24 August
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DC FANDOME DC FanDome was held Saturday, August 22 and was a smorgasbord of goodness for DC Comics fans. It was an immersive 24 hour event giving fans an inside look at their various movies, TV series, and games in development. I wanted to look at a few of their highly anticipated movies and provide a few of the trailers, teases, and images that made the event a huge success. THE BATMAN As you can probably imagine, this was my most highly anticipated panel and teaser. There’s no such thing as Batman overload in my opinion despite another take on this story. What we knowRead More →

10 August
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EVERYBODY IS STILL A SUSPECT: A LOOK BACK AT SCREAM With the news of Scream 5 (or is it 5cream?) officially in the works, it’s the perfect time to go back and pay tribute to the entire franchise from master horror director Wes Craven. When you look at horror franchises, it’s rare to find one where every entry works. Directors, screenwriters, and actors come and go with lame copycat entries or even reboots attempting to recapture the magic of the original film. Scream bucks all of that as we followed a core group of beloved characters through four films as they’re haunted by Ghostface, familyRead More →

08 July
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TALKING “HAMILTON” WITH ROSHINI If anyone comes to me and says, “You want to talk about Hamilton?” The answer I will always give is YES! It’s always a treat to be on “Real Talk with Roshini” on WCCO Radio. Roshini Rajkumar and I always have a blast talking pop culture, entertainment, and more. In my recent segment, I gave my rave 5 Ticket Stubs reviews of Hamilton and Da 5 Bloods, we discuss the lack of a summer movie season, and I recommend HBO’s Watchmen as your next streaming obsession. Click HERE for the July 5th show. My segment starts around the 24 minute marker.Read More →

24 May
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THE ENDLESS STREAMING QUEUES Can you run out of TV to watch? What happens if I reach the bottom of my Netflix queue? These are just some of the questions I’ve been hearing lately as people are spending their quarantine time in front of their favorite streaming service. I answer these questions and offer up suggestions on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, CBS All Access and more as we all sit and mindlessly binge during the pandemic. Here’s the videoRead More →

20 May
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THE DC EXTENDED UNIVERSE (SO FAR…) Warner Bros, HBO Max, and director Zack Snyder announced today that they will release a new cut of the film Justice League. This was brought forth after years of valiant fandom claiming WB should #ReleaseTheSnyderCut. The thought behind this movement stems from the fact that Snyder left Justice League mid-production after the death of his daughter. It was never crystal clear as to how much of the film Snyder had finished before Joss Whedon came on board to do rewrites and finish directing the film. Fans pointed out the final product was tonally not what Snyder had in mindRead More →

23 April
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HELP SUPPORT MOVIE THEATERS There are many small businesses that are hurting right now due to the coronavirus pandemic. With shelter-in-place orders, all movie theaters are shut down for the foreseeable future. Many of these are small little family-owned operations that could use a little extra help right now. I’ve personally done many events at both the Trylon and Emagine Theaters Willow Creek and cannot wait to patron them again. Trylon Cinema2820 E 33rd St.Minneapolis, MN 55406 Punch Cards are available through their website for $30 apiece for five punches. You can pick them up at the box office once they reopen. You can useRead More →

17 April
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LIONSGATE A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES! LIVE Do you want to bring back Friday night the movies? “Lionsgate Live!’ is just for you.  Beginning this Friday, and continuing for four weeks, Lionsgate will team with Fandango and YouTube to stream four movies for free: Friday, April 17 – The Hunger Games Friday, April 24 – Dirty Dancing Friday, May 1 – La La Land Friday, May 8 – John Wick Per the press release, “Lionsgate Live! A Night at the Movies will be hosted by Jamie Lee Curtis. Curtis will share her own movie memories as she is joined by special guest celebrities and YouTubeRead More →

16 April
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TCFF STREAMS Our friends at the Twin Cities Film Fest are bringing their films right to your living room through their new streaming platform. Like many in the film industry and other non-profits, executive director Jatin Setia is finding innovative ways to keep his organization afloat in these times. It’s up in the air right now if they can offer the Twin Cities Film Fest this October given the coronavirus. Per the press release, “TCFF Streams films will be affordably priced at $5.99/play in partnership with our Affordability Sponsor, AARP Minnesota.  All films will be available for viewing, once purchased on the website, for the foreseeableRead More →

30 March
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REAL TALK WITH ROSHINI – MARCH 29, 2020 It is always a joy to be back on “Real Talk with Roshini” on WCCO. Host Roshini Rajkumar and I discuss the obsession over Netflix’s Tiger King, Little Fires Everywhere on Hulu, and what’s going on with network TV in the midst of the coronavirus. Here’s the LINK for the segment! I also want to point out I was also featured in the first season of her podcast “Real Leaders with Roshini” Click HERE to here our discussion about my journey with weight loss and overall wellness. Roshini’s podcast is incredible. She interviews a variety of leaders,Read More →

17 February
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A TALE OF TWO QUEENS Last June, I was joined by My Talk 1071.1’s Bradley Traynor for an LGBTQ film series at the Trylon Cinema in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. We showed The Boys in the Band and The Celluloid Closet which concluded with an insightful Q&A with the audience. The Trylon invited us back to continue this series, and this time we are celebrating drag culture with the documentary The Queen from 1968 and 1994’s The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Sunday’s movies will be followed by a Q&A as well. We would love to have aRead More →