Tribeca Film Festival Movie Short Review: ‘Reconstructing Charlie’

Greetings again from the darkness. Sometimes, life hits us so hard that it seems unfair. Writer-director Lara Everly recounts her personal challenges in a well-paced 22-minute short film that is both funny and touching. After a follow-up phone call from her doctor, a...

Tribeca Film Festival Movie Short Review: ‘Last Minute’

Greetings again from the darkness. Taking us back to the future of pre-internet 1989, this 15-minute short film from writer-director Michael Cusumano proves nostalgia can include the frustration of being a parent to a school-aged kid during that era. Jackie...

Movie Review: ‘Scary Movie’

Review by Adam Courtliff After thirteen years, the Scary Movie franchise is finally returning to the big screen for a sixth instalment and even reunites the Wayans brothers in an attempt to drag the series back into relevance. As such, it should come as a...

Movie Review: ‘Carolina Caroline’

Greetings again from the darkness. Director Adam Carter Rehmeier (DINNER IN AMERICA, 2020) and screenwriter Tom Dean prove that a film need not cover new ground to be entertaining. Of course, it does help to have a strong cast. We’ve seen other movies, some...

Movie Review: ‘Power Ballad’

Greetings again from the darkness. It’s been said that we must experience the bad times to fully appreciate the good times. However, while those bad times are occurring, they can feel overwhelming and like it will never get better again. It’s also been said...

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