“La la la-la la la, sing a happy song. La la la-la la la, Smurf the whole day long.” Try getting that out of your head. Yes, the Smurfs are back bringing their brand of silly humor and generally uplifting positivity to the world even while facing potentially...
Watch Trailer For ‘Scream 7’ In Theaters Feb. 27th
When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the quiet town where Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter (Isabel May) becomes the next target. Determined to protect her family, Sidney must face the...
Movie Review: ‘Ballad Of A Small Player’
Greetings again from the darkness. It’s not Las Vegas. It’s not Monte Carlo. Somehow even more gamblers head to Asia, specifically the gambling capital of Macau … and that’s where this film from director Edward Berger (Oscar nominated for CONCLAVE, 2024) is...
Movie Review: ‘Anniversary’
Greetings again from the darkness. Brace yourself for one of the first films to take on the societal and political changes occurring within the United States. This is an exceptionally well-made film with a stellar cast and an eye-opening cautionary message...
Movie Review: ‘The French Italian’
Greetings again from the darkness. Are you a good person? It’s really not that difficult to determine … although it does require a bit of honest self-reflection. The debut feature film from writer-director Rachel Wolther (co-written with Jesse Millward) is...
Documentary Short Review: ‘Country Doctor’ On HBO
Greetings again from the darkness. With healthcare in the headlines most every day, this documentary short film from co-directors Shari Cookson and Nick Doob couldn’t be more timely, nor more important. Rather than present a general overview of the crisis in...
Movie Review: ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’
Greetings again from the darkness (on the edge of town). My connection to Bruce Springsteen’s music dates back more than 50 years and includes hitchhiking (from San Antonio) to a gig at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin. As much as I loved the early...
Movie Review: ‘Blue Moon’
Greetings again from the darkness. Most everyone, especially lovers of Broadway musicals, knows the work of Rodgers and Hammerstein. And they should. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II are regarded among the most prolific musical production writers in...
Documentary Review: ‘Luv Ya’, Bum!’
Greetings again from the darkness. It’s unusual for a documentary to credit three directors, but these three have been involved with some of the best Texas-based documentaries. Sam Wainwright Douglas, David Hartstein, and Andrew Alden Miller have each worked...
Movie Review: ‘Where The Wind Blows’
WHERE THE WIND BLOWS (2025) Greetings again from the darkness. If the Hallmark Channel produced a Western Romance movie, it would likely look much like this one from writer-director John Schimke, who along with co-writer Mike Maden, adapted the 2009 novel...
