Review by James Lindorf Writer and director Nicholas Stoller has experienced a roller coaster of a career since he first made a splash in 2008 by writing the Jim Carrey comedy "Yes Man" and directing Jason Segel's "Forgetting Sarah Marshall." His career...
The night belongs to sinners. #SinnersMovie only in theaters April 18. From Ryan Coogler—director of “Black Panther” and “Creed”—and starring Michael B. Jordan comes a new vision of fear: “Sinners.” Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers...
Greetings again from the darkness. With so many MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE movies (another one coming this year) and others of its ilk, movies labeled as ‘thrillers’ or ‘spy thrillers’ seemed to have evolved into hyper-action events requiring the leads to display...
Greetings again from the darkness. Creating a 5-minute short film that shocks us, makes us laugh, and leaves us understanding the main character is quite a feat. And that’s exactly what director Julien Lasseur and screenwriter Brian Groh have accomplished...
Genre: Thriller Cast: Meghann Fahy, Brandon Skienar, Violett Beane, Jacob Robinson, Ed Weeks Written by: Jillian Jacobs & Chris Roach Directed by: Christopher Landon Producers: Jason Blum, Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, Cameron Fuller Website:...
Review by James Lindorf Over the last seven years, writer and director Christian Gudegast has taken a near-complete break from Hollywood. His only credited position since 2018 was as an executive producer on Gerard Butler’s action movie “Plane.” He has fully...
Greetings again from the darkness. In the age of sequels, here’s one we can actually give a warm welcome to. Pixar has followed up the brilliant INSIDE OUT (2015) with one that picks up Riley a couple years later as she hits those teenage years, which as all...
Greetings again from the darkness. True stories are often at the heart of many movies each year. However, there are true stories and then there is the story of the Paiva family. Marcelo Rubens Paiva has written two books, which along with numerous interviews...
Greetings again from the darkness. Realistically speaking, there should be more words for ‘friendship’, designating the multiple levels on which ‘being friends’ can occur. If Financial Advisors can have “A” (like Warren Buffett), B, C, and D (like me)...
Greetings again from the darkness. In the year of long movies, this is one of the longer ones at two hours and forty-eight minutes. Also, in the year of only a few great movies, this is one of them. Writer-director Mohammad Rasoulof was arrested and...