by Michelle Keenan Happy New Year, Dear Readers! Award season is upon us and that’s great news for movie lovers. We’ve spent the last month in movie overload, cramming as…
Your Holiday Season Movie Previews
We’re Making a List and Checking it Twice By the time this issue hits the free paper news stands, The Hunger Games Catching Fire will be burning up the box…
Monthly Reel for November 2013
The Monthly Reel by Michelle Keenan The films I reviewed this month all shared a common denominator; people placed in dire and near hopeless situations. All is lost for Robert…
Hammer Films Revisited
The Three Lost 1970’s Titles by Chip Kaufmann Two years ago in a previous edition of Reel Takes, I wrote an article on England’s legendary Hammer Films to celebrate the…
Monthly Reel for October 2013
by Michelle Keenan October already?!? I confess I am stymied and mystified by the rapid passage of time of late. With the pace most of us are keeping these days,…
Monthly Reel for September 2013
The Monthly Reel by Michelle Keenan Whether renting a DVD or looking for new titles at the theatre, there’s plenty from which to choose this month. At the theatre you’ll…
The Lone Ranger at 80
by Chip Kaufmann It has been 80 years since The Lone Ranger made his debut on radio. 55 years since Clayton Moore & Jay Silverheels last rode off into the…
DramaRama: Sing-a-long Movie Night
Asheville Community Theatre will hold their annual fundraiser, DramaRama, an entire week of unique, affordable, fun events that benefit the downtown theatre. Seven events will take place from Sunday, July 7…
The 48 Hour Film Project
by Bruce Sales Hundreds of Asheville Residents Race to Complete Films in Just One Weekend: June 21-23 In 2001, the 48 Hour Film Project started as a local film challenge…