Highlights from The 17th Annual Phoenix Film Festival 2017 – Part 1
Since 2000, the festival has grown considerably, yet still remains one of the friendliest to independent filmmakers and their audiences.
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Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 31 – Sidewalk, Nightmares and HorrorHaus Film Festivals
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Sidewalk, Nightmares and HorrorHaus Film Festivals
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 30 – Austin, Monmouth & Atlanta Horror Film Festivals
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Austin, Monmouth & Atlanta Horror Film Festivals
The Top 10 Video Games Based on a Movie
Justin Bowler features the best video games of all time based on movies.
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 29 – Cinema at the Edge, Amsterdam International Filmmaker Festival & London Independent and Los Angeles Thriller Film Festivals
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Cinema at the Edge, Amsterdam International Filmmaker Fest & London Independent & LA Thriller Film Festivals
A Skyrim Television Show?
Turn Skyrim into a series!
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 28 – Crested Butte, NEPA Horror and Norwich Film Festivals
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Crested Butte, NEPA Horror and Norwich Film Festivals
The Best Video Games Based on Television Shows
While there seem to be nearly a hundred animated television shows based on video games, it makes one wonder how many decent video games are based on television shows.
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 27.5 – Breckenridge Film Festival Follow-Up
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Breckenridge Film Festival Follow-up.
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 27 – Hell’s Half Mile Film & Music Festival, Idaho Horror and Kansas City Film Festivals
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Hell’s Half Mile Film & Music Festival, Idaho Horror and Kansas City Film Festivals.
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 26 – Sick ‘N’ Wrong, Woods Hole & CayFilm International Film Festivals
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Sick ‘N’ Wrong, Woods Hole & CayFilm International Film Festivals.
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 25 – Overlook, Milledgeville and Provincetown Film Festivals
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Overlook, Milledgeville and Provincetown Film Festivals.
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 24 – Breckenridge Film Festival
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Breckenridge Film Festival.
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 23 – Indie Horror, FAMEUS Int’l & Atlanta Underground Film Festivals
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Indie Horror, FAMEUS Int’l & Atlanta Underground Film Festivals.
20th Century Women – Sound and Vision
“20th Century Women” is one of these perfect films where music presents us with a time period but not in a knock you over the head, drag you down nostalgia road kind of way.
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 22 – Brooklyn Short Film, Buddha Int’l & Sun Valley Film Festivals
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Brooklyn Short Film, Buddha Int’l & Sun Valley Film Festivals.
La La Land – The Defense Rests
“La La Land” is on its way to a rout at tonight’s Academy Awards, and I welcome it.
The Top Ten Films of 2016 – Take Two
TheMovieGuys.net’s Ray Schillaci delivers up an eclectic mix of films in his top ten list for 2016
Oscar Rant 2017
Paul Preston’s annual, exhaustively-researched, category-by-category breakdown of the entire Oscars for 2017
Oscar Week Profile: Denis Villeneuve & Jeff Nichols
Mary Gent compares the rising talents of directors Jeff Nichols (“Loving”) and Denis Villeneuve (“Arrival”) during Oscar week.
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 21 – Festival Reviews REVIEW!
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: A recap of the the best, worst and undecided.
Hollywood’s Backloading Problem
“Awards contender, huh? WELL, this better be good!”. That’s unfortunate pressure.
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 20 – Lake George Film Festival and Lisbon, NY State & Illinois Int’l Film Festivals
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Lake George Film Festival and Lisbon, NY State & Illinois Int’l Film Festivals
Coming Soon – The 60 Yard Line
Fandom is the fuel that supplies the engine of a new independent film, “The 60 Yard Line”.
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 19 – Hoboken Int’l, NYC Downtown & Love Horror Short Film Festivals
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Hoboken Int’l, NYC Downtown & Love Horror Short Film Festivals
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 18 – West Chester, Oaxaca and Crimson Screen Horror Film Fests
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: West Chester, Oaxaca and Crimson Screen Horror Film Fests
“La La” Lands Fourteen Nominations…to my astonishment
Ray Schillaci is the first Movie Guy to chime in on the Academy Award nominations. He…didn’t like “La La Land”…
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 17 – Nashville, Minneapolis/St. Paul Int’l & FirstGlance L.A. Film Festivals
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Nashville, Minneapolis/St. Paul Int’l & FirstGlance L.A. Film Festivals
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 16 – Dances With Films & Southside Film Festival
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Dances With Films & Southside Film Festival
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 15 – Int’l Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema & Maryland Int’l Film Festival
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Int’l Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema & Maryland Int’l Film Festival
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 14 – Big Easy Int’l & Omaha Film Festivals and Pacific Coast Premiere
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Big Easy Int’l & Omaha Film Festivals and Pacific Coast Premiere.
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 13 – Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema & Dallas Int’l Film Festival
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema & Dallas Int’l Film Festival
Enough With the Spending – Hollywood’s Addiction to Squandering Money
Movie Guy Paul Preston looks at some egregious moments of Hollywood overspending from the last year.
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 12 – Chhatrapati Shivaji Int’l, Columbus Int’l Film + Video & Newport Beach Film Fests
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Chhatrapati Shivaji Int’l, Columbus Int’l Film + Video & Newport Beach Film Fests
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 11 – Northeast Film Festival Horror Fest + Depth of Field Int’l, DC & NYC Independent Film Fests
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: NEFF Horror Fest + Depth of Field Int’l, DC & NYC Independent Film Fests
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 10 – Dawson City & San Louis Obispo Int’l Film Festivals + Zed & Short. Sweet. Film Fests
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Dawson City & San Louis Obispo Int’l Film Festivals + Zed & Short. Sweet. Film Fests
The Top Ten Creepy Clown Movies
They might not always be the center of attention, but whenever they show up in a horror show they are nothing to laugh at.
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 9 – The ALL CRAP Edition
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: CISF, Cinemagic London, Atlanta & Liverpool Independent Film Festivals.
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 8 – Julien Dubuque, Int’l Horror & Sci-Fi, Austin Revolution & Media Film Fests & Atlanta Shortsfest
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Julien Dubuque, Int’l Horror & Sci-Fi, Austin Revolution & Media Film Fests & Atlanta Shortsfest
Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 7 – Dam Short, ICE & River Run International Film Festivals
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Dam Short, ICE and Riverrun Film Festivals.