Review by James Lindorf John Garrity (Gerard Butler) has a stressful life. He is a structural engineer responsible for building the latest skyscrapers and managing dozens of workers and subcontractors. He is estranged from his wife Allison (Morena Baccarin) after...
Greetings again from the darkness. A group of kids chasing a chicken through the streets and back alleys for the privilege of choosing teams is the light-hearted way the movie opens. It may only be a 20 minute film, but that chicken chase provides one of the very few...
The Vast of Night (Movie, Streaming, Amazon) This film was easily the most pleasant surprise that I’ve had watching a film since this wretched quarantine began. Seemingly coming out of nowhere, I randomly read about it one Saturday morning and watched it based on the...
Review by James Lindorf “The Cove” and “Blackfish” are two of the best and most impactful documentaries ever to be produced. For its first 15 minutes, “The Walrus and the Whistleblower” seemed poised to join that group. The film follows Phil Demers, a former animal...
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Film) This was easily one of the biggest surprises of the year for me. I did not even know that this movie was on the horizon, but after I saw it I remembered just how good a satirist Sacha Baron Cohen really is. The way he manages...
Greetings again from the darkness. In 2003, Jack Baxter and Joshua Faudem were in the process of making a documentary on Mike’s Place, a blues club in Tel Aviv located next door to the American Embassy. The purpose of the project was to show that there was more to...
Embattled is a surprisingly moving and engaging family drama set in and around the world of MMA fighting. It follows a formerly estranged father and son as they try to advance the son’s career as an MMA fighter, following in the footsteps of his father. But their old...
Review by James Lindorf Best known for starring in the comedic period piece “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Rachel Brosnahan is skipping ahead a couple decades for the 1970s set crime drama “I’m Your Woman.” Brosnahan stars as Jean, the bored housewife to mid-level thug...
Greetings again from the darkness. Few would understand the pressures of celebrity better than Drew Barrymore. She’s 45 years old and has been in front of the camera for 40 years. Most of us recall her as young Gertie in Spielberg’s ET: THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL (1982),...
Greetings again from the darkness. By nature, an ambitious filmmaker takes risks that other filmmakers don’t, sometimes to the detriment of their own success. However, for those of us who maintain a crazy pace of movie watching, we tend to relish those who find a way...