Review by James Lindorf Five years ago, Illumination released their surprise smash hit “Sing” and raked in over 600 million at the box office. This holiday season, the long-awaited encore is finally taking center stage. The Moon Theater has not only been saved; it is...
Greetings again from the darkness. If you are a fan of little films that seem quiet on the surface but deep down have jarring tremors of emotions, then this 3 hour art-house gem from Japanese writer-director Ryusuke Hamaguchi is a must-see. The director, along with...
Greetings again from the darkness. Bond 25 is here, and it’s quite a curtain call for actor Daniel Craig. The film’s release had been postponed numerous times since September 2019, which has caused expectations and anxiety to build amongst Bond fans. It’s been almost...
Greetings again from the darkness. There are so many things that go unspoken about parenting, and first time writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal specifically focuses her lens on the pressures of motherhood, by adapting the 2006 novel from the anonymous and talented and...
Review by James Lindorf Paramount’s animated feature “Rumble” was initially slated to be a big summer event in July of 2020. Of course, we know what happened. First, it was pushed back to January, then May, then February 2022. But after more than a year late and two...
Review by Lauryn Angel There are a lot of rumors and speculation floating around about Spider-Man: No Way Home, resulting in a lot of high expectations. I tried to remain as spoiler-free as possible by avoiding reviews and discussions of the trailers, but, of course,...
Greetings again from the darkness. In a cinematic oddity, this is my second SWAN SONG film to review this year. The first was a SXSW starring vehicle for Udo Kier, and now we have the first feature film from writer-director Benjamin Cleary, who won an Oscar for his...
Greetings again from the darkness. The debut feature film from writer-director Lauren Hadaway is not the inspirational sports movie we’ve come to expect. There are no last second heroics. No Gatorade showers. No coaches being hoisted on the players’ shoulders. In...
Review by James Lindorf What happens when a brat and a simp fall in love? The answer can be found in “The Only One” from Director Noah Gilbert and writer Seth Gilbert. They may be making their feature film debut, but they have worked together three times. Vertical...
Greetings again from the darkness. Fans of filmmaker Guillermo del Toro anxiously await his new projects knowing full well that each will have a stylish atmosphere, a certain fantastical creepiness, and characters a bit outside the norm (whatever normal is these...