Sunday was Day 2 at SXSW for my students and me. Check out my post about Saturday to see how I spent…
SXSW 2015 Review #1: Saturday, March 14
I am back in Austin, Texas, for another SXSW! I came here in 2014 to check it out for myself,…
Fourth Episode of “Reel Talk” Now Available
The fourth episode of Reel Talk with Christopher Llewellyn Reed, on HCC-TV, is now available. My guest this time was Michael Giuliano, Associate Professor of Film/Interdisciplinary…
Cycle of Violence: Liam Neeson Is on a (Slow) Tear Again in “Run All Night”
Run All Night (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2015) When will Liam Neeson stop running? Since Taken, in 2008, he’s made a series of movies…
“Cinderella” Is Kind (of Lovely) but with Little Courage
Cinderella (Kenneth Branagh, 2015) “Have courage and be kind,” says the dying mother of young Ella (pre-cinders) to her daughter. One…
In Terrific “Red Army,” Hockey as Metaphor for Empire’s Rise and Fall (and Rise Again?)
[NOTE: I reviewed this film on air, and you can listen to that review on the show’s podcast, starting at…
Midday’s Memorable Movie Monologues
[NOTE: Missed the show? Be sure to listen to the podcast!] Do you have a favorite movie monologue? You know, that…
Battling Goliath in Powerful “Leviathan”
Leviathan (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2014) The landscape is beautiful, but cold. Sky, earth and water converge in a steel-like mix of…
If I Were King of the Oscars …
Let’s leave aside, for the moment, who or what will actually win an Oscar on Sunday night when the ceremony…
Not Just Another Inspirational Sports Movie: Kevin Costner Rises Again in “McFarland, USA”
McFarland, USA (Niki Caro, 2015) While the inspirational coach film is hardly the most recurrent of genres, it has nevertheless…
