The word on Ang Lee’s latest experiment with digital technology has been that it was a misfire. Complaints have been thrown around about its frame rate, 3D, and digitally de-aged Will Smith. However, most have just pointed out that the story is kind of dull and...
Greetings again from the darkness. A wild and over-the-top chase-fight-shootout at the Staples Center is the action-packed opening sequence, leading us to believe we are about to spend 90 minutes watching a mountain-sized rogue-cop out for vengeance. And then, as soon...
Review by David Ferguson Greetings again from the darkness. Why did the mushroom get invited to the party? Because he’s a fun guy (fungi)! That joke works better when spoken rather than read, but it made me laugh as a kid, even though it wasn’t enough to keep me (and...
Review by James Lindorf From Indie film powerhouse A24 comes Writer and Director Kevin McMullin’s feature film debut Low Tide. High schooler Alan (Keean Johnson) and his friends Red (Alex Neustaedter) and Smitty (Daniel Zolghadri) spend the long days of summer...
Greetings again from the darkness. ‘Space – the final frontier.’ Well, that wasn’t the case for real life astronaut Lisa Nowak. In 2007, Nowak made the national news for her cross-country, diaper-wearing road trip that ended with her being arrested in Orlando for...
From NTXFF 2019 Greetings again from the darkness. The meek may inherit the earth, but if this Steven Soderbergh movie based on Jake Bernstein’s book (screenplay by Scott Z Burns) is correct, they aren’t likely to get the money too. To put it more bluntly, the first...
Review by James Lindorf Jagger Gravning’s Wallflower is a unique and evocative look at Seattle’s 2006 Capitol Hill massacre. Wallflower turns the standard docudrama-style true crime story from a dry retelling of the facts into a nuanced tale of culture-clash. Jealous...
From North Texas Film Festival 2019 Greetings again from the darkness. The old flea market adage is “one person’s trash is another’s treasure”, and the same can be said for comedy. What you find obtuse and humorless may be the funniest thing your neighbor has ever...
Well, it’s the most controversial film of the year amongst film critics, journalists, and those in the public sphere. Audiences seem to be loving it. It is breaking records, and has very high audience ratings everywhere you look. Yet, reporting shows that the...
Greetings again from the darkness. Opening Night at the Oak Cliff Film Festival … a time to hold your breath while preparing for a unique movie experience. Yep, it happens every year – and this year, the festival’s 8th, may be the most fun yet. Our Thursday night...