Nikki Amuka-Bird as Patricia and Ken Leung as Jarin in Old. Courtesy of Universal Pictures The varied career of M. Night Shyamalan has been a complicated yet fascinating one. He is a writer-director who can go from the initial highest of highs with films like 1999’s The Sixth Sense, to the lowest of lows with […]
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Two Southeast Portland Indie Movie Theaters Reopen Stronger Post-Pandemic
Nicholas Kuechler and Ryan Frakes are Cinemagic’s new owners. The theater will reopen permanently on July 29. Blair Stenvick 2019 was the best year the Clinton Street Theater had seen since Lani Jo Leigh bought it in 2012. The work Leigh had put into renovating the theater and fine-tuning its film and live theater programming […]
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Don’t Miss the Sexy, Scary, and Stoney Fun of the Mercury‘s SUMMER MOVIE MASHUP!
If you love sex, weed, and having the crap scared out of you, do we have a movie event for you! It’s called the MERCURY‘S SUMMER MOVIE MASHUP—and it’s got all this fun and more! Here’s how it works: We’re combining THREE of our world-famous film festivals into one big, sexy, stoney, scary movie showcase. […]
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Calling All Creatives! Submit Your Brilliant Short Flick to One of Our FOUR Movie Fests!
You: A smart, sexy, endlessly amusing oddball looking for a creative way to make some moolah AND get low-key famous at the same time. Us: A smart, sexy, endlessly amusing media company with FOUR great film fests that are perfect for your short movies about sex, scary stuff, cannabis, or fantastical true stories! That’s right, […]
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In Pig, Nicolas Cage Wanders Portland Searching for His Lost Hog. It’s Glorious.
A still from Pig. courtesy neon The most unexpectedly sublime film of the year, Pig, sees Nicolas Cage reaching new heights of both eccentricity and emotional resonance. A deep look at loss and love, the glorious journey gives the veteran actor a role unlike anything he has done before. In a story split into multiple […]
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Get the Best of All Worlds (Sex, Blood, and Weed) with the MERCURY’S SUMMER MOVIE MASHUP
If you love sex, weed, and having the crap scared out of you, do we have a movie event for you! It’s called the MERCURY‘S SUMMER MOVIE MASHUP—and it’s got all this fun and more! Here’s how it works: We’re combining THREE of our world-famous film festivals into one big, sexy, stoney, scary movie showcase. […]
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Are You a Smart, Fun Oddball Looking for a Money-Making Creative Outlet? Have We Got FOUR Film Fests for You!
You: A smart, sexy, endlessly amusing oddball looking for a creative way to make some moolah AND get low-key famous at the same time. Us: A smart, sexy, endlessly amusing media company with FOUR great film fests that are perfect for your short movies about sex, scary stuff, cannabis, or fantastical true stories! That’s right, […]
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Review: Questlove’s Summer of Soul Doc Is Pure Gold
Sly in Harlem is no longer stuck in the basement… Summer of Soul Some footage is found in a basement. This footage contains a long forgotten event: the Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969. It featured a banging amount of black and brown talent. Nina Simone (the storm), Sly and the Family Stone (the radical racial […]
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Catch the Best of HUMP, SPLIFF, & SLAY with the Mercury‘s SUMMER MOVIE MASHUP!
If you love sex, weed, and having the crap scared out of you, do we have a movie event for you! It’s called the MERCURY‘S SUMMER MOVIE MASHUP—and it’s got all this fun and more! Here’s how it works: We’re combining THREE of our world-famous film festivals into one big, sexy, stoney, scary movie showcase. […]
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Like Sex, Horror, and Weed? Then You’ll Love the Mercury‘s SUMMER MOVIE MASHUP!
If you love sex, weed, and having the crap scared out of you, do we have a movie event for you! It’s called the MERCURY‘S SUMMER MOVIE MASHUP—and it’s got all this fun and more! Here’s how it works: We’re combining THREE of our world-famous film festivals into one big, sexy, stoney, scary movie showcase. […]
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Submit Your Short Documentary to Our New Film Fest, SCOOP!
Calling all filmmakers, journalists, and amateur Nancy Drews! Do you have a great scoop? What about an interesting take? Is it time to scream your singular truth? Are you ready to give the world a reality check? Have you been working on a non-fiction story during the endless hours of quarantine? Well, get it on […]
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Submit Your Short Documentary Film to our New, Fun Festival, SCOOP!
Calling all filmmakers, journalists, and amateur Nancy Drews! Do you have a great scoop? What about an interesting take? Is it time to scream your singular truth? Are you ready to give the world a reality check? Have you been working on a non-fiction story during the endless hours of quarantine? Well, get it on […]