by Travis Poppleton | Jul 6, 2018 | Featured, FrontPage, Movie News, StateOfMovies
I always found it weird when people would nod off in film class. To me, learning where writers and directors came up with their ideas has always been wildly fascinating, so when I’d see someone dip their head a few minutes after the lights were flipped, I’d want to...
by admin | Jul 5, 2018 | Movie News, Utah
To get right to the point, and to save everyone any additional reading for the day, I left KSL.com because my editor told me I couldn’t report on a movie at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. That is the short and direct answer. If you’d like to keep reading you can....
by admin | Jan 20, 2018 | Featured, FrontPage, JustOneThing, mainStory, Movie News, News, StateOfMovies
SALT LAKE CITY — Do we really live in a world where Disney owns Homer Simpson? Can that be right? And what about the newly enlisted crew of the Orville? Will Disney now decide their fate as well? As it turns out, that’s not even half of the weirdness. Disney’s...
by admin | Dec 9, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Movie News, StateOfMovies
THE MOVIE SET — When you hear someone casually throw out the phrase, “lightning never strikes twice,” said phrase-thrower is almost never talking about a Hollywood director. In truth, many directors have achieved back-to-back hits. You could even say, many directors...
by admin | Nov 8, 2017 | Featured, FilmInUtah, FrontPage, Interviews, mainStory, Movie News, Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — Back in 2014, I was sitting in a press screening for the movie “Need for Speed,” starring “Breaking Bad’s” Aaron Paul. As you may have already heard, the movie was pretty not great, and for most of the film’s 132-minute runtime, I could look around...
by admin | Nov 8, 2017 | Featured, FilmInUtah, FrontPage, mainStory, Movie News, News
THE TV ROOM — Who knew 2017 would be the year horror saved the movie industry? OK, maybe that’s a wee bit hyperbolic, but this year is on track to be crowned the most successful 12-month-periodever for the gruesome genre. While audiences continue to turn their noses...
