Greetings again from the darkness. “A gritty thriller” is a frequently used description that, when heard or read, typically elicits red flags from this movie watcher. However, exceptions to the rule are welcome and writer-director Nick Rowland (CALM WITH...
The Naked Gun (“the new version”) is the funniest movie I have seen in years and a breath of fresh air in today’s world. I laughed out loud frequently during the entire 85-minute runtime, and I will be watching it again because I am sure I missed some jokes....
The Bad Guys have returned for another heist adventure in this sequel to the 2022 hit reuniting the impressive cast from the first film with some new cast/characters. With stunning animation, plenty of light-hearted comedy, larger than life action, and a few...
Greetings again from the darkness. Make sure you have your popcorn ready because there’s no warmup for this one. It starts quickly. Lena awakens in the back of a trailer that’s speeding down the road. She’s battered and disoriented. I’ll admit to not being...
Greetings again from the darkness. One of the benefits of watching so many movies each year is the exposure to various generations negotiating their way through a variety of genres. That ‘benefit’ can sometimes be painful, as in this latest from...
Greetings again from the darkness. What a downer this one is! That may seem a harsh thing to say about a movie, but it’s actually a compliment to writer-director Sasha Nathwani on his first feature film, co-written by Helen Simmons. Few films take on the...
A new trailer for “Predator: Badlands,” the newest entry in the “Predator” franchise from director Dan Trachtenberg (“Prey”), is now available to download and share. “Predator: Badlands” opens exclusively in movie theaters on November 7 in IMAX, Dolby...
Review by Lauryn Angel I may have rolled my eyes when I heard that I Know What You Did Last Summer was getting a reboot. To be fair, I didn’t see the first movie when it came out in 1997; instead, I binged the series during lockdown, during which they...
Greetings again from the darkness. It’s frightening to see how societal norms and individual behavior have shifted over the past five years. It seems clear that the COVID Pandemic was a turning point … or at a minimum, an accelerant. Writer-director Ari...
Greetings again from the darkness. It might seem dangerous or even cruel to look at war through the eyes of a child. However, this time, it’s a brilliant approach because most of the story is personal … following the villagers on the edges of the Rhodesian...