Robin HolabirdApr 13, 20202 minTiger King roars with murder, Mayhem & MadnessRelying on acceptance that “truth is stranger than fiction”, the number one Netflix show Tiger King gains much of its allure by just bare...
Robin HolabirdApr 13, 20201 minFast and the FurriousCelebrating the spring season with my action video starring backyard bunnies.
Robin HolabirdApr 7, 20201 minMooseadventures in ColoradoHope to make it back for the babies this season! If not, I can armchair travel with my own Around the World in 80 Movies memories of Roc...
Robin HolabirdApr 6, 20202 minShelter at home movie watching starts with Helen in an Oscar nominated roleFOCUS FEATURES KICKS OFF “MOVIE MONDAYS” WITH FREE FACEBOOK LIVESTREAMS OF CLASSIC FOCUS TITLES FOR FANS AT HOME Viewers of the Livestrea...
Robin HolabirdApr 5, 20202 minNetflix Party aids group movie watchingSocial distancing forced me to change one pastime where I screen dvds classes. This new adjustment inspired me to check out a program cal...
Robin HolabirdMar 30, 20202 minContagion catches fireA few weeks before the movie Contagion turned into a streaming phenomenon, I re-watched my DVD of it, spurred by memories of a believable...
Robin HolabirdMar 27, 20200 minVacation in Arizona Armchair travel with movies to the Grand Canyon and Sedona
Robin HolabirdMar 20, 20201 minWhat Desperation in Ely?A stay in Ely led Stephen King to write his Desperation book and teleplay, but my travels there for the city's film festival showed abun...
Robin HolabirdMar 20, 20201 minMemories of LeoFrom Debbie Anderson, personal assistant to Leo Buscaglia, author of the #5 bestselling book of the 1980s, Living, Loving and Learning: "...
Robin HolabirdMar 19, 20202 minEmma* *available now https://twitter.com/FocusFeatures To rework the opening sentence of Pride and Prejudice, “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a woman with the good fortune to ado...
Robin HolabirdMar 9, 20201 minMax von Sydow in northern NevadaScreen legend Max Von Sydow, who died today, earned his status through great work with Ingmar Bergman and a wealth of movies spanning man...
Robin HolabirdMar 6, 20202 minThe Invisible Man*With a current culture reboot, The Invisible Man more accurately qualifies as “The Invisible Man’s Girlfriend” by taking a twist on the H...
Robin HolabirdFeb 27, 20202 minDownhillExpectations get caught in an avalanche and slide away with the so-called comedy Downhill. Instead of the broad, character-driven laughs ...
Robin HolabirdFeb 27, 20202 minCall of the Wild runs free with Harrison FordHarrison Ford fights the need for CGI computer effects with Call of the Wild when he takes off his shirt and shows off muscles popping in...
Robin HolabirdFeb 10, 20201 minTouring Tahoe with Robert ConradOne of my first assignments as the area’s state film commissioner in 1987 involved driving the actor-producer Robert Conrad around the en...
Robin HolabirdFeb 9, 20203 minOscars so RedWhen Academy members chose their lineup of best movies from 2019, they faced another round of “Oscars so White” criticism—but not when it...
Robin HolabirdFeb 6, 20201 minThe real life fighter Kirk DouglasI felt lucky when Kirk Douglas came to Reno for his 1999 feature Diamonds where he played a former boxer who left a treasure here in town...
Robin HolabirdJan 22, 20201 minOscar thoughts (Part 1)With the the two big Oscar Best Picture predictors coming out from the producers and screen actors guilds, I'm thrilled to see SAG push P...
Robin HolabirdJan 14, 20202 minLike a BossReview 2020 Like a Boss January 17 Like a Boss gets dinged badly in review aggregate sites like Rotten Tomatoes because it falls in that ...