Greetings again from the darkness. Divorce is rarely simple or clean or amicable. By definition it changes people’s lives and is typically cluttered by a wide range of emotions that distort one’s thoughts. When kids are involved, the process is even more delicate,...
Movie Review: ‘Midnighters’
Review by Caitlin Zeigler After celebrating New Year’s at an office party, Lindsey (Alex Essoe) and her husband Jeff (Dylan McTee) head home. Unfortunately, they end up hitting someone with their car and when they believe he has succumbed to his injuries, they decide...
Movie Review: ‘Submission’
Review by Jacquelin Hipes Submission has aspirations towards social commentary, with a source novel by Francine Prose that claims to update a classic film about the forbidden romance between a college professor and cabaret singer for a modern audience. It works best,...
Movie Review: ‘Murder On The Orient Express’ Blu-ray
Greetings again from the darkness. Who doesn’t love a good whodunit? Don’t we all find a bit of guilty pleasure in being the mastermind who solves a fictitious murder case? Has anyone ever been better at crafting an intricate murder mystery than Agatha Christie? Why...
Movie Review: ‘They Remain’
Review by James Lindorf Philip Gelatt, who is best known for writing the cult classic Europa Report and directing the Tribeca Film Festival hit, The Bleeding House, is back to direct his second feature film. Adapted from the novella 30, by award-winning horror author...
Documentary Review: ‘Chasing Great’ Looks At Rugby Player Richie McCaw
Review by Smee When I started playing rugby two-and-a-half years ago, I knew two things: 1) everyone as going to remind me that I was in my 40s and not my 20s, and 2) everyone knew who the All Blacks were, thanks to their performance of the haka, or Maori warrior...
Movie Review: ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ Blu-ray
Greetings again from the darkness. Once out of our teen years (though some take a bit longer), the vast majority of us accept the obvious truth to the adage “life is not fair”. Despite this, we never outgrow our desire for justice when we feel wronged. Uber-talented...
Movie Review: ‘Hangman’ On Blu-ray
Review by Jeff Myhre The premise of Hangman is nothing out of the ordinary. Detective Ruiney (Karl Urban) lost his wife a year ago, an unsolved murder. He was close to Detective Archer (Al Pacino) who retired after Ruiney's wife died. Christi Davies (Brittany Snow) is...
Movie Review: ‘Red Sparrow’
Review by Jacquelin Hipes Spies lead sexy and dangerous lives, a mainstay Hollywood conceit that Red Sparrow makes sure you won’t forget. After an injury forces prima ballerina Dominika Egorova (Jennifer Lawrence) to seek help from her politically connected uncle, a...
Movie Review: ‘The Young Karl Marx’
Greetings again from the darkness. When the name Karl Marx comes up, most of us recall that iconic photo of the older gentleman with the large grey beard. As with all older gents, they were once young men, and that’s the focus of this film from writer/director Raoul...