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Movie Short Review: ‘Coda’

David Ferguson July 31, 2019

Greetings again from the darkness. Alex is a young woman who can’t seem to find her way in life. She is a CODA: Child of Deaf Adults. She doesn’t belong to the deaf community, the hearing community, or her dance company. Alex views herself ...Read More

Documentary Review: ‘Unmasking Jihadi John: Anatomy Of A Terrorist’

David Ferguson July 30, 2019

UNMASKING JIHADI JOHN: ANATOMY OF A TERRORIST (2019, doc) Greetings again from the darkness. When we think of terrorist groups, we usually visualize a shadowy, faceless group, all dressed in black, while carrying out some unspeakable act of violence. Director Anthony Wonke and writer ...Read More

Movie Review: ‘The Souvenir’ DVD

David Ferguson July 30, 2019

Greetings again from the darkness. Viewers of writer-director Joanna Hogg’s semi-autobiographical feature will likely be divided into two distinct groups: those who find it to be a beautifully artistic psychological study, and those who find it to be a painfully slow watch. Fortunately, most ...Read More

Movie Review: ‘Surviving Confession’

RedCarpetCrash July 29, 2019

Review by Caitlin Zeigler Father Morris (Clayton Nemrow) is dealing with confessions, like he always does, but this time seems particularly hard as he hits his breaking point dealing with everyone’s problems including his own. A random teenager named Amber (Jessica Lynn Parsons) causes ...Read More

Movie Review: ‘Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood’ Is The World’s Best Hangout Movie

Nathan Ligon July 27, 2019

Quentin Tarantino has been a window into the Hollywood of the past for nearly three decades now. He has illuminated its wonder, its violence, and its allure as a continuing thread that connects his previous eight films. Now, he brings the whole thing front ...Read More

Movie Review: ‘Skin’

RedCarpetCrash July 26, 2019

Review by James Lindorf Academy Award-winner Guy Nattiv made his English-language feature debut with Skin, a story of emotional and physical of transformation, inspired by actual events. If that name sounds familiar, it is because Skin was also the title of Nattiv’s Oscar-winning short. ...Read More

Movie Review: ‘The Experience’

RedCarpetCrash July 26, 2019

Review by James Lindorf Random Media’s LGBTQ coming-of-age drama The Experience marks the feature film debut for Writer and Director Katerina Gorshkov. Scarlet (Allison Kove) is a teenage girl whose behavior lands her in a ‘tough love’ wilderness program for the wayward children of ...Read More

Movie Review: ‘The Farewell’

David Ferguson July 26, 2019

Greetings again from the darkness. A twenty-something New York City millennial is having an other-side of-the-globe phone conversation with her Chinese grandmother. It’s immediately clear that, despite the geographic gap, these two share a close bond. We also witness the stream of lies each ...Read More

Movie Review: ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’

David Ferguson July 25, 2019

Greetings again from the darkness. Hippies, westerns, short skirts, pompadours, catchy pop songs … all have (mostly) disappeared from our world. Back to save the day and the memories, and twist a little history, is Quentin Tarantino, the ultimate film geek. His latest reminds ...Read More

Movie Review: ‘Above The Shadows’

RedCarpetCrash July 24, 2019

Review by Bradley Smith What would it be like to be a fly on the wall? Movies and television shows frequently broach this topic with varying degrees of effectiveness. Above the Shadows has an intriguing premise and a beautiful, sad story, but the awe ...Read More