Review by James Lindorf When he was a young man, director William Nicholson’s parents divorced after nearly 30 years of marriage. Now Nicholson is in his 70’s and is revisiting that story of parting, grief, and familial obligation with his latest film Hope Gap. An...
For those to young to remember, the first iteration of ‘The Invisible Man’ was actually created way back in 1897 by H. G. Wells and then adapted into a film for the first time in 1933. Since then, there have been too many iterations to really waste the time on. The...
Review by Lisa Payne In this wonderful Irish film, Rose (Maeve Higgins) is a lonely, guilt-ridden driving instructor, who used to help her father as a psychic supporting him in his exorcism TV show. That is until she accidentally killed him. Oops. Rose still gets...
Review by James Lindorf Director, co-writer, and co-producer Matthew Pope’s crime thriller Blood on Her Name opens with Leigh Tiller (Bethany Anne Lind) standing in a pool of blood. A large wrench in her hand and a dead man at her feet. Looking at what has happened,...
Review by James Lindorf In the 1930’s Universal Pictures created at least one film for its most iconic monsters, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, The Werewolf, and The Mummy are among the most notable. Over the years each character has appeared time and time...
Greetings again from the darkness. If not so tragic, this story might fit best in Ripley’s Believe it or Not. What better description is there for a small town welder who builds an armored bulldozer, weaponizes it, and then takes it on a rampage of revenge, destroying...
Greetings again from the darkness. For someone to truly change their core being, they must have a reason. “Because it’s the right thing to do” is usually not enough … it must be something much deeper like self-preservation or love. For Mike Burden, self-preservation...
Review by David Ferguson Greetings again from the darkness. It’s late night as we open on what appears to be the only occupied booth in a local diner. We (the camera) sit across the table from a large, bespectacled man … a bit sweaty … as he speaks directly to us/the...
Review by Bradley Smith Wow! Unlike Rings, Dark Waters has no relation to the similarly named Japanese Horror film, Dark Water, yet it manages to be more horrific and unbelievable. Dark Waters tells an incredible story of one lawyer who risked his reputation and...
Review by James Lindorf “Queen & Slim” aspired to spread social commentary on the injustice that spawned the Black Lives Matter movement through a romance story with the most intense meet-cute moment in cinematic history. While on a very forgettable first date Slim, a...