It is that time of the month again, when The Defenders rears its head over at The Trylon. This time my favorite film series in the Twin Cities is hosted by the eternally raspy Keri Noble, who has promised me that she will not be showing a movie starring sparkly vampires. Though I have it …
St Anthony Main will play host to the Nordic Lights Film Festival (I believe this is the second annual, but could be wrong due to the fact that I’m notoriously poor at counting) on the soon to be legendary Screen 3. The film festival highlights contemporary films from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden as …
In a typical Hollywood film, cancer is never funny. It’s not hard to rattle off dozens of films devoted to people having a terminal illness and how awful it is for everyone involved and, of course, the tale inevitably ends in tears. Perhaps the worst offender is the Michael Keaton vehicle My Life, in which …
I’ve been posting a few films with fantastic opening scenes the past couple months (Priest and Caliber 9 for starters) and I figured why not start highlighting the occasional film that really knocks me out with a terrific intro. Sure, some people want credits and to be eased into a film, but me, I just …