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The Music City Film Critics Deem Dune: Part Two Out of This World!

The spice was strong in the Music City Film Critics’ Association 2025 Film Awards. Sprinkled throughout four awards in total, Dune: Part Two was the big winner for The Music City Film Critics’ Association (MCFCA) this year, which is an… Continue Reading →

The Brutalist is an Engagingly Excessive Epic

Growing up, I always marveled at how my older half-brother, Ed, seemed to live in a completely different world than I did. While I was struggling to understand the basics of geometry, he was sketching intricate designs of buildings. Ed… Continue Reading →

January 4, 2025

Vengeance is Most Fowl for Wallace & Gromit

Wallace & Gromit is a cherished British stop-motion animated franchise brought to life by the talented creator, Nick Park. The franchise debuted in 1989 with the first short film, A Grand Day Out. This delightful movie features the eccentric inventor,… Continue Reading →

January 2, 2025

Family Bonds Pull Vermiglio in Different Directions

Family life in a small Italian village speaks loudly in Vermiglio, which has started to receive a lot of attention during the awards season. Ever since its premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival — where it won the… Continue Reading →

December 16, 2024

Is Gladiator II a Sequel Worthy of Strength and Honor?

More than 24 years ago, Sir Ridley Scott created a remarkable historical epic with his film, Gladiator. Released in 2000, it became the second highest-grossing movie of that year, earning nearly $500 million worldwide, just behind Mission: Impossible II. The… Continue Reading →

November 21, 2024

Evil Does Not Exist… Or Does It?

Japan understands Mother Nature. If you’ve ever watched an anime by Hayao Miyazaki, you’d easily recognize that being one with your environment is something very important within Japanese culture. Taking ownership in not ruining your environment is a topic that… Continue Reading →

May 17, 2024

Fire of Love Burns with Intensity

Per Matt There’s obvious symbolism in play when depicting a romantic relationship alongside volcanos. For one thing, these ruptures of Earth’s crust are some of the most powerful and unpredictable forces of nature on the whole planet. Same with relationships…. Continue Reading →

February 27, 2023

The #HauntLife Film Awards — 2021 Edition

With the Oscars coming up this weekend, I thought it would be fun to write up my choices for each of the award-winning categories. The Music City Film Critics’ Association, of which I am a member, conducted their award nods… Continue Reading →

March 26, 2022

Are the Academy Awards Still Relevant in the 21st Century?

Per Matt This is a topic that has bothered me for years, now. As a life-long cinema aficionado (and sometimes insider, as a member of the Nashville Film Critics’ Association), I have always enjoyed the movie-theater experience. I have enveloped… Continue Reading →

March 25, 2022

The Power of the Dog Attacks Psychological Torture, Trauma

Per Matt Jane Campion’s eighth feature film, The Power of the Dog, takes a bite out of love, grief and jealousy, as the multi-hyphenate filmmaker brings psychological torture to the American wild, wild West in this big-screen adaptation of Thomas… Continue Reading →

January 22, 2022

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