Review by James Lindorf In 1937, marijuana was made illegal for the first time, despite an outcry from the American Medical Association. When that act was deemed unconstitutional in the 1970s, it was replaced by the Controlled Substances Act, which created the drug...
Review by James Lindorf Opening October 26th is London Fields, the Mathew Cullen (Pacific Rim) directed film based on the Martin Amis novel of the same name. The story is set in an alternate 1999 London during an unexplained event, only referred to as “The Crisis.”...
Review by James Lindorf IFC is known for bringing quality indie films to a broad audience, and it is set to do that again for Don’t Go, the latest film from director David Gleeson. Don’t Go was co-written by Gleeson and Academy Award Nominee, Ronan Blaney, with music...
THE GUILTY (Den Skyldige, Denmark) DIFF 2018 Greetings again from the darkness. Some people prefer their movies to be light-hearted escapes from the real world – two hours of mindless entertainment that distract from real life responsibilities. Then there are the rest...
Greetings again from the darkness. There is absolutely nothing that compares to being a parent. Sorry, pet lovers, it’s not even close. And I’m not referring to the romantic notion of having one’s DNA live on as legacy. Rather, nothing compares to the weight of...
Greetings again from the darkness. “Til death do us part.” Only far too often, long term marriages are not broken by death, but instead by memories being cruelly erased through disease. Alzheimer’s and Dementia are dreadful diseases, even in the early stages....
Review by James Lindorf In July of 1970 the US government launched a missile carrying vials of radioactive cobalt only to watch it veer off course and crash in Mexico’s famed Zone of Silence. James (John Noble; Fringe) the scientist in charge of the cleanup, and his...
Review by Jacquelin Hipes The old and the new collide in the latest outing for bumbling British spy Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson). Johnny English Strikes Again is the third film in what technically qualifies as a franchise, although it’s likely one audiences...
Review by David Ferguson Greetings again from the darkness. Two young boys, obviously good friends, are spending the day just hanging out and exploring the area on the outskirts of town. They are engaged in an ongoing game of one-upmanship as they spontaneously...
Greetings again from the darkness. Actors becoming directors is a Hollywood tradition going back many years, although it seems to be quite the trend these days. Just within the past 3 weeks, there have been feature film directorial debuts from Bradley Cooper, Jonah...