Reel Speak

If 2010 was a cloudy day for films, then the BEST list was the ray of sunshine that came out and stayed out; the back-half of the year was l...

For any person who has felt that aching pang of anxiety before speaking in front of a group of people or has had an issue with stuttering, T...

The Year in Film 2010 can easily be called a cloudy day with random rays of sunshine; the clouds were endless and left us cold, while the ra...

The Coen brothers in the past have been praised and criticized for the same things in the past: films that border upon weird with not much h...

THE FIGHTER is a film that never veers away from what it really is: an underdog sports story. But what keeps things fresh is the tremendous ...

There is an age-old rule in filmmaking that can make or break your film: The higher your concept, the simpler your story must be. If you are...

FACT: A slew of sneak-previews were unleashed upon the internets this week, including official trailers for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 4, THOR...

Darren Aronofsky’s BLACK SWAN is the perfect follow-up to his Oscar-nominated THE WRESTLER from a year ago. Where THE WRESTLER explored the ...

This blogger would like to apologize for being absent for the last few weeks. Life intervened; as it tends to do. Thanks to those who have s...

It is rare occurrence when this blogger attempts to offer an obit piece for the departed. Any attempts to sum up a life in so many words alw...