Bingo is a game that has been around for centuries, and its popularity has only grown in recent years. Bingo halls can be found in almost every town and city across the globe, and the game is now played online by millions of people each day. The game can be enjoyed by people of all ages, from all walks of life. It has been featured in many movies over the years and is always portrayed as a fun and thrilling game.
Read MoreThe Hollywood Critics Association, of which yours truly is a member, has just announced the winners of their 5th Annual Midseason Awards. For the first time in its five-year history, one film, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s Everything Everywhere All At Once, took home the top prize in every category the film was nominated in.
Read Moreby Melissa Mauro
We used to think that spending time watching movies or TV shows has an entertaining character and wastes our time that we could spend on more useful activities. However, the use and life lessons we can get from watching movies depend on the genre we select. There are lots of films and TV series that are capable of teaching us many things—starting from language dialects to people psychology.
Read Moreby Melissa Mauro
Watching movies and TV shows is not always about sparing your time. There are lots of films that are capable of providing the audience with useful life lessons, experiences, skills, and knowledge in different areas, one of which is foreign languages. Basically, if you watch any movies in the original language but unknown to your language, it will teach some basic words and phrases. Not to get lost in the tons of different films and TV shows, we prepared for you a compilation of the movies where foreign language learning will be the most efficient. If you have already seen these films but in your native language, then we recommend watching them once again in the original version.
Read MoreIt’s great getting to talk to good friends! This week, I was invited to join fellow film critic and longtime collaborator Aaron White on an FF+ episode of the Feelin’ Film Podcast. This show opens with Aaron’s spot-on review of Thor: Love and Thunder and a disc release review of the 4K Edge of Tomorrow hitting store shelves July 5th. I join Aaron for the third and closing segment. With 2022 halfway over, he and I recapping our favorites from the first half of the year while gazing down the calendar to the upcoming releases we are looking forward to the most from July through December to close 2022.
Read MoreIf, from here on out, the Thor series is going to stay in Taika Waititi’s control, so be it. Let him own it and be all things Thor. Hemsworth’s natural charisma and self-deprecating personality, put on blast in Thor: Love and Thunder (buns and all) more than it’s ever been in that shiny armor, match the zany route Waititi has taken with this character. Going back to the bold spirit of Branagh’s mythic origins seems difficult, if not damn near impossible, where Waititi and company would be better off sticking with the fluffy cheese and not even trying. For better or worse, this is Thor now. Maybe at least, even in sideshow comedy mode, this character will finally have consistency.
Read MoreFifty years ago, the Nostalgia ‘72 show in Rosemont, Illinois changed fan shows for comic lovers. It was the first such convention gathering for the Midwest. Over the years since, it has changed its name and its profile. What was last Wizard World Chicago is now FAN EXPO Chicago and it’s returning to the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center for its biggest show to date. The event runs July 7 to July 10 and tickets are still available.
Read MoreNo matter how tough some stunt training makes Joey King look in this action romp, she looks like the cherubic California kid from The Kissing Booth Netflix movie series trying to play dress-up. Add in a rough script requiring her to deliver lines with one of the worst attempts at a breathy European accent of etiquette this side of Kevin Costner in Robin Hood: The Prince of Thieves . Because King is the lead, compared to those supporting role examples, her failings are enough to sink the whole movie.
Read MoreMarcel the Shell With Shoes On is emphatically wholesome to no end. Revealing so much wonderment in plain domesticity, this movie decorates the micro-ordinary in wildly unique ways worth celebrating. It may not be your children’s shiny new favorite movie for endless replay, but, when absorbed with receptiveness and appreciated for its singularity, Marcel the Shell With Shoe On will become a charming and formative right of passage experience held dear and passed down for generations to come.
Read MoreFor their 70th episode, two comprehensive film critics, activist dads, and summer-working school teachers Will Johnson and Don Shanahan put away the usual delegated and timed movie brawl for a special episode marking the halfway point of 2022. Our guys go down their Letterboxd lists to share their Top 5 best films so far this year. Knowing their tastes, you can imagine their commonalities and differences.
Read MoreReelgood published its Top 10 Titles in Streaming for this week (06/16/23 to 06/22/29). On just its third episode, The Old Man is the reigning champ of the Top 10, nabbing the top spot for a second consecutive week.
Read MorePedigree meets purpose with The Forgiven, the newest film from notable director John Michael McDonagh. Throughout his career, the Englishman has switched back-and-forth with a specialty for embedding foreboding darkness within settings of comedy (The Guard, War on Everyone) and drama (Calvary, Ned Kelly). Contributing his first feature film in five years since the buddy cop comedy War on Everyone, it’s drama’s turn.
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