by David Ferguson | Aug 28, 2025 | Featured Post, Movie Reviews, Movies
Tweet Greetings again from the darkness. For fourteen-year-olds, there’s often very little difference in passion for something and obsession with that same thing. Writer-director Nicholas Colia (reimagining his 2017 short film, ALEX AND THE HANDYMAN) brings us the...
by David Ferguson | Aug 26, 2025 | Featured Post, Movie Reviews, Movies
Tweet Greetings again from the darkness. This is the type of movie that almost begs to be criticized, while at the same time, deserves to be enjoyed for being exactly what it tries to be. Author Richard Osman now has five books in this series, and the first has been...
by David Ferguson | Aug 22, 2025 | Featured Post, Movie Reviews, Movies
Tweet Greetings again from the darkness. Car chases are prevalent throughout movie history. Some are quite exhilarating and famous: BULLITT (1968) and THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971). Some are over-the-top: pretty much every driving sequence in the F&F franchise....
by David Ferguson | Aug 21, 2025 | Featured Post, Movie Reviews, Movies
Tweet Greetings again from the darkness. Put me down as one of those saps who struggles mightily watching kids in peril … even if ‘it’s only a movie.’ Writer-director Dan Kay taps right into my weakness in the opening scene. Two sisters find their mother on the floor...
by David Ferguson | Aug 18, 2025 | Featured Post, Movie Reviews, Movies
Tweet This is the 21st annual HollyShorts Film Festival. For the years I have covered the festival, I have always come away impressed with the quality of films and stories. What really stood out in the group I watched this year was the quality of production. Nothing...