Cody, Robert, and Nat dive deep into the mind with a look at 1983’s BRAINSTORM. The troubled production of BRAINSTORM, Natalie Wood died during filming, is probably what the film is most famous for today. But, it’s an ambitious film aiming to explore big ideas like our deepest dreams and nightmares, emotions like love, memory, […]
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Nat, Cody, and Robert dive into the long awaited DARK CITY in time for Halloween. Before there was THE MATRIX, 1998’s DARK CITY was a forerunner in which the artificiality of the world was questioned in the form of a chosen one who had his awareness raised by the events around him. In this case
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Nat, Cody, and Robert are joined by Angela Fabbrini to look back at High School and the horror of being a teenaged girl with CARRIE (1976), GINGER SNAPS, and JENNIFER’S BODY. We sure hope your prom was better. First up is 1976’s CARRIE. CARRIE was Stephen King’s debut novel which was a best seller. And
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It comes a time in every film festival where you reach the point where a film just doesn’t work for you. For me, it was THE ‘VOUS despite I presume genuine effort by all involved. Here’s what Milwaukee Film had to say about the film. “In its seventh decade of business, the famed Memphis alleyway
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Some documentaries don’t need an angle, the material is so compelling that getting out of the way of the subject is enough. ENNIO, a film about composer Ennio Morricone, most famous for his film scores, is proof that just presenting a story in a straightforward way is sometimes the best approach. Here’s how Milwaukee Film
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What do you get when you combine a Looney Tunes sensibility, an endless capacity for gags, visual inventiveness on a shoestring budget, a love for silent film, and no concern that a joke may be too juvenile? Something like HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS from the folks who brought LAKE MICHIGAN MONSTER which played like gangbusters to
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