by David Ferguson | Nov 5, 2020 | Featured, Movie Reviews, Movies
Greetings again from the darkness. It’s the first feature film for writer-director Joe Marcantonio and his co-writer Jason McColgan, which might explain why the film starts strong before faltering, mostly salvaged by three strong performances. Eighteen months into...
by David Ferguson | Nov 3, 2020 | Featured, Movie Reviews, Movies
Greetings again from the darkness. Art imitating life is something we’ve not only grown accustomed to, but also something we expect. In this case it’s the bittersweet final performance of the great John Hurt. A terminally ill man taking on the role of a terminally ill...
by David Ferguson | Nov 3, 2020 | Featured, Movie Reviews, Movies
Greetings again from the darkness. As parents, we never know what will click with our kids. Of course we may nudge them towards sports over theatre, or marching band over debate, but the wonder of life is that personality and interest usually guide those decisions...
by David Ferguson | Nov 2, 2020 | Featured, Movie Reviews, Movies
Greetings again from the darkness. “They will kill me.” That’s the gut-wrenching plea for mercy Rosa (Joselyn Gallardo) makes to the ICE Officer as the ankle monitor is removed. Rosa and her young daughter Sophia (Maria Lalama Noboa) are at a United States airport...
by David Ferguson | Nov 1, 2020 | Featured, Movie Reviews, Movies
Greetings again from the darkness. Three young men are smoking together in a local park – sharing a joint in a haze of smoke. No words are spoken. We don’t know what this means, yet that’s how the film from co-directors Jamil McGinnis and Pat Heywood begins. Our key...
