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Demons, Dead Animals and Rock ‘n’ Roll Royalty at the Nashville Film Festival

Per Matt My second day at the 2019 Nashville Film Festival was a doozy. Not only did I make up for lost time, having missed two-and-a-half days of films, but I had to work from a screening schedule that was… Continue Reading →

Middle-Earth’s Origins are Revealed in Tolkien

Per Matt Bringing a writer’s life to the big screen and making it interesting has been a hit-or-miss proposition for Hollywood throughout the years. What can often be described as an isolated event, taking pen to paper (or more accurately… Continue Reading →

Fighting With My Family

WWE Studios’ newest film, Fighting With My Family, hits theaters on February 22nd, 2019. The film company has never been accused of producing Oscar-worthy content. Yes, there are some gems in its arsenal, but mainly its catalog of films are… Continue Reading →

Ryan Gosling (and Damien Chazelle) Aim for the Moon in First Man

Per Matt First Man is being hyped as a critically acclaimed movie that depicts Neil Armstrong’s fated journey in becoming the first man to walk on the moon, but it’s really just a complicated tale about a man who overcomes… Continue Reading →

My Friend Dahmer: A Character Study in Sociopathy

I was thrilled when I found out that the graphic novel, My Friend Dahmer, was going to be made into a film. I’m slightly obsessed with serial killers. In fact, as an actress, I’ve even played a serial killer no less than… Continue Reading →

Goodbye Christopher Robin Introduces A.A. Milne to a New Audience

Per Matt Growing up, I loved watching the Muppets and reading Winnie the Pooh stories. Throughout the years, popularity has waned for both of these once-proud properties and Walt Disney eventually purchased the rights to Tigger and company, even though the… Continue Reading →

The Arrestingly Entertaining Tale of Barry Seal: American Made

Thank goodness the Tom Cruise-fronted, Doug Liman-directed smuggler story, American Made, wasn’t called Mena.

Hidden Figures Uncovers NASA’s Behind-the-Scenes Brilliance

Per Matt When it comes to underdog movies, I’m a huge fan. I absolutely love them. There’s something about a group of characters overcoming huge odds and finding success by the film’s conclusion that always interests me. But when you… Continue Reading →

Steve Jobs: An Icon Gets the Film He Deserves

As a lifelong admirer of the mastermind of the Macintosh and architect of the Apple legacy, I suppose it’s fitting that my first piece here on ZiMB would be a review of the Danny Boyle biopic about one of my lifelong heroes: Steve… Continue Reading →

Straight Outta Compton

Per Matt As a child of the ’80s, I grew up with old-school rap. It was unlike anything I had ever heard before. I quickly became a fan of many different artists, but one of the first groups I started… Continue Reading →

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