The cold hearts, jealous places, and mental battles of Deep Water slip into near despondency without a resonating grip. When it’s all said and done, the movie is not violent enough for HBO, not sexy enough for old school Cinemax, not polished enough for a major studio release, and not shocking enough for Netflix’s water cooler buzz desire to ensure a subscriber spike. That’s an embarrassing end result of mediocrity.
Read MoreIn other movies of this type, the whizzy sci-fi often becomes the place where all money, effort, and speed was spent, shortchanging any balance of patience to highlight characters or create tangible emotions. Going back to the likes of Real Steel, Date Night, the Night at the Museum series, and Free Guy on his resume, Shawn Levy has established a proven forte at producing shining and human sources of wonder next to the dashing delights. He’s made another crowd-pleasing and heart-filling winner here with The Adam Project.
Read Moreby Lewis Robinson
“Top Gun” is an 80s classic that resonates that helped to solidify Tom Cruise’s standing as an A-List actor, and it resonates strongly with viewers decades later. Here are some reasons that Maverick’s journey is so compelling to viewers, what they can learn from it, and why revisiting this hero study is what movie audiences want to see now.
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Movie nights are great occasions. Whether you invite a few friends over or just have your own private affair, they're the perfect excuse to eat junk food and grab a drink while laughing at terrible jokes. But it doesn't always go so smoothly so here are 5 tips for how to create the perfect movie night.
Read MoreDuring awards season, no one can escape the pop culture buzz around which nominated movies, directors, or actors will bag the Oscar. But do all those movie nominations and reviews have a real impact on the movies people see in theaters or at home? As part of the DISH promise to “tune in to you,” USDISH went and found out. We asked one thousand American adults what they think of movie reviews, nominations, and awards.
Read MoreWe all love movie nights, a great way to unwind and experience awesome entertainment. Watching movies is more fun together which is why these kinds of nights can be so much fun. If you want your movie night to be just perfect, it’s worth doing a little planning. To help you with the organization, these easy tips will help.
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You can have a fantastic microphone, produce incredible Italian voice over recordings and make great music, but if your studio doesn’t have very good soundproofing, you have a problem, or rather, lots of problems. Background noise, bad acoustics and external sound disturbances being just a few of them. If you’re finding issues with sound in your home studio frustrating, the great news is that you can fix the problem on a budget. There’s no need to splash out lots of money on professional proofing either
Read MoreThis week, I was invited for a very different selection show with the Feelin’ Film Podcast compared to our legendary movie drafts. Fellow awards-voting critic member Aaron White floated me the idea to experiment with legacy and memory to re-vote on previous Oscars, starting with the films of 2016 from five years ago. To be a tiebreaker, we are joined by Tomatometer-approved critic Kevin Brackett of the Reel Spoilers Podcast to fight for the likes of Moonlight, La La Land, Fences, Arrival, Hell or High Water, Jackie, A Monster Calls, Your Name. and more.
Read Moreby Lewis Robinson
Based on the 1991 novel by the same name, How To Make An American Quilt (1995) is a movie that touches on the struggle of a young girl to figure out what she wants out of life. The movie starts out as Finn (Winona Ryder) is being proposed to by her boyfriend, Sam. She decides to spend the summer at the ranch of her grandmother and great-aunt while she finishes her thesis in order to do some soul-searching.
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The Sandlot is a 1993 film that follows the misadventures of a group of young baseball players. David Mickey Evans co-wrote and directed the film. The central character is a shy fifth-grader named Scott Smalls.
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For some reason, it doesn’t feel quite right to have a deep red wine when you’re watching a Christmas comedy or a bright, sparkling rosé when you’re watching an epic drama. The vibes are somehow off. To improve your freezing evenings, you need to perfect your wine and movie pairings. Take a look at some of the best wines that go with favorite winter films.
Read Moreby Lewis Robinson
Martin Scorsese’s film The Wolf of Wall Street is a tale of greed and excess in the pursuit of the American dream. Although it’s the most successful film Scorsese directed, it created a surge of controversy upon its release. Critics slammed the movie for its graphic sex, drug use, and carefree attitude on white-collar crime. It’s not for all tastes, and it’s not a movie that you sit down and watch with the entire family. However, the film is lifted above the disturbing material by its talented cast.
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