Greetings again from the darkness. The emotional turmoil in the aftermath of being the victim of sexual assault is incomprehensible to anyone who hasn’t experienced such trauma. Writer-director Katie Holmes and Phaedon A Papadopoulos have adapted Kathleen Tessaro’s...
Greetings again from the darkness. Thanks to the onslaught of ‘Reality TV’ over the last decade, we seem to have lost empathy for those whose lot in life has driven them to submit to acts of desperation in hopes of finding a way forward. Writer-director Bastian...
Review by Hunter Miele The plot of “Nefarious” isn’t particularly unique. Diving into the mind of the insane serial killer is a trope that has been done time and time again, yet this title character truly is memorable. Sean Patrick Flannery delivers a gut-wrenching...
Review by James Lindorf We’ve seen movies about business deals changing lives in “The Pursuit of Happyness” and “Joy.” We’ve seen great athletes being wooed towards a bright future in “Blue Chips” and “The Air Up There.” We’ve even seen characters try and change the...
Greetings again from the darkness. “Where’s the Beef?” That iconic Wendy’s TV commercial featuring Clara Peller is but one of the many references flashed during the opening montage designed to ensure every viewer understands we are headed back to 1984. Yes, it’s been...
Review by James Lindorf Nintendo is finally returning to theaters nearly 30 years to the day since the release of the live-action “Super Mario Bros.” starring Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo. Disney’s Buena Vista Pictures is out, and the video game titan has partnered...
Greetings again from the darkness. Off the top of my head, I can’t think of another faith-based film aimed at pre-teen African Americans, especially girls. Writer-director Tina Gordon understands the audience for her film, and smartly uses music and an immensely...
The film, which incorporates documentary, archival and scripted elements, recounts Fox’s extraordinary story in his own words — the improbable tale of an undersized kid from a Canadian army base who rose to the heights of stardom in 1980s Hollywood. The account of...
Greetings again from the darkness. You might wonder how a low-key painter becomes ubiquitous, evolving into the source of pop culture references in everything from “Saturday Night Live” to “Family Guy” to recent horror film SMILE. Bob Ross hosted “The Joy of Painting”...
Review by Hunter Miele Creating a film (and perhaps a subsequent franchise) that can define a generation and develop an entire culture around it is a wild dream for any filmmaker. Don Mancini realized that dream after he wrote the script for the 1988 film “Child’s...