Greetings again from the darkness. Any kids that watched Dreamworks’ original SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON (2002) are now at least in their mid-20s and many likely have kids of their own. That original film featured old school animation, and provides a nice...
By James Lindorf Heartbroken after the events of 2016’s surprise hit “Don’t Breathe,” Norman Nordstrom (Stephen Lang) had given up all hope of reliving the connection he had with his daughter. However, after jumping eight years into the future, Norman is the...
Michael Keaton is way too good in ‘The Protege’ to be surrounded by such mediocrity. Sadly, the story here is lazy and riddled with too many moments where they don’t explain how characters ended up where they are or why. Little time is given to fleshing out the...
Greetings again from the darkness. September 11, 2001 was “a blue sky day” in New York City. Until it wasn’t. Co-directors Pamela Yoder and Steven Rosenbaum previously collaborated on 7 DAYS IN SEPTEMBER (2002), a documentary focusing on how the tragic events of that...
Greetings again from the darkness. Life is full of choices, however sometimes destiny takes charge and there’s little we can do about it. One’s parents are the most obvious and crucial example. We don’t choose our parents and yet their impact on our lives is...
Greetings again from the darkness. It might have been quite enjoyable had we just continued to eavesdrop on Kate Mulgrew and Barbara Barrie as they strolled through the park talking about life – past, present, and future. Their segment is easily the highlight of the...
Review by James Lindorf Beth (Rebecca Hall) seems to have it all. She loves being a teacher, and her best friends are her coworkers. She lives in a beautiful lakeside home partially built by her adoring husband, Owen (Evan Jonigkeit). But Owen's unexpected suicide has...
Review by James Lindorf The Dutch West India Company is much more widely known than its Dutch East India Company counterpart. Still, from the 16th century until after World War 2, Indonesia was under Dutch rule. Weakened by the Japanese occupation during the war, the...
Greetings again from the darkness. Nicholas Bruckman provides an intimate profile of a fascinating man, Ady Barkan, a brilliant and relentless advocate for health care rights. Barkan’s ALS diagnosis and commitment to cause is interesting enough to carry the film, but...
Greetings again from the darkness. Thanks to (or maybe because of) Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, and Liam Neeson, we are rarely without a senior citizen action film. However, it’s a bit surprising for most of us to see Oscar winner Richard Dreyfuss (THE...