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RICK THUNDER IN…LOOK BACK TOMORROW was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the March 2020 COMEDY Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Jason Harris: Rick Thunder was originally part of a web series concept for an apartment complex where we shot 8 comedy short films to showcase the complex. […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jason Harris (RICK THUNDER IN…LOOK BACK TOMORROW) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

RENOVATION played to rave reviews at the April 2020 LGBT Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Bjarke de Koning: I had an apartment that I was unable to finish renovating and I felt like having a creative outlet and occupy my mind with something meanwhile. The love story is fiction […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Bjarke de Koning (RENOVATION) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

RED THREAD was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the February 2020 Chicago FEEDBACK Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Yijun Pan: Red Thread of Fate is a belief in Asian culture that, according to the ancient myth, the god ties an invisible red cord around the finger of those […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Yijun Pan (RED THREAD) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Drew Robinson: What if you could live forever? Beautiful Surfaces is a science fiction, coming of age television drama. Set in a dystopian future where aging has been eradicated, the series explores how immortality affects societal norms, relationships and the human psyche. Echoing many of the issues that […]… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Drew Robinson (BEAUTIFUL SURFACES) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

Directed by Joel SchumacherScreenplay by Janet Scott Batchler & Lee Batchler and Akiva GoldsmanStory by Janet Scott Batchler & Lee BatchlerRelease Date: 16th June, 1995Rating: PG-13 (U.S), PG (U.K-Cut for Cinema and VHS), 12 (U.K-Uncut for Blu-Ray and DVD) There was a perceived wisdom at the time that Batman Returns had not done the business […]… Continue reading ‘Riddle Me This’: 25 Years of Batman Forever —

Title: Maleficent (2014) Directed by: Robert Stromberg Screenplay by: Linda Woolverton Based on: Disney’s Sleeping Beauty and La Belle au bois dormant written by Charles Perrault Starring: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Lesley Manville, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, Sam Riley, Brenton Thwaites, Ella Purnell, Jackson Bews, Eleanor Worthington-Cox, and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt Music by: James… Continue reading Maleficent (2014) | Film Review — Owland by Brenda

As the newest main cast member of Stranger Things, Maya Hawke showed up in Season 3 and will continue her role as Robin in Season 4. She has a full-length album coming out on June 19, and is working more and more on bigger projects in the film industry. I hopped on a Zoom call […]… Continue reading Interview: Maya Hawke (‘Stranger Things’) talks falafel, her new album, and hula hooping — AwardsWatch

You are about to enter another dimension. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Your next stop: Twilight Zone: The Movie! As part of a series on Film Sentinel, each week we are revisiting a work in the career of Steven Spielberg. This week we are examining a film he produced, and directed in […]… Continue reading Twilight Zone: The Movie Review – Series Spielberg #09 — Film Sentinel

So with Penis & Giuseppe Rolando’s partially lost filmography on my mind lately, I decided to try to seek out some obscure nostalgic media again. Every few years or so I give the internet another sweep, and in the last ~13 years I’ve been able to track down the majority of old Nickelodeon shows I […]… Continue reading Eureeka (From Eureeka’s Castle) is the Cutest Character Ever! — the Carbon Freeze