2024 Pan and Slam Movie Awards
Best Picture: Civil War Heretic I Saw the TV Glow Juror #2 Nosferatu* Best Director: Clint Eastwood-Juror #2 Robert Eggers-Nosferatu Jesse Eisenberg-A Real Pain Alex Garland-Civil War* Julia Von […]
The Best and Worst of 2024
by Jason F. Koenigsberg If the movies of 2024 were to be described in one word, it would be “whimper”. 2023 was a huge step forward in film returning to […]
The Best San Francisco Movies of All Time
By Jason F. Koenigsberg San Francisco, The City by the Bay is home to some of the greatest movies of all time. Smaller in comparison to New York, Chicago, and […]
Cinemotif: The Evolution (and End) of Action Heroes
The latest episode of Cinemotif Jason Koenigsberg and Patrick Allocca discuss the evolution of the action hero throughout the history of motion pictures. https://anchor.fm/cinemotif/episodes/The-Evolution-and-End-of-the-Action-Hero-eud0t3
‘Richard Jewell’ Condemns the Media and is Inexplicably Clint Eastwood’s Best Film in a Long Time
Movie Review: Richard Jewell Click play above to hear the review. R | 2h 9min Director: Clint Eastwood Writers: Marie Brenner (magazine article), Billy Ray (screenplay) Stars: Paul Walter Hauser, […]
Eastwood’s ‘The Mule’ is Just a Morality Play About How Crime Doesn’t Pay
Movie Review: The Mule R | 1h 56min Director: Clint Eastwood Stars: Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Taissa Farmiga by Jason F. Koenigsberg If you are looking for a return to form from Clint Eastwood in the first […]
Bradley Cooper tries to be Clint Eastwood and Lady Gaga tries to be Cher in the Latest Remake of ‘A Star is Born’
Movie Review: A Star is Born R | 2h 15min Director: Bradley Cooper Stars: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott by Jason Koenigsberg What was once in pre-production for many years […]
‘The 15:17 to Paris’ is one of Clint Eastwood’s Strangest and Worst Movies
Movie Review: The 15:17 to Paris PG-13 | 1h 34min Director: Clint Eastwood Stars: Alek Skarlatos, Anthony Sadler, Spencer Stone by Jason Koenigsberg In one of the strangest moves of an illustrious and […]
Forgotten Milestone Movies
Landmark Movies from Prolific Directors that Nobody Talks About by Jason Koenigsberg We can all list a directors greatest films. I am sure we can all name the ones from […]
Oscars Rewind: Ten Years ago the Oscar went to…
A Look Back at the Academy Awards 10 Years ago by Jason Koenigsberg Recently Pan and Slam took a look at the 69th Academy Awards, how the nominated and winning films have aged, […]
Cry Me a River, Tom Hanks Does Not Want to be a Hero in Clint Eastwood’s ‘Sully’
Movie Review: Sully PG-13 | 1h 35min Director: Clint Eastwood Stars: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney by Jason Koenigsberg “Waaah, waaaah, waaah! I don’t want to be a hero! Waaaaah!” […]
He’s Clint Eastwood! He’s a Study in Duality!
by Jason Koenigsberg Years ago in college my friend Joe and I were discussing Clint Eastwood and his filmography. The friendly discussion soon turned into a debate because Joe was […]
Eastwood’s ‘American Sniper’ is a Pro-War Celebration of Redneck Culture
Movie Review: American Sniper by Jason Koenigsberg Director: Clint Eastwood Stars: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner When I first saw the trailer for Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper a few months ago, […]
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