An Epic for Its Time by Andrew Collins It’s a pity that the term “epic” has suffered so much overuse and degradation of late, because Lawrence of Arabia (1962) is one of those films that lives up to the word in all of its fullness. You liked Braveheart, Gladiator, and Lord of the Rings? Meet […]
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The Editor’s pick of videos by some awfully talented people. We Are Made to be Awesome Sometimes we just need a pep talk, even here at RedFence. Well, thanks to Kid President, Rainn Wilson (you know, Dwight from The Office), and a timely tweet by Zachary Levi (aka Chuck), we don’t need one anymore. Go […]
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Pulp /’pəlp/ n. 1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass of matter by Andrew Collins After seeing Reservoir Dogs last week and having now attended the one-night theatrical return of Pulp Fiction in honor of 20 years of Quentin Tarantino filmmaking, I see why Tarantino is such a big deal. In Pulp Fiction we find him […]
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Reservoir Dogs and the Tarantino Experience by Andrew Collins Until last Tuesday, I had never seen a Quentin Tarantino film. I knew his movies were typically quite violent — easy enough to infer from the trailers of Inglourious Basterds and the soon-to-be-released Django Unchained — but that was about it. I stereotyped him as someone obsessed […]
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The Best Movie Ever by Andrew Collins It’s impossible to watch a movie like Casablanca, which routinely tops “best-movie-ever” lists, without high expectations. It lives up to the acclaim, of course, but it did it in a way that surprised me: Casablanca is clever. Yes, clever. In this case, it’s the stuff of greatness. Casablanca […]
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Welcome to the Vault by Andrew Collins Like many homeschoolers, I had a pretty sheltered upbringing. I harbor no hard feelings about this. It’s probably a good thing that I wasn’t watching R-rated flicks in middle school and that I never had a video game console until high school. But once I got to college, […]
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After the Show by J. Hamilton I watched To Kill a Mockingbird three times last week — once at a theater. There can be no comparison. My wife had never seen the movie in a theater before. She was amazed. “So many things came clear for the first time,” she said. Thanks to Fathom Events […]
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Of Men and Mockingbirds by J. Hamilton I saw To Kill a Mockingbird at the Waco Theater in Waco, Texas, in January, 1963. Clueless at the time — I hadn’t heard of the book by Harper Lee, and didn’t know a thing about the movie, but I accompanied the boys from Kokernot (my dormitory at […]
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The Editor’s pick of videos by some awfully talented people. Commence Movember Deadpan master and star of a thousand, thousand memes, Nick Offerman (aka Ron Swanson of NBC’s Parks and Recreation) has turned his considerable powers (most notably the ones on his upper lip) to good with this rhapsody for testosterone. It supports Movember, a […]
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Larger Than Larger Than Life by J. Hamilton OK, we’re getting pretty tired of this whole ‘sparkly vampire’ thing. This year RedFence is nominating the OTHER mopey, dark-eyed monster hero with girl problems and a persecution complex. You know, the BIG guy. Lucky for us Turner Classic Movies had the same idea. This Wednesday at […]
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