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Off the wall, off the mark: ‘Michael’ trades emotional depth for disjointed spectacle
Gillespie Life, Movies
Off the wall, off the mark: ‘Michael’ trades emotional depth for disjointed spectacle
Cinematic Considerations By Matt Ward 
April 29, 2026
With the proliferation of musical biopics, it’s only a matter of time before every major pop icon becomes immortalized on the silver screen. And yet, for the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, the world’s greatest showman doesn’t quite receive the level of spectacle one might expect for the hitmaker behi...
Own goal: ‘Balls Up’ misses mark with outdated, unfunny comedy
Gillespie Life, Movies
Own goal: ‘Balls Up’ misses mark with outdated, unfunny comedy
BY MATT WARD 
April 22, 2026
Cinematic Considerations Not too long ago, Peter Farrelly’s career was at an all-time high when “Green Book,” the film he directed and co-wrote, won the Academy Award for Best Picture. That kind of success typically affords a filmmaker carte blanche to shape the rest of their career however they see...
Cracks beneath the vows:
Gillespie Life, Movies
Cracks beneath the vows:
BY MATT WARD 
April 8, 2026
What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done? It’s a simple question, but one that becomes the foundation of writer-director Kristoffer Borgli’s wedding-set romantic dramedy, “The Drama,” a film that takes the conventions of a traditional love story and twists them into something psychologically complex ...
‘Project Hail Mary’ finds humanity in isolation and ingenuity
Gillespie Life, Movies
‘Project Hail Mary’ finds humanity in isolation and ingenuity
Cinematic Considerations By Matt Ward 
March 25, 2026
It is easy, and often reductive, to say that a film does not work without one key actor or performer doing something specific to make the narrative fu...
‘One Battle After Another’ dominates Oscars
Gillespie Life, Movies
‘One Battle After Another’ dominates Oscars
BY MATT WARD 
March 18, 2026
Cinematic Considerations For many cinephiles, Paul Thomas Anderson — the mind behind “Boogie Nights” and “The Master” as well as his masterpiece oil d...
‘The Bride!’ swings big with twist on Frankenstein
Gillespie Life, Movies
‘The Bride!’ swings big with twist on Frankenstein
BY MATT WARD 
March 11, 2026
Originality in modern filmmaking is often talked about as if it’s disappearing, or worse yet, that a “singular vision” by a filmmaker other than a tra...
Powell shines in dramedy ‘How To Make A Killing’
Gillespie Life, Movies
Powell shines in dramedy ‘How To Make A Killing’
BY MATT WARD 
March 4, 2026
Cinematic Considerations Obsession with money and power has long served as a dramatic through line for filmmakers seeking cinematic conflict and spect...
Director bends ‘Wuthering Heights’ to her will
Gillespie Life, Movies
Director bends ‘Wuthering Heights’ to her will
BY MATT WARD 
February 25, 2026
Cinematic Considerations Like the “Wuthering Heights” protagonist, Catherine Earnshaw, writer/director Emerald Fennell throws caution to the wind with...
‘The Secret Agent’ creates a slow burn that rarely ignites
Gillespie Life, Movies
‘The Secret Agent’ creates a slow burn that rarely ignites
BY MATT WARD 
February 18, 2026
Cinematic Considerations Few recent international Oscar nominees arrive with as much fanfare as “The Secret Agent,” a film that’s a Best Picture conte...
Echoes in the timber:
Gillespie Life, Movies
Echoes in the timber:
Cinematic Considerations By Matt Ward 
February 4, 2026
Based on Denis Johnson’s novella, the movie “Train Dreams” follows the life of Robert Grainier, a solitary logger in the American Northwest whose exis...
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