by David Ferguson | Jan 20, 2023 | Featured, Movie Reviews, Movies
Greetings again from the darkness. Writer-director Florian Zeller floored me a couple of years ago with his film, THE FATHER (2021). Adapted from Zeller’s own play by screenwriter Christopher Hampton (DANGEROUS LIAISONS, 1988), the film starred Anthony Hopkins who...
by David Ferguson | Jan 19, 2023 | Featured, Movie Reviews, Movies
Greetings again from the darkness. There are multiple ways one can interpret the first feature film from writer-director Aleem Khan; however for me, this worked best as a study of identity – how we define ourselves and our life. It’s an unusual start to a story. A...
by David Ferguson | Jan 12, 2023 | Featured, Movie Reviews, Movies
Greetings again from the darkness. Writer-director Daniel Poliner delivers two movies in one. And while that may be a real value when shopping, it can be a bit counterproductive in moviemaking. We begin with the story of Christina (Victoria Cartagena, “Gotham”), a...
by David Ferguson | Jan 5, 2023 | Featured, Movie Reviews, Movies
Greetings again from the darkness. Grumpy people are everywhere these days. In fact, two-time Oscar winner and all-around likable guy Tom Hanks (FORREST GUMP, PHILADELPHIA) may be the only one who catches us off-guard when he’s grumpy. Here, Hanks plays Otto, the...
by David Ferguson | Jan 5, 2023 | Featured, Movie Reviews, Movies
Greetings again from the darkness. Dolls are the new Clowns in horror. Okay, that’s not actually true since there is a long history of creepy dolls coming alive. Do you remember “The Twilight Zone” 1963 episode “Living Doll” featuring Talking Tina (voiced by the late,...
