Tag: Independent Film Critics of America

  • Revisiting the Bride in Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

    Revisiting the Bride in Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

    A little backstory on my relationship with the Kill Bill series. I used to study Gung-Fu in my younger days. My interest in the martial arts was pretty high. When The Matrix came out, I felt like this was the movie that I had been waiting for my entire life. While watching Jackie Chan, Jet…

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  • Seeing Elvis on Stage again is EPiC

    Seeing Elvis on Stage again is EPiC

    There is a moment during his rehearsal when Elvis Presley goes into singing “Something” by The Beatles. It is interesting to see because many people think the two acts come from different eras. Seeing Elvis sing this song and talk about his respect for the group is great. In Baz Luhrmann’s documentary/concert film EPiC (Elvis…

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  • A Bizarre Love Story is Wuthering Heights

    A Bizarre Love Story is Wuthering Heights

    In a recent interview with Fandango, director Emerald Fennell was asked about the quotation marks on the title of her latest movie, “Wuthering Heights”. She answered, “There’s a version that I remembered reading that isn’t quite real. And there’s a version where I wanted stuff to happen that never happened. And so it is Wuthering…

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  • Stopping AI in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die

    Stopping AI in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die

    Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is a crazy ride to save the future with some fun acting by the cast.

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  • Staying After School with Teacher’s Pet

    Staying After School with Teacher’s Pet

    From the second Teacher’s Pet begins, you know that Luke Barnett’s Mr. Heller is not a good guy. The opening scene attacks you with a startling image and continues to show you images of the horror that has just transpired. If you thought from the title that Teacher’s Pet was going to be a student/teacher…

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  • Being in The Moment with Charli XCX

    Being in The Moment with Charli XCX

    In a recent Q&A after a screening of The Moment, Charli XCX stated that one takeaway she wants people to get is “the creative process, and how you can really sometimes feel like you’re being like, pulled apart in and pulled between two sorts of inner demons within yourself.” As you watch The Moment, you…

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  • Hooking Up with DISC

    Hooking Up with DISC

    Imagine going to a conference, meeting a felloww attendee, hooking up with them, and waking up to an unusual incident. This is the premise of Blake Winston Rice’s latest short: DISC. DISC stars Victoria Ratermanis as Alex, and Jim Cummings as Carey, who play these doomed attendees that have to deal with a situation that…

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  • Building Community with Bricks & Minifigs

    Building Community with Bricks & Minifigs

    Growing up, I remember one of the first LEGO sets I had was a castle set that had a white horse. I remember playing with this set for hours, which led to my parents buying a few more sets. As I grew older, I would buy LEGO sets here and there. There is just something…

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  • Going Back to Yo Gabba GabbaLand

    Going Back to Yo Gabba GabbaLand

    Yo Gabba Gabba has been a part of my life for over 16 years. I originally started watching the show before my daughter was born. I would tell my friends with kids about it, and when my daughter was born, I would sit down with her and watch it. The show became a part of…

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  • Wonder Man Series Review

    Wonder Man Series Review

    This review will be spoiler-free. The character of Wonder Man, AKA Simon Williams, may be one that not many people know about. If you only follow the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you have no clue who he is. If you are a fan of the comics, then you will be familiar with the Simon Williams character. …

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