Review by Jacquelin Hipes Adolescence is filled with mistakes, although for most of us those stumbles are allowed to fade quietly with time. But the reckless hubris of youth sometimes invites disaster, as one teenager learns in All Summers End. Conrad (Tye Sheridan)...
Review by Lauryn Angel Like its predecessor, 2008’s The Strangers, this movie is based on a series of true events, including the Manson Family murders, the Keddie Cabin Murders, and writer Brian Bertino’s own experience of strangers knocking on his door, asking for...
Review by Russell Whitehouse Ava DuVernay is a director who likes to reinvent herself. From an MLK biopic to a documentary about the racially biased prison-industrial complex, to A Wrinkle In Time (a Disney adaptation of a beloved YA sci-fi novel) DuVernay is a...
Review by James Lindorf Social Animals is the first outing for director Theresa Bennett, who also wrote the film. Bennett has worked in many different capacities in the film industry since the start of her career in 2007, from being a part of the crew to casting to...
Review by Lauryn Angel Mary Shelley’s first novel, Frankenstein is one of my all-time favorite books, and I’ve always found Shelley herself to be a fascinating figure in her own right. Daughter of two controversial writers – William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft –...
Greetings again from the darkness. In Sean Baker’s 2017 surprise indie hit THE FLORIDA PROJECT, we viewed a challenging family environment through the ever-optimistic eyes of a young girl intent on making the best of every day. On the opposite end of the spectrum is...
With all the mixed reactions to this movie, I must freely and fervently exclaim, right at the top of this review, that I loved ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’! I didn’t just like it a little or give it a pass because I love the character. I absolutely and unequivocally...
Review by Caitlin Zeigler Some grad students, who all decided to become doctors, ended up taking a weekend trip into the woods as an early graduation celebration. It's too bad something else is in the woods with them. After the group gets lost, they decide to set up...
Review by James Lindorf From 1999 to 2016, there were more than 200,000 deaths related to prescription opioid overdose, with a death toll five times higher in 2016 than 1999. This stat plus his history with addiction and chronic pain led writer and director Chris Bell...
Greetings again from the darkness. This is one of those movies that has the look and feel that leaves me believing I should like it more than I do. Ian McEwan (the excellent ATONEMENT) adapted the screenplay from his own novel, and it’s by no means a cookie-cutter...