by David Ferguson | May 26, 2022 | Featured, Movie Reviews, Movies
Greetings again from the darkness. Watching two of our most talented young actors do their thing within the framework of old-fashioned storytelling and a breathtaking geographic setting is just about as good as it gets in independent filmmaking. The pacing may be a...
by David Ferguson | May 26, 2022 | Featured, Movie Reviews, Movies
Greetings again from the darkness. If you’ve ever wondered what it would look like if the often-great Paul Schrader wrote his version of the Liam Neeson action-revenge film, TAKEN (2008), well here is your answer. Okay, so it’s not the exact story line, but it’s close...
by David Ferguson | May 24, 2022 | Featured, Movie Reviews, Movies
Greetings again from the darkness. I watched a block of short films that played at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Below is a recap. PRAGMA “Love is a science, not an art.” At least that’s the premise of this 20-minute short film from director Ellie Haydon (her...
by David Ferguson | May 22, 2022 | Featured, Movie Reviews, Movies
Greetings again from the darkness. Heavy on melodrama. Heavy on cockiness. Heavy on fighter jets. Heavy on nostalgia. Check. Everything that we want and expect in the long-awaited sequel to the 1986 film is present. It’s a movie spectacle featuring one of the few...
by David Ferguson | May 20, 2022 | Featured, Movie Reviews, Movies
Greetings again from the darkness. Common sense tells us that attempting to resolve conflict by talking through the issue is far superior to jumping right into violence or other extreme measures. Of course we all know that common sense doesn’t always win, and it...
