Greetings again from the darkness. Director Paul Feig hit it big with the outrageous comedy BRIDESMAIDS in 2011, and then he got a lot more interesting as a filmmaker by directing screen adaptations of Darcey Bell novels that were so popular with Book Clubs...
Just in time for Christmas, The Housemaid is a psychological thriller about mental illness, domestic violence, and how societal perceptions can be gravely mistaken. With a well-crafted twisting narrative, The Housemaid will keep the audience on the edge of...
Review by James Lindorf It has been 16 years since legendary Director James Cameron introduced audiences to the world of Pandora. After its 2009 release, “Avatar” went on to become the highest-grossing movie of all time, with total grosses just short of 3...
Greetings again from the darkness. The phrase ‘Third time’s the charm’ loses impact when the first two times were also charmed. Such is the case for writer-director Rian Johnson and his ‘Knives Out’ trilogy (so far). The filmmaker has really tapped into the...
Greetings again from the darkness. There may be no more effective way to change the outside world’s perspective of a culture or country than through music. That’s the path Wizkid is taking to re-introduce the world to his home country of Nigeria and...
Greetings again from the darkness. Raise your hand if you were once a kid. Well then, you likely had some experience with a monster under the bed or in the closet. You may have even had an imaginary friend. It no longer matters how your parents handled scary...
Greetings again from the darkness. My apologies for this review posting months after it should have. The tardiness of the post has nothing to do with the quality of the movie, which I found quite entertaining and creative. It might be best described as an...
Greetings again from the darkness. Watching so many movies each year usually raises my defense mode against cinematic emotional manipulation. However, all hope is not lost for me as the best filmmakers and talented writers and top notch actors can still get...
Greetings again from the darkness. For live theater lovers, the film version of a favorite play or musical comes with pros and cons. The film’s director, Maria Friedman (a renowned stage actor) strives to deliver the intimacy of a stage performance with...
The Naked Gun (“the new version”) is the funniest movie I have seen in years and a breath of fresh air in today’s world. I laughed out loud frequently during the entire 85-minute runtime, and I will be watching it again because I am sure I missed some jokes....