THE RESURRECTION OF JAKE THE SNAKE ROBERTS Professional wrestler. Also a Parselmouth. When it comes to quality vs. quantity, the Portland Film Festival chooses the latter. This year boasts 80 features and 134 shorts—which, on paper, seems like it’d give a bunch of independent, up-and-coming talent an opportunity to shine. But the reality is that […]
Ben Coleman
Hello! I am a freelancer for the paper. I cover movies mostly, but sometimes video games, comic books, and whatever else comes up.
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Quality vs. Quantity at the Portland Film Festival
Sifting Through the Vanity Projects in the Festival’s Fourth Year
In the festival’s fourth year, audiences are still expected to sift through the vanity projects.
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American Ultra Is Jack of All Trades, Spymaster of None
AMERICAN ULTRA For those whose Eisenberg/Stewart needs simply WERE NOT SATED by Adventureland. American Ultra isn’t the kind of movie that’s going to set the world on fire. Most likely, you’ll probably enjoy it when it slinks onto Netflix six months from now. If you actually do make it out to see it in theaters—it’s […]
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American Ultra Is Jack of All Trades, Spymaster of None
You’ll Probably Enjoy It When It’s On Netflix!
There are really only so many household objects you can see people bludgeoned with.
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Best of Enemies and the Art of Throwing Shade
BEST OF ENEMIES Ah! The glory days of American political discourse! Sometimes you’ll be watching a terrible garbage TV show, like maybe the entire show is just a monkey barfing into a diaper, and the person sitting next to you will say something like, “There used to be eloquent discourse on television.” And you’ll be […]
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Best of Enemies and the Art of Throwing Shade
William F. Buckley Jr. vs. Gore Vidal. WHO YA GOT?
William F. Buckley Jr. vs. Gore Vidal. WHO YA GOT?
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Final Fantasy
Portland’s Nina Freeman Makes Video Games Personal
Portland’s Nina Freeman makes video games personal.
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Through Detective
Ian McKellen > Benedict Cumberbatch.
Mr. Holmes: Ian McKellen > Benedict Cumberbatch.
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Aloft Review: A Big Canadian Bummer
ALOFT So, who’s up for a fun night out at the movies? NOT ANYONE IN ALOFT. When I was in college and hoarded pretensions like precious gemstones, I was convinced that the sadder a film was the more important it was for me to see it. I would drag my unsuspecting chums to unrelentingly dour […]
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Falcons and Sadness
Aloft Is a Big Canadian Bummer
Aloft is a big Canadian bummer.
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Talking Videogame Production with Jumpdrive Studios’ Brain Trust
Jumpdrive Studios “I was trained as a computer science major. I took six or seven math classes, including linear algebra and calculus and all sorts of stuff,” Justin Pando tells me over the din of a bustling coffee shop. “I was useful up until like a month ago in that area. What Dominic’s been doing […]
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Jump Start
Building Video Games at Portland’s Jumpdrive Studios
Building video games at Portland’s Jumpdrive Studios.