8 years ago
All posts by Corey Atad
The Real Reason Behind the 3D Re-Release Trend
The theatrical experience is one-of-a-kind. Try as hard as you can to recreate that experience at home with a big screen and a Blu-Ray player, but it just isn’t the same. That’s why theatrical re-releases are so wonderful. They offer an opportunity to see a fi...
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Netflix Instant Picks 4/5/13—4/11/13
Every week at Movie Mezzanine, we pick some of the best films currently on Netflix Instant in the United States and Canada. Whether they are big releases or hidden gems, these movies make your subscription worth the price. From each library we select one Newly...
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Dispatches from an Opening Night Screening of Spring Breakers
I’d already seen Spring Breakers once, at an early screening with a crowd very receptive to the latest offering from Harmony Korine. Since that first viewing I was eager to get back to a theatre to see it again. The film was stuck in my head for days. The imag...
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Netflix Instant Picks 3/29/13—4/4/13
Every week at Movie Mezzanine, we pick some of the best films currently on Netflix Instant in the United States and Canada. Whether they are big releases or hidden gems, these movies make your subscription worth the price. From each library we select one Newly...
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation is a Tatum-less Bore
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In retrospect, seeing a studio bumper for toy company Hasbro at the beginning of G.I. Joe: Retaliation should have been the first warning. A sequel to a terrible first entry in a series based on a line of action figures is not exactly a stamp guaranteeing...
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Netflix Instant Picks 3/22/13—3/28/13
Every week at Movie Mezzanine, we pick some of the best films currently on Netflix Instant in the United States and Canada. Whether they are big releases or hidden gems, these movies make your subscription worth the price. From each library we select one Newly...
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The Epic-ification of the Hollywood Blockbuster
There was once a time when the physical barriers to world-creation on screen dictated a level of narrative justification for an epic scope. Were we to pinpoint the new age of “epic-ification,” we might place it somewhere in the post-Lord of the Rings/Star Wars...
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Netflix Instant Picks 3/15/13—3/21/13
Every week at Movie Mezzanine, we pick some of the best films currently on Netflix Instant in the United States and Canada. Whether they are big releases or hidden gems, these movies make your subscription worth the price. From each library we select one Newly...
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Toronto Top 5 (Week of 03/15/13—03/21/13)
Toronto is a vibrant city for cinema, and as such there’s always lots to see. These weekly posts will cut through the mainstream releases to highlight the Top 5 cinematic events to check out each week.
1. The Face of Another (TIFF Lightbox)
Hiroshi T...
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Netflix Instant Picks 3/8/13—3/14/13
Every week at Movie Mezzanine, we pick some of the best films currently on Netflix Instant in the United States and Canada. Whether they are big releases or hidden gems, these movies make your subscription worth the price. From each library we select one Newly...
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