Photo courtesy of Ashland Independent Film Festival The 2021 Festival is a “Double Feature” with Online Screenings in April and Live Outdoor Screenings in June Ashland, Oregon — The Ashland Independent Film Festival released the complete schedule for its 20th…
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Laika Studios Celebrates 15 Years
Photo by Tally Broderick Over the past 15 years, Portland-based Laika Studios has produced a few successful animated movies, such as Coraline, which is set in Ashland, and Kubo and the Two Strings. I have an undying love for Laika…
Pixar’s Most Unique Film To Date: A Review of “Soul”
Photo ©Pixar Studios When I sat down to watch Pixar’s most recent film, “Soul”, I was expecting to cry and feel the feels. I wasn’t expecting to question how we define our purpose in life and what it means to…
Don All Your Gay Apparel! A Review of “Happiest Season”
Photo ©TriStar Pictures I like to pride myself in saying that many movies don’t make me cry when really a lot of movies make me cry. Seriously. A few weeks ago, I almost teared up watching “Ratatouille”. And “Happiest Season”,…
The Future of Movies After COVID-19
Photo by Emily Perry Last summer, I worked at a movie theater during one of the hottest premiere times in cinema. I witnessed the opening weekends of It: Chapter Two, Toy Story 4, the “live action” Lion King, even Once Upon a Time in…
Jump into the World of Drama and Romance with “Emma”
Photo ©Focus Features Do you guys remember that hand flex scene in the 2005 version of “Pride and Prejudice”, and the amount of tension that resulted from that nearly twenty-second bit? Well, “Emma”, directed by Autumn de Wilde, might just…
Elves, Magic, Oh My! A Review of Pixar’s “Onward”
Photo ©Disney Be warned, brave traveler, there are spoilers ahead! When I first heard about Pixar’s newest flick, “Onward”, the concept seemed exciting to me. I personally love weird sci-fi and fantasy interpretations, and at first, “Onward” seemed like the…
Instagram Poll – “The Sorcerer’s Stone” vs. “The Prisoner of Azkaban”: The Best Harry Potter Movie
Photo ©Warner Bros. Last week our Instagram poll asked what was the best Harry Potter book. This week we asked about movies. Our final two came down to The Sorcerer’s Stone and The Prisoner of Azkaban. While it was a…
Review: The Wild and Wacky Ride of “Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey”
Photo ©Warner Bros Pictures If you walked into “Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey” hoping for a fun rated-R girl gang team up, you’re going to have to wait until the last third of the movie. If you’re looking to shut…
Pixar Vs. Disney: Students Chooses Pixar
Photo ©Pixar Studios It all started in 1986. Steve Jobs purchased a small computer engineering movie company from George Lucas and made it into Pixar. With the luxury of Steve Jobs owning Apple and Pixar throughout the 80s and the…