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Actor Val Kilmer has passed away at 65.   Born Val Edward Kilmer in Los Angeles in 1959, Kilmer’s acting career got off to a hot start when ...

The cinematic month of April tends to serve as a gateway to the beloved Summer Movie Season. This year April is a bit packed with some big I...

Everyone has to start somewhere. Moses was found in a basket. Shakespeare had to learn his ABC’s. Tom Brady played with a Nerf football. The...

  “The hills are alive…”   This month marks the 60th anniversary of THE SOUND OF MUSIC.    Directed by Robert Wise and often considered to b...

Awards Season is over, and we have moved out of Movie Siberia. The month of March can usually serve as a warmup to the fun Summer months, an...

  The year in film 2024 was put to rest last night with the 97 th Academy Awards. ANORA was the big winner with five wins, including Best P...

  Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman has passed away at 95.  Born Eugene Allen Hackman in California in 1940, Hackman had an interest in actin...

The 97 th  Academy Awards are this weekend, honoring the best achievements in cinema for the year that was 2024. Unlike last year where ther...

This week marks Reel Speak’s 15th anniversary.    The year was 2010. There was no streaming, there was only the big screen. THE KING’S SPEEC...

Twenty-five years ago at about this time, the cinematic year of 2000 was just getting warmed up. Looking back, it could be considered the fi...