Review by James Lindorf Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, better known simply as Hobbs and Shaw, is the ninth entry into a franchise that has already pocketed 5.1 billion dollars for Universal Pictures. While the franchise may have humble origins as a Point Break...
Greetings again from the darkness. This is not a comedy. Ordinarily a movie review would not begin by telling you what the movie is not, but when the theatre marquee flashes “Starring Melissa McCarthy and Tiffany Haddish”, most anyone would assume they are in for a...
Review by David Ferguson Greetings again from the darkness. Young Molly is a bundle of nerves. Her mom smiles, and tries to be reassuring and a calming influence. When they arrive at their destination, the stately mansion is intimidating and only increases Molly’s...
Review by David Ferguson Greetings again from the darkness. Sure, we like to “name” our cars. And yes, we have memories of our first car – some fond, some a bit less so. But deep emotional attachments to a car are somewhat rare. After all, it’s just hunks of metal,...
Review by David Ferguson Greetings again from the darkness. Alright, who is excited for movie about a middle-aged man’s depression? No? How about if that man is also treated as an outcast within his own family? Well, filmmaker Kristian Haskjold and writer Marianne...
MAKING WAVES: THE ART OF CINEMATIC SOUND (documentary, 2019) Greetings again from the darkness. Did you hear that? While watching a movie, you are likely aware of explosions and spoken dialogue, but it’s quite astounding how many other sounds can make up a...
Greetings again from the darkness. Electricity. Bringing light and power to the world. Other than dependable food sources and clean water and air, nothing is more vital to our way of life today. However, going back in time only 125 years finds the sun and candlelight...
Review by James Lindorf In the winter of 1925, Nome, Alaska, a small mining town of approximately 1,000 people, was hit by an outbreak of diphtheria. With the town’s allotment of antitoxin in short supply and expired, the race to save the city achieved national...
Review by David Ferguson Greetings again from the darkness. There are bullies. There are those who get bullied. There are bystanders who watch the bullying. There are those who get involved. Writer-director Carlota Martinez-Pereda’s 14 minute gem won the Goya for Best...
Greetings again from the darkness. Decision time is 6 months away. That’s the scheduled day of Conscription for Atalya Ben-Abba, a 19 year old Israeli woman. On that day, she either accepts her mandatory Army assignment or subjects herself to a sentence in military...