For decades, movies about gambling and the betting industry have captivated audiences. Why wouldn’t they? These movies are often gritty, interesting, and filled with colorful characters while also offering the audience helpful life lessons. Believe
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CLOSE TO YOU Introduces Audiences to Elliot Page
Unless you’ve been binging Umbrella Academy on Netflix, you likely haven’t seen much of Elliot Page since he came out as a transgender man back in December 2020. He is arguably the most visible Trans
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Get your Neo-Western Fix with LAST COUNTY
Did the Hollywood western truly die or has it simply morphed into something palatably contemporary? The days of stagecoaches, spurs, and Smith & Wessons may be long gone (I personally consider Clint Eastwood’s 1992 masterpiece
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CREATIVE PRODUCING: Just What Does a Producer Do Anyway?
It takes far too long to read doesn’t it? In the time it takes me to plod through the typical novel, I can probably watch at least 5 average-length movies and 10+ episodes of TV.
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FANTASIA: KRYPTIC a Mystery Best Left Unsolved
Sometimes when I review movies for this site, I get the feeling that the dish I’m experiencing wasn’t quite ready to be pulled from the oven. Maybe it was the sub-film school-level graphics (news articles
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MOTHER OF ALL SHOWS Not Quite Ready for Primetime
I have a certain appreciation for movies and TV that opt to tell their stories through unique lenses; filtering the trials and travails of the characters through unorthodox methods of storytelling. Examples include through musical
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