Midnight Special is audacious indie filmmaking
In this era of pre-packaged, comic book dreck and quirky, low-budget comedies masquerading as indie films simply because they were financed ... Continue Reading
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Our Little Sister is heartfelt, fractured family drama
You know you’re watching a truly great family relationship drama, or comedy for the matter, when the characters and situations are so ... Continue Reading
Batman v Superman – Yawn of Justice
With the exception of the Lynda Carter era Wonder Woman, the swinging 60’s Adam West Batman, and the early Christopher Reeve Superman ... Continue Reading
Heartfelt biopic Eddie the Eagle falls short of medal
Sports movies are tricky; go the stately, serious drama route and you get something like Chariots of Fire, Seabiscuit or Remember the Titans... Continue Reading
10 Cloverfield Lane is insanely suspenseful
Whether you loved it or hated it, 1999’s micro-budgeted indie smash The Blair Witch Project revolutionized the way movies are made in ... Continue Reading
Panasonic embracing zero-touch content loading for airlines
What does it take to move 40,000 video files onto airplanes each month? At Panasonic Avionics, packaging up and delivering the content to an... Continue Reading
Sugar makes medicine go down with dark Zootopia
The Good Dinosaur may have won over the kinder crowd and Inside Out may have walked away with all the award-season kudos last year, but when... Continue Reading
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies proves too polite
When Quirk Books publisher Jason Rekulak first pitched the idea of injecting a healthy dose of brain-eating gore into one of the most revere... Continue Reading
Maggie Smith breathes fire into The Lady in the Van
After more than sixty years in the business, it’s easier to pick the occupations and/or iconic film roles that Dame Maggie Smith has n... Continue Reading
Mountains May Depart is masterful moviemaking
Born in the aftermath of 1989’s bloody Tiananmen Square protests, when state censorship was at an all-time high, China’s undergr... Continue Reading
Gritty, gory The Hateful Eight is one hell of a ride
When The Hateful Eight was released late last year, critics and film geeks everywhere touted the film as Quentin Tarantino’s first wes... Continue Reading
Press Release: GEE works with Qest on Airconnect Ka band antenna
Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. (GEE) (Nasdaq:ENT), a worldwide leading provider of aircraft connectivity systems, operations solutions and ... Continue Reading
Pack your iPad for first-of-its-kind IFE on Singapore Airlines A350
Five years ago I answered a telephone call where the caller (a market research company) asked if I had an hour to share my thoughts on the f... Continue Reading
AvGeek action in Spectre will leave fans stirred
Over the years James Bond has piloted everything from a Bell Aerosystems rocket belt (Thunderball) to the Space Shuttle (Moonraker), but to ... Continue Reading
Star Wars toy doc Plastic Galaxy disappoints
With the entire Star Wars saga now playing on IFE screens everywhere and interest in all things Skywalker at an all-time high thanks to the ... Continue Reading
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