Greetings again from the darkness. Is this Canada’s answer to the ground-breaking documentary BLACKFISH (2013), which destroyed SeaWorld’s status as wholesome family entertainment? Well, kinda sorta. MarineLand is the popular amusement park located in Niagara Falls,...
Mixed Martial Arts and Pro Wrestling combine to make a formidable pairing in this new film from writer/director Jesse Quinones. Reiss Gibbons (Alex Montagnani) receives his fifth MMA title as the film starts and is on his way to being one of the greatest fighters to...
Greetings again from the darkness. I’ve just finished reading an article proclaiming “addict” is now an offensive term, but since Zach Capp refers to himself as a gambling addict at the beginning of this movie, I guess it’s alright here. Let’s start by saying it’s not...
Greetings again from the darkness. One has to hand it to documentarian James Fox. He is nothing if not persistent. And persistency is a requirement for anyone involved with researching and reporting UFO sightings that now date back more than 70 years. To give you an...
Greetings again from the darkness. I’ll admit that during the pandemic, I haven’t been as selective on the movies I choose to watch as during “normal” times. Heck, I have more available time and I enjoy watching movies, so why not relax the standards a bit? This...
Review by James Lindorf Being a nurse can be a challenging job, both emotionally and physically. Working a 12-hour shift overnight is incredibly exhausting for Mandy (Angela Bettis). Beds need to be cleaned, patients need treatments and constant monitoring, plus she...
Review by Lisa Payne Five total strangers, Romero (Dominic Pace), Lucia (Gabriela Lopez), Marlene (Natassia Halabi), Amadu (Patrick Caberty), and Curtis (Kevin Glikmann) wake up in a dark room “tied up” with barbed wire. Enter Emaramus (Nathanyael Grey), the...
Greetings again from the darkness. Sofia Coppola cemented her place among top filmmakers with the instant classic LOST IN TRANSLATION (2003). Sure, she’s had other successes with THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (1999), MARIE ANTOINETTE (2006), and SOMEWHERE (2010), but it’s her...
Greetings again from the darkness. Virginia Hall should be famous. Oh sure, history buffs know her name, but usually she’s a blip in book or article about WWII. Director Lydia Dean Pilcher was Oscar nominated as Producer for the excellent CUTIE AND THE BOXER (2013),...
Review by Monique Thompson A young Brooklyn couple head to an upstate cabin to unplug from their phones and reconnect with each other. Blissfully unaware of their surroundings, they are left to their own devices as the planet falls under attack. The way 2020 has...