BEYOND THE MARQUEE

32nd Edition of the Miami International “Mini Film Fest” starts October 16

October 5th, 2014

John Delia

Miami International Film Festival (MiamiFF), a program of Miami Dade College’s MDCulture, has announced the lineup for MIFFecito 2014, the “mini” film festival which provides a mid-season “taste” to next year’s 32nd edition running March 6-15, 2015. Taking place over four days (October 16- 19, 2014), MIFFecito will premiere international films submitted from countries including Bhutan, Cuba, Italy, Mexico, Poland, and Spain. Miami Dade College’s Tower Theater will serve as the exclusive location for all screenings.

Marvel’s GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Coming to Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D and DVD on December 9th!

October 4th, 2014

Beyond the Marquee

From Marvel, the Studio That Brought You “Iron Man,” “Thor,”
“Captain America” and “Marvel’s The Avengers,”
Comes the Year’s Must-Own Blockbuster!

Make some room on your home-video shelf now, because Marvel’s GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY arrives on Digital HD plus Disney Movies Anywhere November 18th and on Blu-ray™ 3D Combo Pack, Blu-ray, DVD and On-Demand December 9th!

Earning over $645 million worldwide comes an unlikely new team from the Marvel cinematic universe that must come together in a desperate battle to decide the fate of the galaxy. The comedic adventure is packed with never-before-seen deleted scenes, gag reel, exclusive look at “Marvel’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron” and more!

We Attempt to Review the Season 4 FROZEN themed Premiere Episode of ABC’s “Once Upon A Time”

October 4th, 2014

Beyond the Marquee

Sisters Lindalee and Autumn ATTEMPT to review the first Episode of Season 4 of ABC’s ONCE UPON A TIME.

With the plot line of FROZEN inter-woven into this season’s storyline, these 2 huge fans of the 2013 Disney Animated Classic, couldn’t resist dressing up and doing a review about Arendale’s sisters and their continuing adventures, now in Storybrooke Maine!

Catch ONCE UPON A TIME, Sunday Nights on ABC (and SPECIAL THANKS to Beyond the Marquee fan; LegoDWFanInc for creating the opening for this segment.)

“The Good Lie” a Shocking view of Inhumanity (Film Review)

October 3rd, 2014

John Delia

A heartwarming and heartbreaking story of humanity in the face of adversity both in their original elements and in America, The Good Lie recalls the sorrow and travesty of the Sudanese children caught up in war. The film stuns with disbelief, but it’s true and opens the doors to a view so bold it rattles the unthinkable with reality. This is not a documentary or a historical movie. It’s a feature film that’s acted brilliantly by actual descendents of the children who were driven out of their homes to camps hundreds of miles away by a warring faction.

MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Episode 2.02: Heavy is the Head (TV review)

October 2nd, 2014

Steven D'Arcangelo

Usually we’re eased into a new Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode with a few scenes of status quo before the quo is overturned by the plot. Or an episode begins with a mini-adventure, similar to an Indy film. This time, neither of those occurs. Instead, the second episode of the second season begins right where last week’s premiere ended. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn’t shake up its story structure much, but when it does the series feels fresh again.

“Gone Girl” a Baffling Crime Thriller (Film Review)

October 2nd, 2014

John Delia

It may be a little long, get pretty dicey and turn your head in disgust, but Gone Girl will win you over in the end. The brilliantly written crime drama has this year’s top performances, creative direction and enough twists to curl a whole head of hair. From its cunning elementary opening the audience slowly gets sucked into this heinous story that’s fed from the realization that you want to dislike it, but can’t take your eyes off the screen.

What If Modern Day Female Hunter; Eva Shockey Had Been in THE HUNGER GAMES?

October 2nd, 2014

Julia Miranda

Eva Shockey is a famous modern female hunter

“I don’t know how else to put this: Make sure they remember you.” As the character Haymitch Abernathy voiced in the 2012 film The Hunger Games, in order for a tribute to have a fighting chance in the dystopian world Panem’s annual life-and-death game of survival, the chosen competitor must make a lasting impression, as heroine Katniss Everdeen of District 12 did in her first appearance in the Hunger Games.

But in comparing Panem to our modern world, who would be our Katniss? How would the Hunger Games have unfolded if “queen of the hunt” Eva Shockey had been a character in the series? Let’s face the fact that most of us would have gone down in the bloodbath at the Cornucopia, and though Katniss Everdeen definitely held her own, if Eva Shockey had been a tribute in the Hunger Games, she would have had four distinct advantages over Katniss (and the rest of us).

Click ahead to read what they are…