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Friday Night Lights: 20th Anniversary

John Stark

Friday Night Lights: 20th Anniversary- Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose Quick Take: Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose. It started first with a book, which was then adapted into a film by Peter Berg, which later became the acclaimed TV series. They are now looking at reviving the series, proving how the story of these players, and their never give up attitude has resonated all these years. Here, Billy Bob Thornton is joined by future series lead Connie Britton, as well as up and coming talent like jay Hernandez, Derek Luke, and Lucas Black, as well as Tim McGraw. … Continue reading Friday Night Lights: 20th Anniversary

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Best Of 2016: Directing Awards

John Stark

For me, when I pick my directors, I think of many different factors. Was the film made better because the director was attached to it? Does the director have a unique voice and/or perspective? How well shot and edited was the film? Did it have a lot of pacing issues? Was the work original and groundbreaking, or just more of the same. Could literally anyone have replicated their work? These are the 10 directors I felt did the best directing job of 2016, plus five more for “Breakthrough In Directing”, which means they either had directed their first feature, or nearly their first.
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