Animated Squirrel Film Fails to Crack Up Viewers
DIRECTED BY PETER LEPENIOTIS/2014
After a prolonged season of amused-with-themselves animated studio films ...
GRAVITY Outweighs SLAVE In Reader-Generated Variant List
ZekeFilm.org readers will recall that this site recently named Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave as our...
Jean Vigo's Masterpiece Drifts Into Cinema Immortality
DIRECTED BY JEAN VIGO/FRENCH/1934
In an effort to fill in gaps in our personal filmographies, I’ve jo...
Rome, in the Eye of the Beholder
DIRECTED BY PAOLO SORRENTINO/ITALIAN/2013
When your city is both eternal and nocturnal, you’re going to be among a lot of v...
The Future is Now?
DIRECTED BY SPIKE JONZE/2013
Hailed as one of the singular best, most important, and most thought provoking films of 2013, Her, the unusu...
Not Exactly a Family Destination
DIRECTED BY JOHN WELLS/2013
If you like attending your own dysfunctional extended family gatherings, you’ll just love payin...
Mark Wahlberg Takes a Beating in Harrowing True-Life Military Tale
DIRECTED BY PETER BERG/2013
Director Peter Berg has his longtime followers whom will alwa...
Just What Do Our Individual Lists Combine to Reveal?
Had enough Best of 2013 lists yet? Good, we didn’t think so!
In finale to ZekeFilm’s big year-end multi...
Relationships with Computers, Oppressors, Places and Ideas
It all comes down to relationships. So much of what compels us toward any given story are the fundam...
"Rocky vs. Raging Bull" Comedy Matches Expectations, and Then Some
DIRECTED BY PETER SEGAL/2013
“No matter how hard you guys work, you won’t be your best.”
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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.
