A t this point, Marvel Studios can do no wrong. Even if they were barely selling any comic books, the filmmaking side of the corporate mega-giant would keep them chugging away for decades to come. It bears repeating that a huge reason why these movies continue to be successful, not only critically, but commercially, is […]
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Nonprofit Champion: Jesse Roberts
Rise Up International spreads its wings in the art of resistance
W ith its mission statement about “building community through music and art,” Rise Up International has been a part of the Central Oregon nonprofit scene since 2005. Rise Up and its volunteers have crossed into documentary filmmaking, providing ukuleles for local youth in schools and an Art Ambassador program with projects in 20 countries. Jesse […]
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Gory Gory, Hallelujah!
“Saw” returns with a bloody bang
Warning: Spoilers ahead. I knew “Jigsaw” was the eighth film in the “Saw” franchise, of which I had only seen the first two. I was also aware of how the series was obsessed with its own continuity by not wasting any of its characters and tying all the films together with a deeply convoluted, impenetrable […]
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Suburban Gothic
George Clooney releases a rare misfire
T he worst part about watching movies for a living isn’t sitting through the bad ones; it’s sitting through the crushing disappointments. For example, that Bond movie where Denise Richards played a rocket scientist was probably going to be stupid no matter what happened. When it turned out to be terrible, you shrugged your shoulders […]
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Bingeworthy: “Stranger Things” Gets Weird
Handcuffs, fisticuffs and the return of the King
A nother week means another look at all the new and upcoming things that I think are downright neato. There’s so much goodness on Netflix that we’re gonna skip the podcasts and DVD releases this week and dive right into what’s bingeworthy. Bingeworthy: Horror films are my drug of choice, and October is my favorite […]
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Disaster Movie
Cloudy with a chance of “Geostorm.”
I t’s not that Gerard Butler is necessarily a bad actor. He’s usually fun to watch as he stabs or shoots his way through bad guys while failing to conceal his molasses-thick Scottish brogue. His movies instantly became more interesting when he backed away from the Katherine Heigl-infused romantic dreck he waterboarded his fans with […]
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31 Days of Halloween: October 3- The Eyes of My Mother (2016)
Hey! I’m watching a horror movie a day for the month of October. I’m gonna try and only watch ones I haven’t seen, but sometimes there just aren’t enough hours in the day. They will at least be ones I think more people should watch that aren’t high on the list of most non-horror movie […]
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31 Days of Halloween: October 2- The Devil’s Candy (2015)
Hey! I’m watching a horror movie a day for the month of October. I’m gonna try and only watch ones I haven’t seen, but sometimes there just aren’t enough hours in the day. They will at least be ones I think more people should watch that aren’t high on the list of most non-horror movie […]
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Run Them Blades Fast
Lost like tears in rain
D o we have time for a quick confession? Here it is: I’ve never been as in love with “Blade Runner” as I wanted to be. Don’t get me wrong, the film is groundbreaking in its design, cinematography and ambiguity, but I never could find a connection to Harrison Ford’s jaded replicant hunter Rick Deckard. […]
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Bingeworthy: October Spookiness
Feminist horror, the gods of America and the profoundly profane
Another week means another look at all the new and upcoming things that I think are downright neato. Yeah, I’m bringing neato back. In Pod We Trust: I f you feel like getting a little bit sociological with your October frights, the podcast, “Bloody Mary,” is an interesting place to start. There’s a false narrative […]
