Cinequest: Jack Of All Trades

Jack Of All Trades is a documentary that will bring a wave of nostalgia to those who collected baseball cards while they were growing up. Aside from that, this film is also about a man’s search for his missing father. Co-directed by Stu Stone and Harv Glazer, the question that Stone decides to explore is “whatever happened to baseball cards.”  It’s a very good question to ask.  Some malls used to have card shows all…

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Cinequest 2018: High and Outside: A Baseball Noir

High and Outside: A Baseball Noir isn’t the run-of-the-mill baseball movie but a gripping drama depicting the relationship between father and son. Directed by Evald Johnson from a script written by Dan O’Dair, the film also serves as the final role for the late character actor Geoffrey Lewis. The son of baseball great Len Harding (Geoffrey Lewis in his final role), Phil Harding (Phil Donlon) is stll trying to make it to the Majors Leagues. …

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Cinequest: Mr. Fish: Cartooning From The Deep End (Slamdance 2018)

Mr. Fish: Cartooning From The Deep End takes a look at the life of a political cartoonist who lives on the edge at a time when it’s so hard to be a political cartoonist. Directed by Pablo Bryant, who also doubles as the documentary’s cinematographer, this film takes a look at a satirical cartoonist known professionally as Mr. Fish, whose work is losing value from a commercial perspective.  It’s not so much the fact that…

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Coco hits 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray/DVD/Digital HD

Pixar’s Oscar-nominated hit, Coco, comes home on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD today with a number of memorable songs.  The animated film was a hit with critics and audiences alike. Unlike the rest of his family, Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez) has long had an interest in music and wants to follow in the footsteps of his hero, Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt).  One thing leads to another and Miguel soon finds himself in the visually…

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Mohawk: A Very Personal Thriller

Taking place over the course of one day during the War of 1812, Mohawk is a thriller that reminds us of the costs of war. Director Ted Geoghegan, who co-wrote the film with Grady Hendrix, takes us back to the Niagara Frontier towards the end of the War of 1812.  For the U.S. history buffs out there, there were indeed battles that were located in the Niagara Frontier during the War of 1812.  Historically speaking, for what…

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Star Wars Rebels: Jedi Night

As Star Wars Rebels came back for the second half of the final season, a long-anticipated moment in the series finally happened.  Whether fans will like that moment or not is a different story. There are spoilers discussed for the events that transpired during last week’s episodes.  If you’ve not watched those episodes, now would be a good time to catch up on what you missed! Kanan Jarrus, voiced by Freddie Prinze Jr., succumbed to…

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Lady and the Tramp: Walt Disney Signature Collection

The 1955 animated classic, Lady and the Tramp, has become only the sixth film to join the Walt Disney Signature Collection. There were only a handful of animated classics to be released by Walt Disney in the 1950s but Lady and the Tramp is, without a doubt, the best love story released by Disney in the 1950s.  First released in June 1955, the film would later be released in 1962, 1972, 1980, and 1986.  Based on Happy…

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Annihilation: A Trippy Ride

Despite the amazing visuals, Annihilation might be a trippy ride but it’s a ride that needs to be experienced for oneself. Given that he was the mind behind Ex Machina, it’s no surprise that Alex Garland was chosen to adapt Annihilation for the big screen.  Despite the fascinating sci-fi ideas behind the first novel in Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach trilogy, the film is not without some controversy. Lena (Natalie Portman) left the Army in order…

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The Chamber: A Deep Sea Horror Thriller

The Chamber is a conventional deep sea horror thriller that offers more than enough thrills in a wild ride. In his feature directorial debut, Ben Parker offers up a thrill ride that can also be categorized as a horror film because there’s no guarantee that that the four people in the submarine will survive the mission.  The B-movie thriller shows a promising future for the filmmaker. Following a brief prologue that sets up the film,…

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The Young Karl Marx

Timed to 170th anniversary of The Communist Manifesto, The Young Karl Marx is a biopic that does justice to the man whose story is being told. Following a brief prologue that sets up the film, Karl Marx (August Diehl) is living in Cologne in April 1843 and writing for the Rheinische Zeitung newspaper.  After the paper published an article that the government was unhappy with, Marx was arrested.  Marx and his wife, Jenny (Vicky Krieps), end…

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