Film Reviews & News by Cameron Meier
It s nearly that time of year again, when the Love Your Shorts Film Festival screens its Summer Rewind program. Held in Sanford, Florida, the Summer Rewind is a single block of films curated from among the best of the main February festival. The screening will be held at 7 p.m. on August 21 at the [ ] The post Time to Rewind your Shorts first appeared on MeierMovies .
Where does The Odyssey rank among Christopher Nolan s films? Check out the list below. 1. Dunkirk (2017) – 5 stars (on 0-5 scale) 2. The Prestige (2006) – 5 stars 3. Inception (2010) – 4 ¾ stars 4. Interstellar (2014) – 4 ½ stars 5. The Odyssey (2026) – 4 ½ stars 6. Memento (2001) [ ] The post Where does ‘The Odyssey’ rank? first appeared on MeierMovies .
After 42 years, I finally watched Against All Odds (2 stars on 0-5 scale), the romantic neo-noir thriller directed by Taylor Hackford and starring Jeff Bridges, Rachel Ward and James Woods. I recall seeing the VHS box cover hundreds of times at Blockbuster when I was young, but I never rented it. The film is [ ] The post Bad movie, great song first appeared on MeierMovies .
In what might amount to a seismic shift within Hollywood, Martin Scorsese has embraced the use of AI in film storyboarding. Shame on him for valuing speed and cost savings over real human artistry. The industry has been quick to respond, and the response isn t pretty. Visit Variety for the full story. Meanwhile, Bollywood is [ ] The post Shame on Scorsese first appeared on MeierMovies .
The 35th annual Florida Film Festival ended last night with a 75th-anniversary screening of Alfred Hitchcock s Strangers on a Train. It was an eventful, inspiring and exhausting 10 days. Including the advance press screenings, I watched 21 features and nearly 70 shorts, out of the 161 total films shown from April 10 through 19. To [ ] The post Florida Film Festival ’26 wraps first appeared on…
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The world s Big Three film festivals, historically, are Venice (the world s first), Cannes (arguably the best) and Berlin. Florida has its Big Three too: Miami, Florida and Sarasota. And though the latter has taken some hits in the last few years, it s still often included in the top tier. But if you plan to attend [ ] The post The Florida Big Three first appeared on MeierMovies .
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With the war in Iran raging, the Oscar-nominated drama It Was Just an Accident (4 ¼ stars on 0-5 scale) is on my mind again. It s one of the best movies of 2025. The story illustrates the evil Iranian regime of the now-dead ayatollah. Kudos to Iranian writer-director Jafar Panahi, who defied the odds and [ ] The post Rooting for Iranian artistic freedom first appeared on MeierMovies .
I just watched and rated my 5,000th feature film. In case you didn t guess the film from the title of this post, it s The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. From 1953, this daringly odd, live-action musical-fantasy (3 stars on my 0-5 scale) was written and art-directed by Dr. Seuss and co-directed by Roy Rowland and [ ] The post The 5,000 films of Dr. Meier first appeared on MeierMovies .