Greetings again from the darkness. “Six wings and chips, twice.” That’s the order placed as two lifelong friends catch up for a visit. It’s likely the last visit for quite some time as Isaac tells Jude that he’s moving from their neighborhood to a different part of...
How far would you go if a family member were involved in criminal activity? What can you do when little white lies turn into dark secrets? These topics are explored in the new suspenseful crime drama Hammer when a father catches his estranged son fleeing from a...
Greetings again from the darkness. “Thrillingly awful”. That’s how Rose describes the feeling she had from reading Shirley Jackson’s 1948 short story “The Lottery.” It’s also a likely reaction many will have to watching director Josephine Decker’s (MADELINE’S...
Greetings again from the darkness. Where do you see yourself in “X” years? That’s a common job interview question, and with a slight twist, it’s the question Damon Gameau asks himself and us … only his question is about our planet, and it’s meant to have us consider...
Review by James Lindorf And we go green is the phrase used to signify the start of every Formula E race. The ground-breaking electric car racing series is full of big personalities, high-speed crashes, and none of the emissions. Directors Fisher Stevens and Malcolm...
In 1991, I was 10 years old and paying zero attention to news, local or national (such blissful times). One of the news stories I apparently missed that year was the largest hostage siege negotiation in the United States. Thanks in part to a lack of ideas and an...
Review by Lisa Payne Jeff (Mike Mayhall) is a dick, sorry I mean a social-climbing playwright. He and his wife Haley (Alli Hart) are invited to a dinner party thrown by Carmine (Bill Sage) and his influential friends who promise to finance Jeff's play onto Broadway....
Greetings again from the darkness. “There’s something in the sky.” We’ve heard the line, or something similar, in most every UFO/Alien invasion film for the past 70 years. However, while employing a few conventional tropes of the genre, the brilliant directorial debut...
Greetings again from the darkness. Who better to play an aging diva at the crossroads of a hugely successful singing career than the daughter of Diana Ross? Of course, nothing is ever that easy and if Tracee Ellis Ross wasn’t ultra-talented herself, the film wouldn’t...
Greetings again from the darkness. The pandemic has put most blockbusters and mainstream releases on hold, allowing the projects of many first time filmmakers to jump to the front of the line for exposure to critics and streaming platforms. Director Elfar Adalstein’s...