The running time for the upcoming “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” will be 2 hours and 41 minutes which will make it the 2nd longest Marvel movie so far (“Avengers: Endgame” was 3 hours 1 minute). Plus, […]
saidi’s take – 10/3/2022
Little Bit of Humor…. Feel old yet….. Sean Connery also played Bond in the “unofficial” Bond movie “Never Say Never Again” in 1983. It’s unofficial since it wasn’t produced by EON Films – the producer […]
review – the automat
This documentary is about the rise and fall of the Horn and Hardart “Automat” chain of restaurants. Although they only had locations in Philadelphia and New York City, the were the BIGGEST restaurant chain in the […]
Steve Martin Film Festival
Since the 2nd season of “Only Murders in the Building” is now done and since I’ve read a few stories that say Steve Martin is considering retiring after the TV series is finished, I decided to […]
Movies About The Biz
Since there are a few new movies about the movie industry coming out soon including “Blonde” (a somewhat fictionalized biography of Marylin Monroe), “The Fabelmans” (Steven Spielberg movie partly based on his childhood), “Empire of […]
Saidi’s take – 9/28/2022
The Epix premium cable channel was just renamed “MGM+” which seems kind of odd to me since MGM is now owned by Amazon (shouldn’t they just put the MGM library on Amazon Prime?). Also, the […]
Saidi’s Take 9/26/2022
This past weekend the domestic box office improved 17% over the previous weekend. It was the first time since the end of July that 3 movies made over $10 million at the domestic box office. […]
Review – Bullet Train
First, send 5 assassins – “Ladybug” (Brad Pitt), “Tangerine” (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), “Lemon” (Brian Tyree Henry), “Wolf” (Benito A Martinez Ocasio aka Bad Bunny), and “The Hornet” (Zazie Beetz) – to a high-speed train to retrieve […]
review – the magnificent seven
The Magnificent Seven is a remake of the classic 1960 film of the same name. Based on a 1954 story by Akira Kurosawa, writers Nic Pizzolatto and Richard Wenk provided enough fresh changes, characters and plot […]
review – blair witch
Blair Witch is a scarily fun sequel to the 1999 Blair Witch Project about young James Donahue and several of his friends, Lisa, Peter, and Ashley, who go trekking into Maryland’s Black Hills Forest together. […]
review – lazy eye
Writer / Director Tim Kirkman has rendered a delicate and touching love story in his recent feature film effort, Lazy Eye. While the film has played quite well on the LGBQT film festival circuit, the […]
review – sully
Sully is a dramatic recreation of the 2009 “Miracle on the Hudson,” which found Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger at the command of US Airways Flight 1549, after it struck a flock of geese and began […]
review – the light between oceans
Director Derek M. Cianfrance brings the depth of his directorial prowess into full force with the delicately rendered film, The Light Between Oceans. Adam Arkapaw’s subtle, yet visually stunning cinematography serves as a perfect counter-point to […]
review – don’t breathe
Don’t Breathe is a spine-tingling home invasion genre movie that will have you on the edge of your seat! A box office hit, this film makes great use of the simple sets, laying down a […]
review – war dogs
Todd Phillips directs this action filled comedy romp, which is loosely based on the real life account of a couple of unlikely war-profiteers that bungled their way into supplying munitions to the United States military. […]
review – hell or high water
Director David Mackenzie wastes no time in getting his latest film rolling. Taking the old editor’s adage of “get in late, and get out early” to heart, Hell or High Water stomps right into the […]
review – pete’s dragon
Pete’s Dragon is a delightful remake of the classic 1977 animated musical film about the adventures of a young boy named Pete and a dragon that befriends him after a terrible accident. The film was […]
review – sausage party
Directors Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan take a huge bite out of the Pixar cake and flip the formula right on its head in the wonderfully crude Sausage Party. Written by the four-man team of […]
review – rehearsal
This powerful film from writer / director Jennifer Silver is actually a student effort from the film program at Florida State University. Short, and anything but sweet, this film explodes onto the screen with a […]
review – the paper store
The Paper Store is a delightful indie from the husband and wife filmmaking team of Nicholas and Katharine Clark Gray. Based on a play written by the latter Gray, the duo expertly adapted the work […]
review – me
At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, writers Jefrey Levy and Susan Traylor have created a veritable masterpiece of schizophrenic cinema with their disarmingly titled film Me. Featuring perhaps one of the least reliable narrators to grace […]
review – ice
Australian writer / director Madison Pelzer’s Ice is a near text-book perfect example of visual storytelling. Haunting visuals captivate from the first frame, with DP Matt Wilson’s deft camera work giving a great sense of […]
review – the ideal
This unique and highly stylized film hails from the country of Latvia. The surreal journey opens with a decidedly less than “ideal” aging rock star and a young beauty immeshed in a bizarre relationship, where […]
review – welcome to the last bookstore
This touching short documentary from filmmaker Chad Howitt chronicles, as the title suggests, the Last Bookstore and its self-effacing owner, Josh Spencer. Growing from humble beginnings in 2005, the store has arguably become a center-piece […]
2016 LAFR Award Winners Announced!
Congratulations to the winners of the 2016 LAFR Independent Film Awards. All winning filmmakers should have received an email by now, and if not, please check your spam folder. The complete list of winning films […]
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