Greetings again from the darkness. World War II. Baseball. Spies. A true story. Assemble all those pieces and you have Morris “Moe” Berg. Director Ben Lewin (THE SESSIONS, 2012) brings the fascinating story to the big screen with Robert Rodat’s (Oscar nominated for...
Review by James Lindorf No Postage Necessary stars George Blagden (Vikings) as Sam, a self-righteous, self-important ex-con. A convicted computer hacker finally out on probation, Sam crashes on his brother’s couch while working at a local ice cream shop. Desperate to...
Review by James Lindorf At First Light is the second directorial effort for Jason Stone (The Calling) who also penned the script. Gravitas Ventures will release the film in theaters and On Demand September 28th. Théodore Pellerin (On Becoming a God in Central Florida)...
Review by James Lindorf From director, producer and co-writer, Stephanie Welch comes A Dangerous Idea: Eugenics, Genetics and The American Dream, a revealing look at American history and those who abuse science in service of the belief that some groups and individuals...
“Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post. The opinions I share are my own.” Wonder Woman (Grey Griffin), Batgirl (Mae Whitman), Supergirl (Anais Fairweather) and Bumblebee (Teala Dunn), Harley Quinn...
Review by James Lindorf Slated and Vertical Entertainment have teamed up to bring you Cruise, the latest film from writer/director Robert Siegel. This is only Siegel’s second directorial effort (2009’s Big Fan). You may know him better as the writer of The Founder and...
Review by James Lindorf Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. paints an intimate portrait of refugee/artist/activist Mathangi Arulpragasam, whose friends call her Maya and the world knows as M.I.A. She hit the big time in 2008 with her song “Paper Planes” which was featured in the film...
Greetings again from the darkness. It was a good news – bad news kind of day for westerns. First, it’s announced that Mel Gibson will direct a remake of Sam Peckinpah’s 1969 classic THE WILD BUNCH. Talk about an undesired and unnecessary project! Fortunately, the...
Greetings again from the darkness. There are dark comedies and then there is the first feature film from director Eva Vives (although she wrote the screenplay for RAISING VICTOR VARGAS). It’s really a dark drama with both feet in the stand-up comedy world, so we find...
Greetings again from the darkness. While filmmakers don’t tend to shy away from sad or even depressing characters or events, Ireland’s Great Famine has rarely been depicted on the big screen, for whatever reason. The film’s title refers to the worst year of the famine...