Irish Teen Musical Tunes Into The 1980s
DIRECTOR: JOHN CARNEY/2016
“Any guy who says he started playing guitar for any other reason than meeting girls is ly...
When You Wish Upon a (Neglected) Star...
An exercise in futility for cinephiles the world over is recalling the first movie you, the obsessive movie fan, ever...
Projection Meets Amplification On A Grandiose Scale
Please note that the following piece is intended only as an informed overview. Rather than grasp for some...
...And Many Will Be Satisfied.
Just as Van Halen is a culturally agreeable step down from Led Zeppelin, so too are their respective songs “Everybody Wants Some...
An Aggregated Final List Of The Best Films We Saw Last Year
2015 proved to be a rip-roaring, crowd-pleasing, intellectually stimulating year for movies.
Yes...
Far From The World's Finest
It’s been a while since Ben Affleck was in a Michael Bay film. This isn’t one, but it will do… While filmmaker Zack Snyd...
Staring Down Our Unseen McQueen Titles
Steve McQueen. For men of a certain age, and plenty of women too, there is no substitute. Revving onto the Hollywood s...
Disney's Surprising And Arresting Buddy Comedy
Expectations in regard to Disney’s latest animated feature, Zootopia, are likely rooted in two things:
1. The...
"I Am A Golden God!", Said No One In This Movie.
More video game than movie, the primary positive takeaway from the new digitally-driven mythology-based Gods o...
Hollywood's Biggest Night, Our Biggest Admissions
As the song goes, “It’s a wonderful night for Oscar! Oscar, Oscar! Who will win?” Here at ZekeFilm, there are...
Jim co-founded ZekeFilm in 2011. He's been writing about films since 2003 for outlets such as ScreenAnarchy. He is the current President of the St. Louis Film Critics Association, and an adjunct instructor of film studies at Webster University. He's also worked as video editor and Art Director for professional film and video productions. He also co-hosted the long-running comedy podcast, The Wonder Show. He is a life-long St. Louisian living with his wife and four children.
