Greetings again from the darkness. For those of us who love movies and watch entirely too many each week/month/year, we have hardened to the fact that every so often we find one that simply doesn’t click for us. Even then, we hope to latch on to a particular...
Greetings again from the darkness. Stories on geopolitics are almost always interesting, and this latest from writer-director Olivier Assayas (CARLOS, 2010) and co-writer Emmanuel Carrere is also quite timely, given the current state of international events....
Review by Adam Courtliff If I had a pound for every time I’d heard “this is the scariest movie of the year” or “this is the best horror film of the decade” over the last ten years, I’d be a rich man. From Longlegs to Undertone and everything in between,...
Greetings again from the darkness. The first feature film from writer-director Sophy Romvari has been well received on the festival circuit, and it’s easy to see why so many have been drawn in by this Canadian- Hungarian production. It’s a deeply personal...
Review by Adam Courtliff Video game to film adaptations are notoriously difficult to pull off. There is a fine line between making a film aimed squarely at diehard fans and alienating everyone else with incoherent fan service, or creating something broadly...
Genre: Mythic Action Epic Cast: Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson and Lupita Nyong’o, with Zendaya and Charlize Theron Written and Directed by: Christopher Nolan Produced by: Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan Executive Producer: Thomas...
Review by James Lindorf As someone who grew up watching films like “Jaws,” “Cujo,” and “Arachnophobia,” animal attack films have held a special place in my heart. I continue to seek them out to this day, most recently loving 2023’s “Cocaine Bear.” As a...
Genre: Romantic Comedy Cast: Monica Barbaro, Callum Turner, Maya Hawke, Julia Fox, King Princess, Ziwe, Ben Marshall, with Molly Ringwald and Levar Burton Director: Will Gluck Co-Written by: Will Gluck based on a script from Travis Braun Producers: Will...
Review by Adam Courtliff A really good detective film can often feel like finding a needle in a haystack. The same can arguably be said for an emotionally rich all ages film amongst all the lazy, half baked stories that seem to be served up these days....
Greetings again from the darkness. Thoreau famously wrote, “The mass of men live lives of quiet desperation.” That quote may overstate the being of the staff at The Grand, a 100-year-old hotel that once provided service for royalty, but now the seaside inn...