Movie Review: ‘Magic Hour’

Greetings again from the darkness. We all love a good (and sneaky) twist in a movie. It takes exceptional storytelling and acting to pull it off, and it’s a bit funny when it becomes obvious that the screenwriter just kind of ran out of ways to maintain the...

Movie Review: ‘Power Ballad’

Review by Adam Courtliff There’s always been something about John Carney movies that has resonated with me. With music at the forefront of his comedy-dramas, his filmography has consistently delivered standout moments that have helped his work go down as...

Documentary Review: ‘Groundswell’ On Prime Video June 5th Watch The Trailer

Greetings again from the darkness. There haven’t been many documentary trilogies over the years, yet this is the third in a series from husband-and-wife documentarians Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell. The first two were KISS THE GROUND (2020) and...

Movie Review: ‘Pressure’

Review by James Lindorf We know how D-Day ends. We know the beaches were stormed, the sacrifice was staggering, and the tide of the war turned. What “Pressure” asks is something most war films never bother with: what happened in the 72 hours before all of...

Movie Review: ‘The Midway Point’

Review by James Lindorf Coming-of-age films live and die by how authentically they capture the feeling of being young. The sense of adventure or finding your place in a world that seems to have handed everyone else a map. “The Midway Point” arrives on...

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