Review by Caitlin Zeigler Quint (Henry Ian Cusick) is a scientist who’s gone mad after his wife, Jessie (Karishma Ahluwalia) and children Miles (Raviv Haeems) and Flora (Kaavya Jayaram), fall ill. He tries to cure his children, who are in the beginning stages of the...
Movie Review: ‘Climax’
Greetings again from the darkness. A wounded, bleeding, hysterical woman is seen crawling through the snow. She’s not dressed appropriately for the weather, and it’s apparent she’s suffered some type of trauma. This opening shot is from a bird’s eye view, and it’s the...
Movie Review: ‘Mission Of Honor’
Greetings again from the darkness. The true story of the Polish fighter pilots who helped the Royal Air Force (RAF) win the Battle of Britain in WWII is certainly fascinating and deserves telling. However, the budget constraints are a hindrance to this production, and...
Movie Review: ‘Iceman’
ICEMAN (Der Mann aus dem Eis, 2019) Greetings again from the darkness. Some writers struggle with how to end their story. In this case, writer-director Felix Randau had his ending served up in newspaper headlines almost 30 years ago, and his challenge was to come up...
SXSW Movie Review: ‘Little Monsters’
Review by Cole Clay LITTLE MONSTERS is a well-intentioned zom-com from Australian Abe Forsythe (DOWN UNDER). He mixes a soft-to-the-touch plucky tone with yet another dark zombie film. The catch, this time, is Lupita Nyong’o is a kindergarten teacher who has to...
SXSW Movie Review: ‘The Beach Bum’
Review by Cole Clay Stepping into the orbit of filmmaker Harmony Korine may not be a welcoming task for many filmgoers, but those willing to take a dive into the depravity of his brand of hedonistic trash will find comfort in the sea of faces, and places he brings to...
SXSW Movie Review: ‘Long Shot’
Review by Cole Clay Seth Rogen has made a successful brand for himself as a movie star existing in spaces that allows for a loose improvisational feel, and those get laughs and sell tickets, but he is most successful when he’s playing at the heartstrings. His...
Movie Review: ‘Princess Of The Row’
Review by James Lindorf Directed by Van Maximilian Carlson and written by Carlson and Shawn Austin Princess of the Row stars Tayler Buck (Annabelle: Creation), Edi Gathegi (X-Men: First Class), Ana Ortiz (Ugly Betty), Jacob Vargas (Luke Cage), and Martin Sheen. It...
SXSW Movie Review: ‘US’ Is Another Winner From Jordan Peele
Review by Cole Clay The age-old saying, you are your own worst enemy, has been said time and time again. If we don’t watch out we will always get in the way of ourselves. This notion is taken quite literally in the writer/director Jordan Peele’s (GET OUT) sophomore...
Movie Review: ‘Madonna And The Breakfast Club’
Review by James Lindorf Guy Guido’s first directorial effort was the short film Physical Attraction about a teenager who has his life flipped upside down after an encounter with Madonna. The movie was about Madonna, it was named after a song from her first album, so...




