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JUST SING Review
Compared to the real-life Pitch Perfect , Just Sing is a new documentary that explores the world of collegiate a cappella. You might think "what is exciting about a cappella?", but once you watch Just Sing , you will understand. Following real-life students at Southern California University, Just Sing watches at the school club, the SoCal VoCal’s practice for the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella. Directors Angelique Molina and Abraham Troen are both alumn
Willow Steele
6 days ago3 min read


MAN ON THE RUN Review
Imagine you are twenty-seven, a global rockstar, producing hit after hit, touring all over the globe, fans love you, and then your world-famous band breaks up. What do you do? This is where Paul McCartney found himself when the Beatles began to fall apart in 1969, as John Lennon left the band. With all that fame and fortune, most would guess McCartney would spend his days after the Beatles’ breakup in some swanky hotel, living the rockstar life. Quite on the contrary, in fact
Willow Steele
Apr 64 min read


MARC BY SOFIA Review
I love a good fashion documentary. The best ones, like Unzipped or Valentino: The Last Emperor , understand that fashion is chaos disguised as elegance. There is drama, deadlines, panic, ego, tears, last minute miracles. The camera catches people sweating as much as it catches them styling. That is the fun of it. So Marc by Sofia arrives with a lot going for it. You have Sofia Coppola behind the camera and Marc Jacobs in front of it. Friends for decades. Creative collaborat
Dan + Julia Reyes
Mar 253 min read


CHAIN REACTIONS Review
Let's get this straight out of the way because it really matters to this review and will come up again as I talk about Chain Reactions : I'm far from the world's biggest fan of the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre . (Now Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 , that's a different story. I kind of love that movie) To be absolutely fair, I've only seen the 1974 horror classic once, and perhaps it was a "wrong time, wrong mindset" kind of thing. Maybe if I watched it again, I'd be far more into
stewworldorder
Nov 8, 20254 min read


Hard Not To Smile When You See MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS
Chances are, if I asked you to name a movie scored by John Williams, you could easily list at least five without hesitation…
Jason Broadwell
Nov 8, 20242 min read


WILL & HARPER are My New Dynamic Duo
*This review contains minor spoilers. Will & Harper is the new Netflix documentary (also in limited theatrical release) that tells the...
Gerald Morris
Oct 1, 20244 min read
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