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Beetlejuice is back
Gillespie Life, Movies
Beetlejuice is back
BY MATT WARD 
September 11, 2024
Cinematic Considerations Bringing characters back from the dead after 36 years requires a real need for new storytelling or an ardent desire from fans to see more of a particular plot or character. Tim Burton’s 1988 family horror comedy classic “Beetlejuice” is a movie with a lot of nostalgia for au...
Portrait of patriotism
Gillespie Life, Movies
Portrait of patriotism
BY MATT WARD 
September 4, 2024
Cinematic Considerations Director Sean McNamara got his start in filmmaking during the 1980s, working as the primary sound engineer for Ronald Reagan’s presidential campaign. His reverence for the 40th president shines through in the latest political biopic, “Reagan,” which debuted in theaters this ...
Thrilling potential:
Gillespie Life, Movies
Thrilling potential:
BY MATT WARD 
August 28, 2024
Cinematic Considerations Awoman and her best friend are whisked away at a moment’s notice by an eccentric billionaire to his private island where they live a lavish lifestyle only to subtly realize that things aren’t exactly what they seem. The subversive premise for Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut ...
Gillespie Life, Movies
Applications for FISD Education Foundation grants due Thursday
August 21, 2024
Applications for the Fredericksburg ISD Education Foundation teaching grants are open now through 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22. Grants are available for c...
The spy who forgot me
Gillespie Life, Movies
The spy who forgot me
BY MATT WARD 
August 21, 2024
Cinematic Considerations A ugust is a notoriously bad time for new releases in cinema. Despite this fact, somehow the most outlandish, egregious idea ...
Softening the blow
Gillespie Life, Movies
Softening the blow
BY MATT WARD 
August 14, 2024
Cinematic Considerations Perspective in filmmaking matters, especially when it comes to adapting literary works onto the big screen and taking another...
Musical manhunt
Gillespie Life, Movies
Musical manhunt
BY MATT WARD 
August 7, 2024
Cinematic Considerations If genre filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan could totally pull off the premise of his latest film, it would be quite the thriller. ...
A more violent Marvel:
Gillespie Life, Movies
A more violent Marvel:
Cinematic Considerations By Matt Ward 
July 31, 2024
Is Marvel Studios back? Not quite. Many prognosticators in Hollywood anticipated that the arrival of Ryan Reynolds’ infamous, foulmouthed Deadpool cha...
Riding the wind
Gillespie Life, Movies
Riding the wind
BY MATT WARD 
July 24, 2024
Cinematic Considerations Decades after Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton rekindled their romance while chasing tornadoes across Oklahoma, Hollywood decided t...
Gillespie Life, Movies
Reunions
July 17, 2024
The Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post publishes announcements, on a space available basis, regarding family reunions scheduled to take place in Gille...
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