Ryan Beltram

Passionate about movies, sports and writing, Ryan hails from Bend but lives in Springfield now. He earned his college degree in journalism from the University of Oregon and hopes to one day write a novel. He also enjoys sunsets and long walks on the beach.

Film Fanatic: ‘Cold Pursuit’ Review

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019

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'Cold Pursuit' tries to be pulpy and clever but ends up feeling like one of those copycat Tarantino movies from the '90s.

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Film Fanatic: ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ Review

February 2, 2019February 4, 2019

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'Velvet Buzzsaw' fails to live up to its intriguing premise, a slasher movie set in the contemporary art scene, due to wild tonal shifts, underdeveloped

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Film Fanatic: ‘Glass’ Review

January 21, 2019January 21, 2019

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M. Night Shyamalan's once promising superhero franchise ends with a whimper.

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Film Fanatic: ‘Free Solo’ Review

January 13, 2019

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'Free Solo' is a white-knuckle ride about one man's desire to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's El Capitan Wall.

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Film Fanatic: ‘Escape Room’ Review

January 5, 2019

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'Escape Room' is a sometimes clever, mostly silly horror thriller that wears out its welcome as the film progresses.

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Film Fanatic: ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Review

December 15, 2018December 16, 2018

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'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' is not only one of the best Spider-Man movies ever made, it's the best animated movie of the year.

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Film Fanatic: ‘Blindspotting’ Review

December 5, 2018

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Despite tackling such heady topics as race, police brutality and gentrification, 'Blindspotting' is a smart and funny film thanks to terrific direction, wonderful perfomances and

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Film Fanatic: ‘Halloween’ Review

October 20, 2018

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'Halloween' is the best sequel to the original classic, but that's not saying much.

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Film Fanatic: ‘Venom’ Review

October 8, 2018October 8, 2018

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'Venom' is an outlier in today's superhero landscape by embracing the silliness of the genre for better or worse.

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Film Fanatic: ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Review

August 24, 2018August 27, 2018

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Despite its relevancy on current events, 'BlacKkKlansman' fails in its execution due to tone and lack of character development.

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Film Fanatic: ‘Mile 22’ Review

August 19, 2018

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Mile 22 is a forgetabble and ugly action movie that fails on every level.

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Film Fanatic: ‘Eighth Grade’ Review

August 4, 2018

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'Eighth Grade' is a gloriously awkward look into the life of a 13-year-old girl in the age of social media.

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Film Fanatic: ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ Review

July 29, 2018

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'Mission: Impossible - Fallout' is the best action movie of the year and the reason we go to the movies in the first place.

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Film Fanatic: ‘Skyscraper’ Review

July 16, 2018July 15, 2018

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Not even The Rock can save 'Skyscraper' from feeling like a generic action movie.

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Film Fanatic: ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ Review

June 23, 2018June 25, 2018

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'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' is a lazy sequel where characters make moronic decisions.

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Film Fanatic: ‘Tag’ Review

June 16, 2018

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Despite a likeable cast, 'Tag' fails to live up to its clever premise due to one-dimensional characters and not enough self awarness.

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Film Fanatic: ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Review

May 26, 2018

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'Solo: A Star Wars Story' ignores lore and pathos and instead embraces the fun and light-heartedness of Star Wars. But did we really need a

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Film Fanatic: ‘Deadpool 2’ Review

May 19, 2018May 18, 2018

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'Deadpool 2' delivers more of the same humor and bloody violence you loved from the original. But is that a good thing?

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Film Fanatic: ‘Tully’ Review

May 5, 2018May 6, 2018

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'Tully' is both an emotional roller coaster and satirical celebration of motherhood.

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Film Fanatic: ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Review

April 29, 2018April 30, 2018

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Avengers: Infinity War is the culmination of 10 years and 18 movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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Forecast For 11/28/2020

Today's High: 46

Today's Low: 32

Tomorrows High: 50

A 50/50 chance of AM rain, then a mix of clouds and sun for your Saturday afternoon.

ADVISORIES

A FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM TODAY FOR EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AND JACKSON COUNTY. AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MONDAY FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, THE EASTERN DOUGLAS FOOTHILLS, JACKSON COUNTY, THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES, THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES, THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS, THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM TODAY FOR THE JOHN DAY BASIN. HEALTH ADVISORIES: THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY HAS ISSUED A RECREATIONAL USE HEALTH ADVISORY FOR HOWARD’S BAY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA ON UPPER KLAMATH LAKE DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF CYANOBACTERIA (HARMFUL ALGAE) BLOOM THAT HISTORICALLY PRODUCES CYANOTOXINS (HARMFUL ALGAE TOXINS) ABOVE RECREATIONAL GUIDELINE VALUES FOR HUMAN EXPOSURE. MOORE PARK IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHERN END OF UPPER KLAMATH LAKE IN KLAMATH COUNTY. UNTIL THE ADVISORY IS LIFTED PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID SWIMMING AND HIGH-SPEED WATER ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS WATER SKIING OR POWER BOATING, IN AREAS OF THE LAKE WHERE BLOOMS ARE IDENTIFIED. ALTHOUGH TOXINS ARE NOT ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN, PEOPLE WITH SKIN SENSITIVITIES MAY EXPERIENCE A PUFFY RED RASH. VISITING ODELL LAKE IS SAFE AS LONG AS ANY BOATING OR OTHER ACTIVITIES DO NOT CAUSE EXCESSIVE WATER SPRAY WHICH COULD LEAD TO INHALATION RISKS IF THERE IS EXCESSIVE WATER SPRAY. THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY HAS ISSUED A PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY FOR HIGHER-THAN-NORMAL LEVELS OF BACTERIA IN OCEAN WATERS AT SUNSET BAY STATE PARK IN COOS COUNTY. PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID DIRECT CONTACT WITH WATER IN THIS AREA UNTIL THE ADVISORY IS LIFTED. HIGHER-THAN-NORMAL LEVELS OF FECAL BACTERIA CAN CAUSE DIARRHEA, STOMACH CRAMPS, SKIN RASHES, UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND OTHER ILLNESSES. THIS APPLIES ESPECIALLY TO CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY, WHO MAY BE MORE VULNERABLE TO ILLNESSES FROM WATERBORNE BACTERIA. VISITORS SHOULD AVOID WADING IN NEARBY CREEKS, POOLS OF WATER ON THE BEACH, OR IN DISCOLORED WATER, AND STAY CLEAR OF WATER RUNOFF FLOWING INTO THE OCEAN. THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY HAS ISSUED A RECREATIONAL USE HEALTH ADVISORY FOR ODELL LAKE IN KLAMATH COUNTY DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF CYANOBACTERIA (HARMFUL ALGAE) BLOOM THAT HISTORICALLY PRODUCES CYANOTOXINS (HARMFUL ALGAE TOXINS) ABOVE RECREATIONAL GUIDELINE VALUES FOR HUMAN EXPOSURE. UNTIL THE ADVISORY IS LIFTED PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID SWIMMING AND HIGH-SPEED WATER ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS WATER SKIING OR POWER BOATING, IN AREAS OF THE LAKE WHERE BLOOMS ARE IDENTIFIED. ALTHOUGH TOXINS ARE NOT ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN, PEOPLE WITH SKIN SENSITIVITIES MAY EXPERIENCE A PUFFY RED RASH. VISITING ODELL LAKE IS SAFE AS LONG AS ANY BOATING OR OTHER ACTIVITIES DO NOT CAUSE EXCESSIVE WATER SPRAY WHICH COULD LEAD TO INHALATION RISKS IF THERE IS EXCESSIVE WATER SPRAY. A PERMANENT HEALTH ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER DUE TO BLUE-GREEN ALGAE. SIGNS ARE POSTED.

Weather Pattern

An Upper Level High Pressure Ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape with arrows) takes over returning the sunshine and dry weather. The graphics for days 1-3 show a front that will try to move through the Pacific Northwest today. The graphics for days 3-7 Tuesday through next Saturday show the cold front that pushed through Monday and other frontal systems that will keep approaching the Oregon coast Tuesday, Thursday and again next Friday.

Eugene Area Forecast

Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM rain (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a mix of clouds and sun and a bit warmer this afternoon, partly cloudy with areas of fog late tonight,
Patchy AM fog, a mix of clouds and sun and a bit warmer Sunday afternoon, becoming mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) at night,
Mostly cloudy with AM rain likely (70%), a good (50%) chance of rain and a bit warmer Monday afternoon, then partly cloudy with patchy fog late Monday night.
highs 46-52 lows 32-37 cooling back to 32 Monday night.
Some AM clouds with patchy fog, mostly sunny and a bit cooler Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear Tuesday night,
Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday, partly cloudy at night,
Partly cloudy Thursday and Thursday night,
Some AM clouds, then mostly sunny and a bit warmer Friday.
highs 47-49 lows near 28. (seasonal averages high 48 low 36)

Umpqua Forecast

Mostly cloudy with areas of AM fog, mostly cloudy and a bit cooler this afternoon, mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy with areas of fog late tonight,
Areas of AM fog, partly cloudy and a bit warmer Sunday afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of evening rain, mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) late at night,
Cloudy with AM rain likely (70%), a good (50%) chance of rain Monday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening rain, then mostly clear with areas of fog and freezing fog late Monday night.
highs 47-52 lows 33-38 cooling back to 33 Monday night.
Some AM clouds with areas of fog, sunny and a bit cooler Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear with patchy fog and freezing fog late Tuesday night,
Areas of AM fog and freezing fog, mostly sunny Wednesday afternoon, partly cloudy with areas of fog late at night,
Then partly cloudy with areas of fog and a bit cooler Thursday through Friday.
highs near 50 lows near 34. (seasonal averages high 50 low 38)

Coos Bay Forecast

Mostly cloudy with areas of AM fog, mostly cloudy this afternoon, partly cloudy with areas of fog late tonight,
Mostly cloudy with areas of AM fog, partly cloudy and a bit warmer Sunday afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of evening rain, mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) late at night,
AM rain likely (70%), mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday afternoon, then mostly clear with areas of fog late Monday night.
highs 53-58 lows 38-42 cooling to 37 Monday night.
Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Tuesday, mostly clear Tuesday night,
Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday, partly cloudy with areas of fog late at night,
Partly cloudy with areas of fog Thursday and Thursday night,
Some AM clouds with areas of fog, then sunny and a bit warmer Friday afternoon.
highs 56-59 lows 36-38. (seasonal averages high 52 low 41).

Cascades Forecast

A mix of clouds and sun and a bit warmer today, partly cloudy tonight,
Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Sunday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with snow and rain likely (70%) late Sunday night,
Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely (70%) and a bit cooler Monday (1-3 in. of snow possible), a slight (20%) chance of evening snow, then just partly cloudy late Monday night.
free air freezing level 7,500 ft. today, 8,000 ft. tonight, 9,000 ft. Sunday, snow level 6,000 ft. falling to 5,000 ft. late Sunday night, 4,500 ft. falling to 4,000 ft. Monday afternoon, 4,000 ft. Monday evening, then free air freezing level 4,000 ft. late Monday night.
highs 42-34 lows 24-26 cooling to 22 Monday night.
Some AM clouds, mostly sunny and a bit warmer Tuesday, mostly clear Tuesday night,
Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday, mostly clear at night,
Partly cloudy and a bit warmer Thursday and Thursday night,
Some AM clouds, then mostly sunny and a bit warmer Friday afternoon.
free air freezing level 4,000 ft. rising to 10,000 ft. Tuesday afternoon, 11,000 ft. falling to 10,000 ft. late Tuesday night, 11,000 ft. rising to 12,000 ft. Wednesday afternoon, 11,000 ft. falling to 10,000 ft. Wednesday night, 10,000 ft. rising to 11,000 ft. Thursday afternoon, 10.000 ft. falling to 9,000 ft. Thursday night, then 10,000 ft. rising to 12,000 ft. Friday afternoon.
highs 35-42 lows near 22.

More Trailers & Reviews

Force Of Nature

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Mel Gibson comes out...grimacing...at a hurricane, the police, his kids and ultimately a big dose of bad guys. Ultimately a heist movie. When it rains, it pours...blood.No Current Trailer

American Fighter

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A desperate teenager is forced into the dangerous world of underground fighting to win enough money to save his ailing mother. He finds out what he's made of in the face of these violent hungry competitors. Bring Popcorn.No Current Trailer

Tanks For Stalin (2020)

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The infamous middleweight T-34 tank is hands down the star in this war centric jaunt into "history". Well shot, good action and pacing...mostly. Tanks Stalin.No Current Trailer

The Short History of The Long Road

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For teenage Nola (Sabrina Carpenter), home is the open road. Her self-reliant father (Steven Ogg) is her anchor in a life of transience. The pair crisscross the United States in a lovingly refurbished RV, relishing their independence and making ends meet by doing odd jobs. A shocking rupture, though, casts Nola out on her own. She makes her way to Albuquerque, New Mexico, in search of a mother she never knew. When her motorhome unexpectedly breaks down, she forges a bond with an auto body shop owner (Danny Trejo), and senses the possibility of mooring her ship in this storm. Has Machete finally found a good serious role?No Current Trailer

Beast Mode

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'Bad boy' actor Huckle Saxton lets fame get to his head and turns into a ferocious beast, ripping Hollywood to shreds. When Breen Nash accidentally kills his only client and meal ticket, he turns to an ancient herbal extract with the hope that it will resurrect both his client and his career, but soon learns this elixir brings out the worst in those who imbibe, turning them into bloodthirsty, shape-shifting beasts and leaving Breen no recourse but to stop the creatures himself before his own inner beast consumes him. Dr. Jekyll I presume?No Current Trailer

Train To Busan 2 : Peninsula

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Train to Busan, released in 2016, went on to become a massive hit in various countries around the world. It's said the budget of Peninsula is roughly $16 million, which is double what the original cost to produce. While it is being billed as a sequel, director Yeon Sang-ho cautions that it is not a continuation of what happened in Train to Busan, but it "happens in the same universe." The story of Peninsula is set four years after the events of the first movie. It centers on a former soldier who has managed to escape the devastated Korean peninsula. But he is given a mission to go back and surprisingly meets up with survivors. Zombie movies...I guess we still watch them.No Current Trailer

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