Review by James Lindorf It has been seven years since the trio of Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, and Paul Feig surprised audiences everywhere with their hit adaptation of the Darcey Bell novel “A Simple Favor.” Movies that are a critical success and bring in...
Greetings again from the darkness. Documentarian Alan G Parker is not the British director Alan Parker who was twice Oscar nominated (MISSISSIPPI BURNING, 1988; MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, 1978), but he is the same Alan G Parker who has directed numerous music-based...
“Happy Gilmore” meets Texas pride in Austin Nichols’ promising directorial debut about a man and his quirky group of friends who are trying to save more than a municipal golf course. At first glance “The Salamander King” may not seem like much to look at,...
Directed by: Ruben Fleischer Screenplay by: Seth Grahame-Smith and Michael Lesslie and Paul Wernick & Rhett Reese Story by: Eric Warren Singer Based on Characters Created by: Boaz Yakin & Edward Ricourt Produced by: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Bobby Cohen...
From writer/director Benny Safdie and starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. THE SMASHING MACHINE – In Theaters October 3. RELEASE DATE: October 3 DIRECTOR: Benny Safdie CAST: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt
USA FILM FESTIVAL Greetings again from the darkness. One need only watch a couple of episodes of “Leave it to Beaver” to comprehend just how ideal and perfect family life in the 1950’s was. Only that was a Hollywood façade and real life was much different,...
Dallas Independent Film Festival Greetings again from the darkness. ‘Keep Austin Weird’. That’s one of the more popular and fitting city slogans in the United States. For five plus decades there has been an ongoing battle of conservationists versus...
Greetings again from the darkness. As disappointing as most sequels are, there is a glimmer of hope when the original creative team and key cast members return. Such is the case with this sequel to the 2016 film, THE ACCOUNTANT (yes, it’s been nearly a...
Greetings again from the darkness. Director David Cronenberg is renowned for his brand of ‘body horror’, although his canon has certainly not been limited to the genre. Some of his films across the past fifty years include CRIMES OF THE FUTURE (2022),...
Greetings again from the darkness. For most of us, the worst thing that happens at a dinner party is the pork loin is a bit dry or the wine selection is a bit lacking. Among the worst occurrences are the friction and hurt feelings caused by a...