Greetings again from the darkness. Awkwardness abounds in the opening scene as Walter, his wife, and their teenage daughter reunite at JFK airport. The Angolan family has been separated for 17 years, and reality hits as the threesome grasp that they don’t even really...
Review by James Lindorf “Songbird” and its producer Michael Bay has been the subject of controversy about the potential callousness of making a film about a pandemic in the midst of one. The debate is about to be revisited as we are amid our highest COVID peak, and...
Review by James Lindorf Currently streaming exclusively on Shudder in the U.S., U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand is “Anything for Jackson,” the horror debut from Canadian filmmaker Justin G. Dyck. After their only grandchild is killed in a car accident, an...
Greetings again from the darkness. While I have Irish ancestors, the uproar of the Irish press over the accents in the film is a bit puzzling to me. Any frequent movie watcher can tell you that cinema history is filled with actors giving difficult accents their best...
Greetings again from the darkness. It’s a trivia question likely to stump most of your friends: Who has more number one Blues albums than anyone else? The answer is guitarist extraordinaire Joe Bonamassa, and co-directors Phillippe Klose and Kevin Shirley serve up a...
Greetings again from the darkness. After winning a fight, Mike Tyson spouted, “Lennox Lewis, I’m coming for you.” That fight didn’t occur for a few years, yet that match is central to the Lewis story in this biography from co-directors Seth Koch and Rick Lazes. When...
Greetings again from the darkness. Is there anything more tragic or grotesque than a beloved adult manipulating an innocent child to the point of sexual abuse? Dusty Mancinelli and Madeleine Sims-Fewer collaborate again as co-writers and co-directors for a film that...
Review by James Lindorf The road trip movie will forever be a cinema staple with many great examples. From “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” to the Best Picture-winning “Green Book” and the aptly named “Road Trip,” the genre is geared towards comedy but has plenty of...
Review by Monique Thompson Searching for a safer habitat, the prehistoric Crood family discovers an idyllic, walled-in paradise that meets all of its needs. Unfortunately, they must also learn to live with the Bettermans - a family that's a couple of steps above the...
Greetings again from the darkness. “Just a writer.” The line made me laugh. How many times have writers not received the recognition they deserved, or were underestimated, only to have their words create a lasting impact? Hollywood often likes to portray writers as...