Frank Ochieng has been an online movie reviewer for various movie outlets throughout the years before coming on board at CMC. Previously, Frank had been a film critic for The Boston Banner (now The Bay State Banner) urban newspaper and had appeared on Boston's WBZ NewsRadio 1030 AM for an 11-year run as a recurring media commentator/panelist on the "Movie/TV Night" overnight broadcasts. He is a member of the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and the Internet Film Critics Society (IFCS). Frank is a graduate of Suffolk University in the historic section of Boston's Beacon Hill.
Order in the court! The legalized atmosphere in the world of cinema can be as compelling as it is comical. The courtroom shenanigans on the big screen — no matter how serious or silly — always has its requisite overseer to control the proceedings: The judge! Hence, we will take a look at the gravel-banging…
Although some may want a second helping of baklava it is not certain that they would also mind another round of the Portokalos clan in the boisterous but slight familial ethnic comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2. When the original sleeper hit first emerged onto the big screen back in 2002 it was quite…
Sometimes embracing an insufferable and delusional movie character can be a rewarding cinematic experience especially if the redeemably-challenged protagonist brings something to the table beyond the obvious despicable platitudes. In the crass sporting satire, The Bronze, the audience is supposed to unleash their wicked funny bones at the door for a former foul-mouthed Olympic blonde-haired…
Now what would we do as a movie audience if we did not have cinematic simpletons to provide the pure escapist nuttiness and nonsense for us to forget our own daily worries? Basically, the treasured movie moron comes in all shades of mood and method of oblivious introspection. Some of these clueless characterizations are lovable…
Writer-director Graham Jones (“The History Student,” “The Randomers,” “How to Cheat in the Learning Certificate”) can be astutely described as a lyrical Irish filmmaker with moving narratives that seem so personal and profound in dramatic simplicity. In Jones’s latest indie drama Nola and the Clones he helms yet another soulful exposition grounded in the given realities of…
Manipulation comes in all forms of misleading faces — misguided love, abuse, aggression, guilt, fear, disillusionment, sadness, blackmail, etc. However, when manipulation is used as a tool from one of the most nurturing souls imaginable (read: Your mother) then there is a disruptive element bound to tarnish the special bond meant to connect between mother…
So what is in a name? Better yet, what is in a nickname? Having a nickname personalize or define you can be empowering especially if the moniker makes you stand out. Throughout the decades in cinema there had been countless movie characters donning colorful and sometimes outrageous nicknames to label them accordingly. Also, some nicknames…
