MOVIE REVIEW: Heads or Tails?

At the 57-minute mark in Heads or Tails?, Reilly’s transported icon speaks the promise again to say, “Mark my words, boy, this is going to be quite the story.” At that point, with only 50 minutes to go of running time, there’s a good chance that, outside of the charismatic involvement of Reilly, you haven’t felt or fallen for the ensured charm of the film.

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MOVIE REVIEW: Watching Mr. Pearson

Their competing attitudes of care are warranted, but take away from the cinematic possibilities of the surreal and existential, like that aforementioned billiards scene. Through all the external squabbling around him, the impressive lead performance of Hugo Armstrong shines. Sam Bullington rightfully steals his share of the spotlight, but the gravitational weight of Watching Mr. Pearson always moves through Armstrong.

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MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the Spoiler Room Podcast Talking "Sommersby"

In collaborating so long with Ian Simmons of the Kicking the Seat podcast and YouTube channel I’ve been lucky enough to meet more great minds and creative souls. Mark Krawczyk of Special Mark Productions is one of them. Recently, I was able to join his Spoiler Room podcast and YouTube live show for an episode talking about 1993’s Richard Gere/Jodie Foster romance Sommersby, as part of Mark’s “Reconstruction Junction” monthly theme.

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MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the Spoiler Room Podcast Talking "WALL-E"

In collaborating so long with Ian Simmons of the Kicking the Seat podcast and YouTube channel I’ve been lucky enough to meet more great minds and creative souls. Mark Krawczyk of Special Mark Productions is one of them. Recently, I was able to join his Spoiler Room podcast and YouTube live show for an episode talking about Disney/Pixar’s Wall-E for his “Drawing Spaces” animation theme for the month.

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MEDIA APPEARANCE: Quoted on Insight Trends World "A Love Like This"

It took receiving a Google Alert on my name to see that a few quotes of mine on the recent 2026 forty-something romance A Love Like This were recently cited on the media site Insight Trends World. The piece explains the film’s plotlines, casting, and critical reception (of which I am one of film’s few Rotten Tomatoes submissions).

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MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the "Let's Talk About Flix" podcast chatting about "Deterrence"

Mike Osborn and Curtis Menke of the irreverent and laugh-filled podcast “Let’s Talk About Flix are weekly appointment laughs for me, and pod I support on Patreon. Mike and Curtis have become two full members of the Chicago Indie Critics group that I co-direct. For the third year in a row, I was honored to be asked on as the return guest during their “Patreon Picks” month. For that guest’s choice theme, I brought them 1999’s Deterrence.

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MOVIE REVIEW: A Love Like This

Without that type of dramatic weight that pushes harder than a liar’s loose regret, the most performance range we get out of Emanuelle Chriqui and Hayes MacArthur is a minor shift and transformation towards a balanced plane of apology when disagreements create a verbal blow-up. The pain registers differently between the two as the reservation clock is running out.

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Casino Sweden: How 3 Mars et Avril Motifs Inspired Vegazone Casino

On Vegazone Casino’s homepage, an image immediately comes through that is easy to associate with Mars et Avril: a Martian landscape, futuristic architecture, soft neon light, and a sense of space outside the ordinary environment. The owner of Vegazone casino clearly drew on the same system of imagery that Mars et Avril made central to its world. This is not about literally repeating scenes from the film, but about borrowing its mood.

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