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Wings of Desire (1987)
“Wings of Desire” is one of those modern foreign classics that every serious movie lover is told they simply must see, and adore. I’d heard about it going as far back as my tenure in the cinema...
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British Film Focus
Every month, I’ll introduce you to some little-known British films and even some from across the Channel in Europe, along with any entertaining pieces of news or perhaps an actor or director profile of...
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Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
With the upcoming Blu-ray release of the latest incarnation of Godzilla, I thought it only fitting to bring “The King of the Monsters” into the Schlock Vault. I could have gone for easy prey by...
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Ida
What if everything you thought you knew about yourself turned out not to be true? That’s the premise of “Ida,” a spare Polish drama set in 1960. Anna (Agata Trzebuchowska) is a prim young woman about...
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The Last of Robin Hood
More than 20 years ago Kevin Kline had a lovely performance in “Chaplin” as an aging movie star playing out his last hand as a wastrel playboy. He was so good as Douglas Fairbanks that when it came...
View ArticleNew movie trailers: The Pyramid, Rosewater, Monsters
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View Article2014 Summer Yappies Nominees
Hello again Yappers! The 2014 Summer movie season has come and gone, and it’s time to start the annual debate! The Summer Yappies are upon us. This year, we defined the summer movie season as beginning...
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Summer Yappies 2014
Joe Shearer, Nick Rogers and Christopher Lloyd reveal and debate the winners of the 2014 Summer Yappies Awards! Here are the nominees: Best Film Captain America: The Winter Soldier Chef Dawn of the...
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Mustang — The First 50 Years
By the time I was old enough to start appreciating cars, the original generation of Ford Mustangs — 1965-73 — were already considered old cars. The restoration craze hadn’t quite taken off yet, so a...
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Words and Pictures
Maybe it’s because of Robin Williams’ recent passing, but “Words and Pictures” reminds me a lot of “Dead Poets Society.” Though instead of featuring one brilliant, kooky and passionate teacher, we get...
View ArticleINDIANAPOLIS!! Win Passes to “No Good Deed”!
Hey there Yappers! Enter here for free passes to see the thriller “No Good Deed,” starring Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson, Wednesday, Sept. 10 at 7:30 pm on Indy’s northeast side! 1) Go to...
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Slooooooowwwww start to September
TW Title (click to view) Weekend Gross Average Total Gross 1 Guardians of the Galaxy $10,160,000 $3,154 $294,567,000 2 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) $6,500,000 $1,986 $174,647,000 3 If I Stay...
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Theirs Is the Glory (1946)
I’ve long been a vocal advocate for “A Bridge Too Far,” one of the last of the big-budget World War II spectacles and, in my mind, one of the most underrated. It didn’t make much of an impact in the...
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Cerina Vincent, “MoniKa”
Actress Cerina Vincent is probably best known for her role as Marcy, the young woman who has a shaving accident in Eli Roth’s “Cabin Fever,” or maybe as Areola in the spoof film “Not Another Teen...
View ArticleINDIANAPOLIS! Win Passes to “The Drop”!
Hey there Yappers! Enter here for free passes to see the thriller “The Drop,” Tues., Sept 9 at 7:00 pm on Indy’s northeast side! 1) Go to www.thefilmyap.com (or The Film Yap’s Facebook page) 2) Share...
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Upcoming Films to Watch Out For
We all love a good flick, and now that it’s apparent that the summer months are well and truly over, it’s the perfect time to cast off the guilt that comes with going to the cinema on a perfectly sunny...
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Fall Film Preview 2014
Spaceships! Sequels! Hobbits! Kiddie cartoons! If that movie lineup sounds familiar, that’s because it looks a lot like the one from fall of last year — or even this past summer. It seems Hollywood...
View ArticleINDIANAPOLIS!! Win Passes to “The Maze Runner”!
Hey there Yappers! Enter here for free passes to see the thriller “The Maze Runner,” Thursday, Sept. 18 on Indy’s northeast side! 1) Go to www.thefilmyap.com (or The Film Yap’s Facebook page) 2) Share...
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Dolphin Tale 2
My experience with “Dolphin Tale 2″ can best be summed up like this: my kids loved the first one. We’ve watched it together on blu ray many times. But I remember very little of it beyond the basic...
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The Drop
“The Drop” is an intriguing, atypical movie. It starts out with a lot of disparate characters and story elements, some of them related, much of it not. Over time they gradually float towards each...
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