Movie Reviews Archive

Greetings again from the darkness. “Peanuts” creator Charles Schulz injected “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” (1966) with downtrodden Charlie repeating the line, “I got a rock” after each house on the trick or treat trail. It was funny because no one would rather ...Read More

Greetings again from the darkness. We’ve seen the video and heard the audio of Neil Armstrong’s “one small step”, but do you know what happened when the crew of Apollo 11 returned to Earth after the moonwalk? Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, and Armstrong spent ...Read More

Review by James Lindorf “Brothers by Blood” is writer and director Jérémie Guez’s atmospheric adaptation of “Amor Fraterno” (Brotherly Love), Pete Dexter’s thrilling tale about mob life in Philadelphia. Philly may be known as the City of Brotherly Love, but there is no love ...Read More

Review and interview by James Lindorf Unfortunately, when people first hear about “Stallone: Frank, That Is,” their initial reaction is typically why, or possibly that it was nice of Sly to get that made for his brother. Even though Frank is younger, maybe people ...Read More

Greetings again from the darkness. The title is drawn from what the locals call the gap between the Texas-Mexico border and the fence/wall that must be crossed for those looking to make their way. The film is directed by Conor Allyn and was co-written ...Read More

Greetings again from the darkness. “I don’t want to not have a baby.” This is just one of the zingers Zoe rattles off during this charming, and often quite funny film from director Curtis Vowell and writer Sophie Henderson. Fellow New Zealander Taika Waititi ...Read More

Greetings again from the darkness. “Free at last.” Martin Luther King, Jr’s speech at the 1963 March on Washington is partially shown, yet documentarian Sam Pollard’s film proves that MLK was never free, and still isn’t, even 50 plus years after his death. Based ...Read More