Review by James Lindorf Inspired by a past relationship of Writer, Director, and co-Producer Eric H. Sheffield, Hatchback is a quirky independent comedy that was released August 15th, 2019. Wyatt (Ericson Just) lives in a flophouse-like apartment with deadbeat...
Movie Review: ‘The Second Sun’
Review by James Lindorf Directed by newcomer Jennifer Gelfer and Written by James Patrick Nelson, The Second Sun stars Eden Epstein as Joy and John Buffalo Mailer as Max. Inspired by a true story, the film follows the story of a chance encounter that leads to a...
Movie Review: ‘Kingdom’
Review by Bradley Smith The year is 255 B.C. during a period known as the “Seven Warring States” when the Seven Kingdoms of China fought a seemingly endless battle. Two war orphans, sold into slavery, practice their sword fighting every day in order to become the...
Movie Review: ‘Blinded By The Light’
Greetings again from the darkness. Last year we had Queen via BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, and so far this year we’ve had Elton John with ROCKETMAN and The Beatles with YESTERDAY. Thanks to writer-director Gurinder Chadha (BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM), our latest musical genius to...
Documentary Review: ‘ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band From Texas’
Greetings again from the darkness. The opening credits are still rolling when we hear the very familiar chords and vocal growls that kick off ZZ Top’s mega-hit “La Grange”. Director and music documentarian Sam Dunn delivers quite a celebratory tribute to this ‘little...
Movie Review: ‘Teacher’
Greetings again from the darkness. The first feature film from writer-director Adam Dick is actually a full length version of his own short film (same title) from a couple of years ago. In it, he covers many of today’s hot topics: bullying, racism, white privilege,...
Documentary Review: ‘Manson: Music From An Unsound Mind’
Greetings again from the darkness. It’s been 50 years since the horrific and tragic Tate-LaBianca murders, and that has caused a renewed fascination with that era in general, and the Manson family specifically. History has rightly labeled Charles Manson as a monster...
Documentary Review: ‘Chasing Perfect’ Is A Beautiful, Well Made Doc
Review by Bradley Smith In Chasing Perfect, Frank Stephenson discusses his life, his career, his inspirations, his family, the auto industry, and his view of the need for reaching for perfection. It is a beautiful, well made documentary that can appeal to anyone...
Movie Review: ‘The Mummy Rebirth’
Review by Caitlin Zeigler Noah (Carter) and Daniella (Brittany Goodwin) are treasure hunters who team up with Sager (David E. Cazares), where they discover a tomb and unintentionally awaken Sebek (Shamel Hashish). Noah and Daniella realize this is bad and work on...
Documentary Review: ‘One Child Nation’
Review by Russell Whitehouse China’s One Child Policy (OCP) ran from 1979-2015. This mandatory government program, as the name suggests, restricted women to only birthing one child. ONE CHILD NATION (co-directed by Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang) covers this...






