by David Ferguson | Sep 16, 2021 | Featured, Movie Reviews, Movies
Greetings again from the darkness. Have you ever wondered what would happen if David Lynch and Fred Armisen collaborated on a contemporary reimagining of THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984)? Well, me neither, and that has not happened. But it’s the closest I can come to giving...
by David Ferguson | Sep 15, 2021 | Featured, Movie Reviews, Movies
Greetings again from the darkness. PTSD plays a factor in many films about military veterans, but this story revolves around ‘Survivor’s Guilt’. It’s particular and personal to Doc Farrow, who stars in the film and co-wrote the story with Deborah Leonhardt, who also...
by David Ferguson | Sep 13, 2021 | Featured, Movie Reviews, Movies
Greetings again from the darkness. We now have the latest example for those who fall on one side or the other when it comes to documentary vs dramatized biopic. Director Michael Showalter (the excellent THE BIG SICK, 2017) and writer Abe Sylvia have adapted the 2000...
by David Ferguson | Sep 9, 2021 | Featured, Movie Reviews, Movies
Greetings again from the darkness. The audio tapes of interviews George Plimpton conducted for his 1997 biography, “Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances, and Distractors Recall his Turbulent Career”, serve as the foundation for this...
by David Ferguson | Sep 9, 2021 | Featured, Movie Reviews, Movies
Greetings again from the darkness. One must presume that many Millennials in their mid-to-late 20s will recognize and relate to the characters and situations in this indie Romantic Comedy from writer-director Jonah Feingold. For those born prior to 1980, that’s likely...