Year: 2024

Anyone who missed the July movie review edition of the Frankiesense & More video podcast can now catch the recorded version on The Good Media Network Facebook page, available by clicking here, or on The Good Media Network YouTube page, available by clicking here. Tune in for some lively movie discussion with yours truly and show host Frankie Picasso! ...

Tune in for the latest Cinema Scribe segment on Bring Me 2 Life Radio, beginning Tuesday July 23, available by clicking here. You can also catch it later on demand on Spreaker, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, Audible, Deezer, Podcast Addict and Jiosaavn ...

Join yours truly and show host Frankie Picasso for looks at seven new films and a few other surprises on the upcoming movie review edition of the Frankiesense & More video podcast, to begin airing Thursday July 18 at 1 pm ET. Since we’ll be on summer vacation next month, we’ve got a full picnic basket of cinematic goodies to hold you over until our return in September. So tune in on Facebook or YouTube for all the summer movie fun! ...

“Touch” (“Snerting”) (2024). Cast:. Egill Ólafsson, Kōki, Pálmi Kormákur, Masahiro Motoki, Yoko Narahashi, Ruth Sheen, Masatoshi Nakamura, Meg Kubota, Tatsuya Tagawa, Charles Nishikawa, Sigurour Ingvarsson, Starkaour Pétursson, Akshay Khanna, Kieran Buckeridge, Benedikt Ellingsen, Maria Ellingsen, Eiji Mihara, Eugene Nomura, Harpa Elísa Ϸórsdóttir (voice). Director: Baltasar Kormákur. Screenplay: Baltasar Kormákur and Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson. Book: Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson, Touch (2022). Web site. Trailer. No matter how well life may treat us, almost everyone undergoes a memorable, fulfilling experience that, unfortunately, doesn’t last as long as we thought (or hoped) it would. These scenarios – usually romantic in nature – leave such profound, enduring impressions on us that we can’t shake them when they end, often abruptly and somewhat unceremoniously. We tend to look back upon them fondly, but we also can’t help but feel saddled with a certain measure of ennui that they didn’t last. They thus invariably form the basis of classic “what might have been” experiences, situations characterized by a mix of both pleasant and sad feelings. We long for them so much that we might be tempted to try and get them back, but such pursuits are nearly always frustrating, fruitless and heartbreaking. But need they always be ...

Reviews of “A Quiet Place: Day One,” “Golden Years” and “Late Bloomers,” along with a podcast preview, are all in the latest Movies with Meaning post on the web site of The Good Media Network, available by clicking here ...

Select movie reviews from my web site are now available on the Movie Reviews page of BringMe2Life.com, available by clicking here. My latest post features a review of the thoughtful English drama, “The Old Oak,” titled “‘The Old Oak’ searches for common ground.” ...