the budget low, as we mainly experience the Monster through media - cellphones, Youtube, TV, so you don’t need to see it stomping around with a crazy amount of CGI to make an impact.
