What if the Minions made a movie? That is the basic premise of Minions and Monsters. It is a tribute to the origins of Hollywood told with a Minions twist, and the typical Minions chaos takes the story in a variety of directions as it celebrates the...
Review by Adam Courtliff The Minions are back with their third solo outing and the seventh time they have graced the big screen. In that time, the weird, yellow, capsule-shaped creatures have taken the world by storm, even having the power to turn a singing...
Greetings again from the darkness. “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” It’s a famous adage that easily could continue with ‘through no fault of their own’ … and as it pertains to writer-director Alice Winocour’s (MUSTANG, 2015) latest film,...
Dances With Films LA – closing night film Greetings again from the darkness. We discover a certain guilty pleasure in following a lost soul millennial as he searches for meaning, connection, or some reason to exist. The film from writer-director Adam Jumba...
Greetings again from the darkness. So what is it that differentiates this one from the many other crime-comedies that have come before? The truth is … not much, but maybe just enough to keep fans of the genre tuned in. It certainly has an intriguing cast,...
Review by Adam Courtliff Good comedy movies have been hard to come by for what feels like an eternity, so it’s been a welcome surprise that 2026 has provided a couple of the decade’s best efforts so far in The Invite and Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie....
Greetings again from the darkness. This documentary opens with Steve Martin sitting on the sofa conversing with his friend Peter Asher. An early point is made that defining or labeling Peter Asher is a bit challenging, and co-directors Daniel Geller and...
Greetings again from the darkness. Craig Gillespie previously directed I, TONYA (2017) and LARS AND THE REAL GIRL (2007), among other projects, and it’s perhaps those two films – both featuring odd outsiders – that motivated producer James Gunn to choose him...
Review by Adam Courtliff James Gunn’s new DC Universe hit the ground running with last year’s Superman, a pedal to the metal, rip-roaring fun time that left audiences salivating for more. With the second instalment, directed by Craig Gillespie, looking to...
Review by Adam Courtliff World War II movies are plentiful and rightfully so. They often retell some of the most miraculous true stories ever witnessed, in turn providing some of the most memorable sequences in cinematic history, particularly in titles such...