Shane Slater

LATEST ARTICLES ( 915 )

• HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT: Chicken Run

  

  For this week's Hit me with your best shot, I was able to relive one of my fondest movie-going experiences with Aardman Animation's "Chicken Run". Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Devdas

  

  With so many new films releasing each year, we cinephiles are bound to have our "blind spots". Well, this week a Bollywood film gave that term a literal... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Fort Tilden

  

  It took a while for "Fort Tilden" to finally hit theaters, but the 2014 SXSW Grand Jury Award winner is finally here, and its upcoming August release couldn’t... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Dhoom

  

  Nothing says "Hollywood" quite like a big budget action movie. From "Fast and the Furious" to "Mission: Impossible", the American film industry is basically... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• COMING SOON: Straight Outta Compton

  If there's one thing I know for sure, it's that there will never be a shortage of biopics. Next month however, there's one that looks like it may bring somethin... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT: Safe

  

  This week's Hit me with your best shot takes us back to the 90s for a special film by Todd Haynes called "Safe". If you haven't seen it, quit reading now and... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Far From the Madding Crowd

  

  In a countryside locale in Victorian era England, a headstrong farm owner named Bathsheba must decide whether to accept a marriage offer from three different... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Five Star

  

  Hot on the heels of the infamous Rodney King riots in 1992, a new subgenre of film emerged in the 1990s. These films came to be known as "hood films", shining... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT: VMA Nominees

  

  For this special episode of Hit me with your best shot, Nathaniel flipped the script on us, assigning this year's MTV VMA nominees for Best Cinematography as... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Ardor

  

  John Maclean already claimed the title "Slow West" for his Michael Fassbender-starrer this summer, but there’s another Western in theaters that fits the bill... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT: Sunset Boulevard

  

  This week on Hit me with your best shot, we looked at none other than "Sunset Boulevard", Billy Wilder's immortal film noir about a forgotten film star. Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• MOVIE OF THE WEEK/OSCAR WATCH: Inside Out

  

  After relinquishing the animation spotlight to Laika and parent company Disney over the last two years, Pixar is back with a vengeance with no less than two... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• INTERVIEW: Abner Benaim

  

  When you look at Abner Benaim's filmography, there's no denying that he is at the forefront of Panama's young film industry. Having developed a number of film... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Panama Canal Stories

  

  If this weekend's release of "Tangerines" proved anything, it's that we live in an interesting time for cinema. Anyone can make a film these days, with equipmen... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Court

  

  The late Roger Ebert is famously quoted as saying “the movies are like a machine that generates empathy.” He believed that cinema possessed an unmatched... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

  

  Hit me with best shot is back with another gorgeous film this week, as we gazed on Ang Lee's lush wuxia epic "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• INTERVIEW: José Luis Montesinos and Lluis Altés

  

  After its award-winning festival run throughout Europe, the new short film "The Runner" is enjoying a second wind after recently playing to appreciative... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Top 10 TV Programs of 2014-2015

  

  We've come to the final post of Film Actually's coverage of the 2014-2015 TV season. By now you will have realized which programs were my favorites based on my... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Top 10 Acting Performances of 2014-2015 TV

  

  As I stated in my introductory post to this special TV week on Film Actually, the times they are a changin'. You don't need to look further than this list of... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• My Emmy Ballot: Drama Series

  

  N.B. These ballots are based on the official submissions and follow the Emmy rules for nominations (i.e. 10 for Programs, 6 for Actors and 5 for Casting). All... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES