Joe’s Mission: Impossible Ranking
I thought that instead of just doing a review of Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation, I’d take the opportunity to offer my opinion for how the five movies in the franchise rate against each other. I’ve...
View ArticleBlack Harvest Film Festival set at the Gene Siskel Film Center
Through September 3, the Gene Siskel Film Center invites Chicago to celebrate the 21st edition of the “Black Harvest Film Festival,” exploring the stories, images, heritage and history of the Black...
View Article3rd Annual Portland Film Festival
Portland Film Festival announced the feature film competition programs, opening and closing screenings, music and midnight sections, tribute presentations, northwest, and special screenings for the...
View ArticleSoul Train: The Hippest Trip in America
The definitive documentary on Chicago native Don Cornelius and his revolutionary television dance show recently screened at the 21st Annual Black Harvest Film Festival. Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in...
View Article3rd Annual Portland Film Festival
World Premiere – United States: Six Angry Women. It’s never actually mentioned when the six women are deciding the merit of the case where a security guard shoots and kills a young man, but we all know...
View ArticleSicario
There’s no film that I’ve seen this year that retains the level of power and tension than Denis Villenueve’s latest, Sicario. Every single aspect of it, from Roger Deakins’ glorious cinematography, to...
View ArticleThe Green Inferno
“I wanted to make a Werner Herzog movie” – Eli Roth, talking about the impetus behind his latest film The Green Inferno. Eli Roth’s long-awaited follow-up to his cult smash Hostel series finally gets a...
View ArticleThe Scorch Trials and A Look at Dystopian Fiction
Realistic and plausible fears of the future of our world have helped usher in a new popularity in dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction. Many are frightened at the idea of another world war, nuclear...
View ArticleXConfessions: A Conversation with Erika Lust at CIFF
Renowned erotic filmmaker Erika Lust will bring her unique female-led adult films to the 51st Chicago International Film Festival on the 21st of October. At 8.30 p.m., the audience will listen to...
View ArticleHollywood Mad About Moss! Exclusive Elisabeth Moss/Truth Interview by Paul...
Elisabeth Moss, looking simply elegant in a Beverly Hills hotel room, may be tired of talking about the 8 season Mad Men which catapulted her to stardom, and garnered her a whopping 6 Emmy nominations,...
View ArticleJaws 19
No one was more skeptical than me going into Jaws 19. It’s difficult for any film series to stay fresh and interesting after 19 installments and the Jaws franchise is absolutely no exception. The...
View Article32nd Annual Chicago International Children’s Film Festival
The 32nd Annual Chicago Children’s International Film Festival is in full gear, with many screening selections still available this week for children and families, alike. The annual festival takes runs...
View ArticleThe Wonders
Life can begin with a sting. Although the barbs of a bee’s stinger often produce pain and a potentially debilitating poison, a toxin within the venom called melitten has been shown to poke holes in the...
View ArticleFools screening at the Big Apple Film Festival
Fools, a film by Benjamin Meyer, will screen at the Big Apple Film Festival, Thursday, November 5th, 8:30 p.m. at the Village East Cinemas. Meyer will be in attendance. Fools, Meyer’s feature...
View ArticleMotley’s Law screening Nov. 16 and 17 at DOC NYC
A documentary that is so revealing, while shedding a light on corrupt legal justice systems across the globe is called Motley’s Law, which just screened as its World Premiere at the 51st Chicago...
View Article23rd Annual African Diaspora International Film Festival in New York
23rd Annual African Diaspora International Film Festival in New York Idris Elba, Anthony Mackie, Geraldine Chaplin, Epatha Merkerson, Jennifer Connelly, Michael Clarke Duncan, Sonia Sanchez, Rusty...
View ArticleStar Wars: The Force Awakens (Full Spoiler Review)
Gargantuan, is the first word that comes to mind when thinking of Star Wars these past few months. Ever since Disney had wrangled the rights from George Lucas, people knew that this next phase of the...
View ArticleCreed
Creed is such a good movie, and the combination of director Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan brings another collaboration from this pair that we witnessed in Fruitvale Station, the story of Oscar...
View ArticleNaz and Maalik
Naz and Maalik is the story of two young men, who are probably just entering their early years in college, who live in Brooklyn, New York, who are just trying to find their way through life. They both...
View ArticleTriple 9
Like a double-edged blade, John Hillcoat’s latest film, Triple 9 manages to cut both ways. On one side, it’s a well crafted, action packed heist film. On the other side, it contains too many convoluted...
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