Review by James Lindorf Writer and director Harry Greenberger explores the afterlife and the importance of love in his newest film, "Here After." The unrated movie has a runtime of 121 minutes. It stars Christina Ricci, Andy Karl, Nora Arnezeder, Jackie Cruz, and...
Greetings again from the darkness. THE SIXTH SENSE (1999) and UNBREAKABLE (2000) created a movie bond with filmmaker M Night Shyamalan that will always exist. In other words, I continue to go into each of his projects with hopeful expectations of another classic. Of...
Review by James Lindorf When most people think of what would result in a lousy vacation, they may conjure up thoughts of lost reservations, missing luggage, or non-stop rain. However, finding a private beach that exists outside of normal time wouldn’t make even the...
Greetings again from the darkness. Given his track record, Mark Wahlberg is not the guy that first comes to mind for a message movie about tolerance and inclusion. On the other hand, he’s perfectly cast as a macho Oregon dad struggling with his own prejudices when his...
Greetings again from the darkness. Character is revealed in the most unexpected places, and often at a time when one has a bit more freedom than usual. Like the mosh pit at a music festival. You may wonder why I’m disgusted and saddened at what stuck with me after...
Greetings again from the darkness. With billionaires building their own rockets and blasting off into space, a film about the colonization of Mars doesn’t seem as far-fetched as it did in TOTAL RECALL (1990), or even THE MARTIAN (2015). In his first feature film,...
Do you prefer fun, happy, exiting, uplifting movies? Then Pig is not the movie for you. However, if you prefer emotional, dreary, and borderline depressing movies with fancy food and a deeper meaning, then Pig might be the movie for you. Nicolas Cage sets aside his...
Review by Lauryn Angel The documentary begins in 1999, when Bourdain received a book deal to write Kitchen Confidential, the book that launched his second career as a writer and culinary adventurer. The film includes interviews with Bourdain’s friends, family, and...
Review by James Lindorf Electronic musician, DJ, and filmmaker Quentin Dupieux has always liked working a bit off beat. That continues to be true with "Mandibles", his seventh feature-length film. Not since Jeff Goldblum both disgusted and wowed us in 1986 has a fly...
Greetings again from the darkness. The horror-comedy genre boasts many movies that can be described as ‘a blast’ or ‘a wild ride’. Director Casey Tebo and writer Andy Greskoviak wisely jump on a topic that lends itself all too well to this genre: the whole mess we...