Greetings again from the darkness. The phrase ‘Third time’s the charm’ loses impact when the first two times were also charmed. Such is the case for writer-director Rian Johnson and his ‘Knives Out’ trilogy (so far). The filmmaker has really tapped into the...
Documentary Review: ‘Wizkid: Love Live Lagos’
Greetings again from the darkness. There may be no more effective way to change the outside world’s perspective of a culture or country than through music. That’s the path Wizkid is taking to re-introduce the world to his home country of Nigeria and...
Movie Review: ‘Dust Bunny’
Greetings again from the darkness. Raise your hand if you were once a kid. Well then, you likely had some experience with a monster under the bed or in the closet. You may have even had an imaginary friend. It no longer matters how your parents handled scary...
Movie Review: ‘Sinners’
Greetings again from the darkness. My apologies for this review posting months after it should have. The tardiness of the post has nothing to do with the quality of the movie, which I found quite entertaining and creative. It might be best described as an...
Movie Review: ‘Hamnet’
Greetings again from the darkness. Watching so many movies each year usually raises my defense mode against cinematic emotional manipulation. However, all hope is not lost for me as the best filmmakers and talented writers and top notch actors can still get...
Movie Review: ‘Five Nights At Freddy’s 2’
Five Night’s at Freddy’s 2 is, obviously, the sequel to the 2023 supernatural horror movie which is based on the popular video game series, picking up the first movie’s story about a year later after the legend has spread creating a themed festival. The...
Movie Review: ‘Merrily We Roll Along’
Greetings again from the darkness. For live theater lovers, the film version of a favorite play or musical comes with pros and cons. The film’s director, Maria Friedman (a renowned stage actor) strives to deliver the intimacy of a stage performance with...
Movie Review: ‘The Naked Gun’ Blu-ray
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....
Documentary Review: ‘It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley’ On HBO
Greetings again from the darkness. The Music Box series at HBO brings us this documentary from Amy Berg (Oscar nominated for DELIVER US FROM EVIL, 2006), who profiles the tragic tale of the immensely talented Jeff Buckley. When he died in 1997 at age 30,...
Documentary Review: ‘Paul Anka: His Way’ On HBO
Greetings again from the darkness. “The needle in the arm.” That’s how Paul Anka describes the will and the need to carry on after all of these years. How many years, you ask … well, he’s the only singer/songwriter to have a Billboard charting song in seven...
