Hollywood's Biggest Night, Our Biggest Admissions
As the song goes, “It’s a wonderful night for Oscar! Oscar, Oscar! Who will win?” Here at ZekeFilm, there are...
Jesse Owen's Story Inspires Despite Average Filmmaking
DIRECTOR: STEPHEN HOPKINS/2016
Sometimes people choose the path of heroism, and sometimes the path o...
Wayne And Garth Show Us How To Party On
Movie #4: Wayne’s World (1992)
Director: Penelope Spheeris
Ah, Wayne’s World. This is my first #52FilmsByWomen entr...
The Pleasures And Pitfalls Of Friendship
Movie #3: Walking and Talking (1996)
Director: Nicole Holofcener
Nicole Holofcener wrote and directed one of my ...
A Parent's Worst Nightmare
Movie #2: We Need to Talk about Kevin (2011)
Director: Lynn Shelton
I don’t have the courage to watch every good movie. My fri...
Don't Go To This Movie Looking For The Answer
Reviewing How to Be Single presents me with a challenge. I could focus entirely on the quality of the movie as a ...
Movie #1: Middle of Nowhere (2012)
Director: Ava Duvernay
Two years before Selma, Ava Duvernay won a Directing Award at the Sundance Festival for Middle of ...
Fandom Mashup Is Less Than The Sum Of Its Parts
DIRECTOR: BURR STEERS/2016
I came of age before Jane Austen fandom was a thing. Yes, yes, I know that Jane d...
Love, Loneliness, Longing (And Puppets)
I have a friend who, after seeing an ambitious but puzzling film, will say, “I don’t know what it’s saying, but it’s sa...
Politics Take A Back Seat To Action In Michael Bay's New Film
I won’t bury the lede. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi is Michael Bay’s best film in a ...
Sharon is an experienced writer with her own blog and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's religion blog. A wife and mother to 5 kids, she in on staff with her church and enjoys running, coffee, and good books. A bit of an activist around certain topics (politics, religion, sexuality, gender), Sharon looks to cinema for the empathy and fun it can provide. “I believe art is a gift from a good Creator. Sometimes Christians are suspicious of film, but I find that thoughtful engagement with movies has been a means of personal and spiritual growth for me. I hope my involvement with Zeke helps others to have a similar experience with film!”
