Greetings again from the darkness. Learning that Lou’s life is a bit of a mess becomes clear in the first few opening scenes. It’s early morning and she sneaks out after a one-night stand, noticing missed calls from Steve, her ex that she’s living with...
Documentary Review: ‘Just Sing’
Greetings again from the darkness. The popularity and staying power of Karaoke shows just how much we enjoy singing. Even for those with crippling stage fright, singing in the shower can provide a bit of joy. But what about those with real talent? There is...
Movie Review: ‘Two Women’
Greetings again from the darkness. Relationships require communication, diligence, and a bit of luck. Director Chloe Robichaud (SARAH PREFERS TO RUN, 2016) is working from a script from playwright Catherine Leger to deliver a remake of the 1970 French sex...
Movie Review: ‘The North’
Greetings again from the darkness. Perhaps we can all agree that hiking is not best served as a spectator sport. Sure, there have been other hiking movies, including WILD (2014) as Cheryl Strayed (portrayed by Reese Witherspoon) takes on a solo hike of the...
Movie Review: ‘Michael’
Review by Adam Courtliff Musical biopics have arguably become one of the most overused and unimaginative genres of the last decade. Every single one of them, aside from the brilliant Better Man, seems to follow the same formulaic outline almost to the...
Movie Review: ‘Normal’
Greetings again from the darkness. As evidenced by the abundance of ‘shoot-em-ups’ released each and every year, it’s clearly not that challenging for screenwriters to find a reason to have characters firing bullets at each other. Director Ben Wheatley...
Movie Review: ‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’
Review by Adam Courtliff Lee Cronin’s The Mummy has been met with much anticipation by horror lovers and cinephiles alike, which is completely understandable. After all, Cronin masterminded Evil Dead Rise as his sophomore project, a film that was a...
Movie Review: ‘American Solitaire’
Greetings again from the darkness. For a soldier of war, making it back home is the goal; yet it’s also only a first step. What comes home with the veteran is never simple. Many films have characterized PTSD on screen, but the debut feature from...
Movie Review: ‘Balls Up’
Review by Adam Courtliff With the Fifa World Cup just around the corner and taking place in North America for the first time since 1994, it’s perhaps surprising that Amazon MGM is the first and only studio to try and shoehorn football into a film to make it...
Movie Review: ‘City Wide Fever’
Greetings again from the darkness. For his debut feature film, writer-director Josh Heaps pays tribute to the Italian Giallo films (originating in the 1960’s) he clearly adores. But he goes a step further by creating his own Giallo … placing a Giallo-loving...
