Greetings again from the darkness. Woman power. Black power. Racist old white men. Corrupt politicians. Abusive husbands. Cheating white husbands. Racist cops. Men are bad. Women are strong and good. If a filmmaker were to blend all of these stereotypes into a single...
Review by Caitlin Zeigler Tyler (Charlie Plummer) is a boy scout in a small Christian community. His father, Don (Dylan McDermott), is the leader of the scouts. Every year the town celebrates the anniversary of the victims lost to a serial killer, who has never been...
Greetings again from the darkness. With release dates so close together, this documentary from director Christopher Martin makes a superb companion piece to director Matthew Heineman’s film, A PRIVATE WAR - the Marie Colvin biopic with an excellent performance by...
Greetings again from the darkness. With so much attention on this being a rare mainstream movie with an “all Asian cast”, it’s possible to lose sight of the fact that it’s much more than this generation’s THE JOY LUCK CLUB (1993). Director John M Chu has delivered a...
Review by Bradley Smith Bing has about 90 synonyms for “boring", I wonder how many I squeeze into one review. Because Kin has potential, but ultimately was unimaginative and lifeless except for maybe the last 10 minutes or so when all the disparate storylines come...
Greetings again from the darkness. “The Negro Motorist Green Book” was a travel guide highlighting safe places for African Americans to stay, eat and visit from the 1930’s through the mid 1960’s. Yes, it was a real publication and yes, there was a real need for it...
Review by Jacquelin Hipes Imagine sharing your life with another person. Not through marriage or parenthood. Literally split your day in half, allocating twelve hours to a sibling that shares your body but not your mind. Straight-laced Jonathan (Ansel Elgort) has been...
Greetings again from the darkness. The first thing to note here is that the title refers to a young actor who scuttled his career through drug addiction – an addiction which ultimately led to a burglary that ended in tragedy and a prison sentence. What the title...
When I was a kid, I remember being super excited about the ‘The Grinch’ movie that Ron Howard made with Jim Carrey. It was everyone’s favorite comedian playing a beloved grinch of a character. And when I watched it I enjoyed it. However, after viewing it as an adult,...
Review by David Ferguson Greetings again from the darkness. Much was made of the ‘artistic license’ director Mel Gibson took in creating his own version of historical events and actions of William Wallace for his Oscar-winning BRAVEHEART (1995). Director David...