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Posted in Festival Review Short

FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Oh Baby! (Meghann Artes)

Anyone who is a parent knows that raising a child is quite the DIY project. For some women, conception can be just as challenging, if…

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Posted in Awards Season

Look at these Golden Globe Winners that were not Even Nominated at the Oscars

Welcome to the Golden Globes once again. The awards season party hosted by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. That incorporate musical and comedy into their…

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golden globes musical or comedy
Posted in Awards Season Podcast

Filmotomy Podcast 92: A Look Ahead at the Golden Globes Musical or Comedy Categories

Filmotomy Podcast looks at the early landscape as far as what the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will deem worthy in their Musical or Comedy categories…

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Posted in British Film Review

Light Up My World: Blinded By The Light Review

There are some films that make you want to stand up in the aisles and dance along with the characters on the screen. Gurinder Chadha’s…

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Posted in Review Year in Film

Rewind 1979 In Film: All That Jazz

For a brief time in American cinema, the auteur reigned. No project was too epic in scale, no subject was off-limits, money was readily available…

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Posted in British Film Review

Wild Thing: Wild Rose Review

Jessie Buckley wowed audiences in last year’s chilling thriller Beast. She gave an outstanding performance as a young woman who tries to protect her new…

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Posted in Actress

Actober: Let's not forget the iconic Michelle Pfeiffer in Grease 2

Grease 2 has taken a lot of guff over the years. And sure, some of it is earned (it does feature an entire musical sequence…

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Posted in Review Year in Film

The Enduring Legacy of The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Every filmmaker hopes their piece of work will go on to become a classic. A film which people watch and discuss for decades to come….

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Posted in Director

''I yam what I yam.'' Why Popeye is Altman's forgotten masterpiece

Popeye wasn’t the commercial bomb that many believe. In fact the film grossed $6 million on its opening weekend in the U.S., and made $32,000,000 after 32 days. Although the film’s gross was decent, it was nowhere near the blockbuster that Paramount and Disney had expected, and was thus written off as a flop.

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Posted in Director Review

Marty’s Overambitious Disaster: Why Did New York, New York Flop?

It was a struggle trying to track down a copy of Martin Scorsese’s New York, New York, I couldn’t find it on Amazon Prime, or ITunes…

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Posted in Awards Season

Golden Globes Nominations Have Us Scratching Our Heads

This year’s nominations for the always unpredictable Golden Globes have been released and I must say, it is the snubs that are more noticeable than…

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Posted in Trailer

Trailer: The Sisters Plotz

Cinevest Interactive Inc. the New York based producer’s representative and global sales agency focusing on indie women producers and directors headed by Arthur Schweitzer has…

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Posted in Genre

Genre Blast: Bursting into Song – The Musical

Yes, they can be cloying, unrealistic and just plain tacky, but if they are handled with some inventiveness and originality, musicals can be transporting. No…

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Posted in Listmania

Listmania: Al's Big 5 Soundtracks

With the Academy Awards only 2 weeks from today, I have the music of La La Land still on my mind, and I thought it…

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