Thoughts on the latest horror film from A24, “Talk to Me,” and another entry in 2023’s burgeoning buy-o-pic genre, “The Beanie Bubble.” Continue reading
Author: Michael J. Casey
BARBIE
Storytelling is creativity within limitations. And when your story takes place in a fantasy world—be it with dragons, lightsabers, or toys—there are really only two options in front of you: Remain in the fantasy and make the fantastical realistic, or … Continue reading BARBIE
TALK TO ME
Mia (Sophie Wilde) and Riley (Joe Bird) are driving home without a care in the world when they stumble upon a wounded kangaroo. Probably hit by a truck, the kangaroo lies on the road bleeding and mewling for help. Should … Continue reading TALK TO ME
OPPENHEIMER
Long before Little Boy and Fat Man were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, even before he first glimpsed his creation two weeks earlier at Trinity, J. Robert Oppenheimer was haunted by the bomb. Played by Cillian Murphy and … Continue reading OPPENHEIMER
Barbie vs. Oppenheimer: The showdown of the summer has arrived. Continue reading
ONCE UPON A TIME IN UGANDA
Isaac Nabwana was a bricklayer with movies on his mind. But Uganda didn’t have the resources for Isaac’s dreams. By Isaac’s admission, his neighborhood, Wakaliga, is a ghetto, a small village littered with refuse and an open sewage channel running … Continue reading ONCE UPON A TIME IN UGANDA
Racing the Clock: 2023 Boulder Environmental / Nature / Outdoors Film Festival
Yes, it’s beautiful out there. Probably the Boulder region’s best summer in recent memory: cool temperatures (until recently), lots of rain, and no smoke to speak of. It’s lovely. But not too far east, it’s tornadoes and hail. To the … Continue reading Racing the Clock: 2023 Boulder Environmental / Nature / Outdoors Film Festival
Thoughts about “Scarlet” and “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” Continue reading
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — DEAD RECKONING PART ONE
For 30 years, Ethan Hunt has been living in an augmented reality. Everywhere he turns are deceptions, lies, trickery, false narratives, and people who are not who they say they are. It’s all in a day’s work for Mr. Hunt, … Continue reading MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — DEAD RECKONING PART ONE
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