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Sundance 2020 Mini Reviews Part 1
Kent January 31, 2020 0The world’s biggest independent film festival, housed right here in Utah, has celebrated another year of big successes, disappointments and major purchases from every streaming channel hungry for content. The best part about attending
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Kent January 23, 2020 0Guy Ritchie made his name with gritty British pulp thrillers. In the span of two movies – Lock Stock and Snatch – he created some of the most inventive and exciting criminals in recent
Read More »Bad Boys for Life Review
Kent January 16, 2020 0It’s my belief that Bad Boys is the spiritual inspiration for what the latter Fast and Furious movies have become. These Michael Bay movies set a bombastic precedent for how silly, loud and tongue-in-cheek
Read More »My Favorite Films of 2019
Kent January 13, 2020 0It’s time once again to compile my favorite movies of the year. It’s a list that I’ve spent far too long thinking about and will certainly judge harshly as I look back years from
Read More »Underwater Review
Kent January 9, 2020 0January movies are typically little more than fodder that major studios toss out with little fanfare. Some of these movies are even purposely shelved till January so they can quietly die. The Grudge remake
Read More »My 10 Favorite Movies of the Decade
Kent December 31, 2019 0I started podcasting back in 2009 with a good friend on a little-known show called “Showtime Showdown.” We loved talking about movies and felt that 32 of our closest friends should have to hear
Read More »Cats Review
Kent December 19, 2019 0Adaptation, film concept, studio approval, budget, writing, costuming, casting, filming, post-production, and promotion. These are just a few of the steps that Cats had to go through to be brought to the big screen.
Read More »Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Review
Kent December 18, 2019 0Scene: JJ Abrams walks into Kathleen Kennedy’s office at Disney Studios. Kathleen Kennedy: Welcome back JJ! How is work on the Felicity reboot going? JJ: Great! I just added a mystery box to keep
Read More »Jumanji: The Next Level Review
Kent December 13, 2019 0In 2017, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle became a surprise hit with both critics and audiences. It took the first movie’s concept of board game elements entering our reality and flipped it by bringing
Read More »Frozen 2 Review
Kent November 21, 2019 02013 was a dark time for the world. An earworm was released that plagued the world through the airwaves, toys and TVs. Children and community theater moms everywhere were compelled to belt out this
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