Greetings again from the darkness. This is the 4th iteration I’ve seen of A STAR IS BORN. First there was writer/director William Wellman’s original version in 1937 which won the Oscar for Best Original Story, had 6 other Oscar nominations (including Best Picture),...
Review by James Lindorf Fortress Features and Saban Films have teamed up to bring you The Super, the latest thriller and first American film for award-winning German director Stephan Rick. Rick is joined by John J. McLaughlin one of the writers behind best picture...
With great power comes great responsibility. That has been the cornerstone of Peter Parker’s existence for the entirety of my lifetime and it’s a mantra that made him one of my favorite superheroes. Yet, the comic book universe has always been more expansive than...
Most years are filled to the brim with actors that seem like they are trying super duper hard to get an Oscar. Which is often quite fine and Christian Bale is certainly doing so in ‘Vice’, but most performances this year were subtly brilliant transformations. These...
Review by David Ferguson Greetings again from the darkness. Vendela is a seemingly shy teenager who is often the victim of emotional bullying by her more secure and popular classmates. Vendela hopes her YouTube vlog will bring her the appreciation and attention she...
Review by James Lindorf Nona (Sulem Calderon), is a young woman living alone in a Honduran shantytown. Both her father and brother were killed by local gangs, and her mother is trying to raise the money necessary to bring her to the United States. She works at a...
This year was particularly great for the compilation and musical soundtracks. The soundtrack for Black Panther and A Star Is Born got more nominations than just about every other artist at this years Grammy’s. Yet, the thing that always gets ignored by the general...
Review by James Lindorf It has been 104 years since the last major earthquake hit the city of Oslo. Director John Andreas Andersen’s The Quake answers the question: what if the next one isn’t years from now, but tomorrow? The Quake is a sequel to 2015’s Norwegian hit,...
Greetings again from the darkness. Learning from those at the top of their game is always fascinating, regardless of what their game, industry, business, or talent is. We want to hear what ‘the best’ has to say. What was their path to the pinnacle? What was their...
Review by Caitlin Zeigler After a massive accident at a plant takes the lives of innocent people, ghost-like figures called “remnants” appear. These remnants are people from the accident that show up for a small amount of time re-enacting something they did in life....