by Travis Poppleton | Mar 28, 2017 | Featured, FilmInUtah, FrontPage, Interviews, mainStory, Utah
A few months ago, after recording yet another amazing episode of the KSL Popcorn Report podcast, Faith Heaton Jolley and I started discussing what covering smaller films for KSL.com would look like. We knew if we ever did create something like the KSL Indie report,...
by Travis Poppleton | Mar 17, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews, Utah
There is a movie in the world today titled “My Life as a Zucchini.” Hopefully, that’s news enough to make you kind of smile to yourself on an otherwise ordinary day because, wondering what life would be like as a zucchini should at least be 3-minutes of entertainment....
by Travis Poppleton | Feb 22, 2017 | FrontPage, Utah
THE MOVIE THEATER — The romantic comedy genre isn’t one that generally garners critical acclaim. Sure, you have your exceptions like “Annie Hall,” but even classic favorites like “When Harry Met Sally” failed to break a 90 percent score on the movie rating site...
by Travis Poppleton | Feb 14, 2017 | FrontPage, StateOfMovies, Utah
PROVO — When VidAngel first hit the scene back in 2014, the idea of filtering content out of popular Hollywood movies was hardly an original one. But unlike its movie-altering predecessors, VidAngel had a unique vision. They saw a world where consumers were given the...
by Travis Poppleton | Jan 20, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews, Utah
PARK CITY — I thought I knew exactly what I was getting into when I sat down for “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. I’ve seen the 2006 original, “An Inconvenient Truth” and since that time watched more than my...
by Travis Poppleton | Jan 19, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, Interviews, mainStory, Utah
PARK CITY — As a movie lover in the state of Utah, I can’t think of a better way to start the year off than with the Sundance Film Festival. Not only do we movie geeks get our first look at some of the year’s most promising projects, but for 10 gloriously chilly days...
