A Look Inside: The Queen’s Gambit WARNING: Contains Spoilers! In October of last year Netflix released The Queen’s Gambit and just after four weeks it had become Netflix’s most-watched scripted miniseries. The series dramatizes the unprecedented rise of (fictional) chess prodigy Elizabeth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) through the grandmaster ranks of chess champions in the 1950sContinue reading “The Fine Line Between Addiction & Obsession”
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What’s Coming in 2021?
TV Series & Films Set to Release this Year With 2020 officially behind us – I’d like to take a look at the upcoming 12 months and what I am most excited about for the upcoming year. A lot of films on the list will be ones that were scheduled to be released last yearContinue reading “What’s Coming in 2021?”
2020 in Review
The Highlights – A Year of Film & TV Well, I could say 2020 has been a wild year but I genuinely feel that would be an understatement. Since March our worlds have drastically changed and for me in particular I have been working from home since then and have more time on my handsContinue reading “2020 in Review”
An Appreciation of the Past
A Look Inside: Titanic On December 19, 1997 one of the greatest films of all time was released and it was Titanic (James Cameron). While I know many people might not agree with my opinion of it being one of the greatest films of all time, today I wanted to showcase just how special andContinue reading “An Appreciation of the Past”
The Dark Age of Hollywood Cinema
Genre Analysis: Film Noir During Hollywood’s transition years of the 1940s and 1950s, two genres developed on the basic mythologies of American life. The first was the western which reflected the open frontier and helped mythologize American history. The second was the hardboiled crime film which reflected the dense modern city and emphasized crime inContinue reading “The Dark Age of Hollywood Cinema”
Director Analysis: Woody Allen
A Look Inside the Films of Woody Allen Today, I want to celebrate one of my favorite writers/directors, Woody Allen. I have always been a fan of Allen since my early days in college – I watched Annie Hall (1977) on VHS and fell in love with his stylistic innovations/witty dialogue and simplistic directing. IContinue reading “Director Analysis: Woody Allen”
Vampire Cinema
A Look Inside: Interview with the Vampire Throughout history there have been a number of books, movies and TV series dedicated to the luxurious yet grotesque lives of vampires. In 1994 there was a film released that brought the sub-genre of vampire cinema back into the world of film and it was Interview with theContinue reading “Vampire Cinema”
An Ordinary Summer of Growing Pains
A Look Inside: Adventureland If you haven’t seen Adventureland the 2009 comedy-drama film written and directed by Greg Mottola, I recommend you stop what you’re doing now and watch it. Back in 2010 when I first discovered the film I expected good things from Adventureland, solely based on the cast because I had just seen Zombieland (Ruben Fleischer, 2009)Continue reading “An Ordinary Summer of Growing Pains”
Top 10 Underrated TV Series
TV Series That are Highly Underrated According to The Fade Out Since March of this year I’ve been working from home, which has been great because it means I have more time at home and not dealing with traffic and a rough commute every weekday. More time means getting time to work on my hobbiesContinue reading “Top 10 Underrated TV Series”
A Story of Purpose and Overcoming Loneliness
A Look Inside: Her Spike Jonze’s film Her came out in 2013 and for some unknown reason it took me 7 years to finally watch it but I am so glad I did because there are so many wonderful and beautiful things about this film. In my last analysis on Ex-Machina (Alex Garland, 2014), IContinue reading “A Story of Purpose and Overcoming Loneliness”
The Fade Out: A Movie Blog 