Greetings again from the darkness. Why do 95% of schools have lockdown drills? Why are active shooter defense products a $3 billion industry? Why do thirty states allow teachers to carry firearms? Well, the answer is pretty simple and is clearly stated by...
Documentary Review: ‘The Merchants Of Joy’
Greetings again from the darkness. The thing I love about documentaries is that so many tell stories that might otherwise not be told. Quite often, we don’t even realize there is a story to be told, which is the case with this latest from Celia Aniskovich...
Movie Review: ‘Jay Kelly’ In Limited Theaters And On Netflix December 5th
Review by James Lindorf From “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Sunset Boulevard” in the ‘50s to “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “Babylon,” Hollywood has never been shy about examining its process and importance. Academy Award nominee Noah Baumbach is the latest...
Movie Review: ‘Nouvelle Vague’ On Netflix
Greetings again from the darkness. Like most who obsess over cinema, I went through my French New Wave phase. Actually, binge is likely more accurate since the phase has yet to end. I’ll always make time for Truffaut, Godard, Chabrol, Rohmer, Varda, and...
Movie Review: ‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’
Now You See Me: Now You Don’t is a fun action globetrotting heist movie with visually spectacular magic and enough comedy and twists to keep the audience entertained. Most of your favorite, and maybe not-so-favorite, Robin Hood inspired criminal magicians...
Movie Review: ‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’ Blu-ray
Review by Laury Angel If you are a Downton Abbey fan, you probably greatly anticipate Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, but probably not in the same way fans of the Conjuring franchise were excited about The Conjuring: Last Rights. Instead of wondering...
Movie Review: ‘Rebuilding’
Greetings again from the darkness. We don’t see the fire. There is no need. We see the aftermath right along with Dusty as he takes a deep breath and surveys what’s left of his multi-generational ranch. We are also there as he auctions the cattle that he can...
Documentary Review: ‘Steve Schapiro: Being Everywhere’
Greetings again from the darkness. Historians record events for future generations. We tend to think of history as what we read on the page in books, yet it’s the photographers who often bring those words to life – delivering visuals that hit home and make...
Movie Review: ‘The Siege Of Ape Canyon’
Greetings again from the darkness. According to one of those interviewed, this isn’t just a Bigfoot story … it’s THE Bigfoot story! The film is directed by Eli Watson (not his first Bigfoot project) and produced by Seth Breedlove, the founder of Small Town...
Movie Review: ‘Karen Kingsbury’s The Christmas Ring’
Famous Hollywood collaborations include director-actor duos like Quentin Tarantino and Samuel L. Jackson, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio, and Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. Well-established acting pairs include Robert De Niro & Joe Pesci, Paul Newman...
