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I feel like there’s another thirty minutes of movie here that fills in plot holes, but it got cut for brevity’s sake. Or they just didn’t write it, but I’m optimistic and rooting for the creative team. A shame, too, because it’s a solid concept with reasonable execution otherwise. I mean, the world of the movie […]
Variety Magazine has some very expensive egg to wipe off their face after the crap they said about “Sinners” opening weekend box office numbers.
had more thoughts on The Godfather, Part III, and The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone. Like to hear them hear them go. Not safe for work, BTW.
For the fiftieth anniversary of The Godfather, I’m gonna defend what some would call the indefensible: Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Part III, and The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone. Both movies have their flaws, but I’ll argue how those flaws are hidden assets and that the movies have earned […]
The Batman! Now y’all know I’m a big Batman fan. If ya didn’t know, now ya do. Rather than give multiple versions of my thoughts, Imma start a new segment of my Thoughts From the Shed podcast. I’m calling it “My Thoughts!” Let’s start with The Batman!
It’s that time of year again when you empty your pockets to give to the ones you love! So what to get that writer geek cowboy or cowgirl in your life? Writer Mark Wooden is here with a few ideas!
Netflix dropped the opening credits sequence for their live-action Cowboy Bebop. I would have written about it sooner but I’ve been too busy picking my jaw up off the floor. Let’s talk about why.
I had the pleasure and the honor of an interview with a friend of mine, Jason Zuk the Social Psychic on his podcast. We discussed Chadwick Boseman and his legacy as both an actor and a humanitarian. We also discussed the impact of Boseman’s breakout film, Marvel’s Black Panther, and what it meant to the […]
Author Mark Wooden now writes for the website Comic Book Resources in their movie and TV features department. Here are links to his articles.
Director Denis Villeneuve sat down with his “Blade Runner 2049” cinematographer Roger Deakins for the “Team Deakins” podcast. In part two of my coverage, the filmmakers discuss the challenges fo CG work, watching movies on a variety of screens, and I list info on the remaking of “Dune.” Follow the link for part one of […]
