Greetings again from the darkness. For a soldier of war, making it back home is the goal; yet it’s also only a first step. What comes home with the veteran is never simple. Many films have characterized PTSD on screen, but the debut feature from...
Review by Adam Courtliff With the Fifa World Cup just around the corner and taking place in North America for the first time since 1994, it’s perhaps surprising that Amazon MGM is the first and only studio to try and shoehorn football into a film to make it...
Greetings again from the darkness. For his debut feature film, writer-director Josh Heaps pays tribute to the Italian Giallo films (originating in the 1960’s) he clearly adores. But he goes a step further by creating his own Giallo … placing a Giallo-loving...
You, Me & Tuscany was cute and fun with a charming story and cast of characters. It also features wonderful music and beautiful Italian scenery. I laughed, some, and I could tell where I was supposed to be sad or on the edge of my seat (some other people in...
Review by Adam Courtliff Personally, I’ve always been a huge advocate for rom-coms. There’s just something about the good ones that breeds an endless sense of joy that courses through my entire body. And while the supply of rom-coms, particularly on...
Greetings again from the darkness. Evidence of the greatness of William Shakespeare has been provided so many times and in so many ways over so many years. Books, live theater, movies, and the work of influenced artists have made their way to various...
Review by Adam Courtliff It feels like a cardinal cinema sin that I haven’t seen the original Faces of Death from 1978. Delivered by John Alan Schwartz, it was often described as one of the most despicable horror films around by teenagers growing up in the...
Greetings again from the darkness. Psychologists long ago concluded that ‘belonging’ is a fundamental human social need. Finding our ‘peeps’ … a group of similar folks to share life with … plays a significant role in our identity – who we are. Documentarian...
Greetings again from the darkness. The first documentary from Cindy Meehl was her award-winning profile of ‘horse whisperer’ Buck Brannaman in BUCK (2011). It was a fantastic profile of an interesting man, and Ms. Meehl’s latest provides an even more...
Review by James Lindorf We are right in the middle of The Super Mario Bros. 40th Anniversary, which began last September. The year-long event celebrates the original 1985 Famicom release with new games and the release of “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.” It...