by Matt Freeman | Feb 14, 2015 | Movie Reviews, Uncategorized
Just in time for Valentine’s Day I thought I would take some time to talk to you about one of my favorite movies ever and objectively the most romantic movie ever made: 1942’s Casablanca. For those of you who’ve never seen or even heard of this...
by Matt Freeman | Feb 7, 2015 | Movie Reviews, Uncategorized
With the release of a new Wachowski movie Jupiter Ascending this weekend (look for my review Monday) it felt like a good time to bring up my favorite of their films, 2008’s Speed Racer. Speed Racer is one of the best movies ever. It’s a damn near...
by Matt Freeman | Feb 6, 2015 | Movie Reviews, Uncategorized
Patriotism is a funny thing. I remember when I was a kid (couldn’t have been more than 10 years old), I asked my dad why it seemed like nobody in this country seemed patriotic anymore. This was, of course, before September 11th. I loved history as a kid,...
by Matt Freeman | Jan 22, 2015 | Movie Reviews, Uncategorized
Michael Mann (Collateral, Heat) likes to make a very specific type of movie. They usually feature a male protagonist who is a relative expert in a certain field, but alienated somehow from the world around him. He’s thrust into conflict either by chance or...
by Matt Freeman | Jan 19, 2015 | Movie Reviews, Uncategorized
I’m a member of the Dallas Film Society (if you live in Dallas, join!) and membership occasionally allows me to get sneak preview screeners of films that haven’t come out yet. It makes me feel all special because I get to see movies before all you normies....
by Matt Freeman | Jan 18, 2015 | Movie Reviews, Uncategorized
Some movies are magic. I don’t mean in the technical sense. Technically, all movies are just a complicated magic trick; an illusion. The projector is fooling your brain into thinking still shots shown at 24 frames per second are one continuous moving image. No,...
