by Jack Brown | Oct 26, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Cinemadope, Columns, Film, News
There’s been a lot of talk lately about the upcoming reboot to the Ghostbusters franchise. Director Paul Feig’s (Bridesmaids) 2016 release is a female-centered take on the story that stars Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy as a pair of old friends who are thrown...
by Jack Brown | Oct 19, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Cinemadope, Columns, Film
Of all the holiday movie traditions, it might be that of Halloween that has given us in the film world the most joy over the years. Christmas has some winners, of course, but is often bogged down by moralizing, sappiness, or commercialism. Thanksgiving and New Year’s...
by Jack Brown | Oct 13, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Cinemadope, Columns, Film
I’ve lived in the Valley for some 18 years now, which is exactly as long as I lived under my parents’ roof. Everything in between there and here — my two homes, each of which, now, has had its own family life — has been a way station, a stop along a longer road. But...
by Jack Brown | Oct 6, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Cinemadope, Columns, Film, Leisure
We here in the Pioneer Valley love a good festival. Just this year I’ve seen festivals devoted to asparagus, tomatoes, garlic, or one that just throws it all together to celebrate the harvest season. Our small towns have festivals to celebrate their small-towniness,...
by Jack Brown | Sep 29, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Cinemadope, Columns, Film
As much as I love good film — the transformative power of a story well told, the otherworldly experience of settling into the dark as the lights come up on someone else’s dream — there is something to be said for the bad ones out there. To be clear, I’m not talking...
