Review by James Lindorf Submergence is a love story, not just between its two central characters, but between them and the universe at large. The connection between people, between man and nature and man and religion, all combine to tell a moving story of love, duty,...
Review by Caitlin Zeigler A young girl named Anna (Bel Powley) grew up locked in her room and the only person she knew was her father (Brad Dourif). When her father tries to end his life, Anna goes to stay with Sheriff Ellen Cooper (Liv Tyler) until her DNA test...
Olivia, Lucas and a group of their college friends travel to Mexico for one last getaway before graduation. While there, a stranger convinces one of the students to play a seemingly harmless game of truth or dare with the others. Blumhouse Truth or Dare, produced by...
Greetings again from the darkness. The feature film debut from writer/director Brian Shoaf benefits from the talented cast he has assembled. I do wonder about his initial “pitch”. The film opens with barely-there lighting as we watch a zoo-based aardvark borough...
Review by Daniel Pappas To start with, one might wonder if you need to know anything about history to enjoy “Beirut.” The answer: a simple no. Still, the movie offers little pathos to the city (and the country of Lebanon as a whole) from its very first minute until...
Review by Jacquelin Hipes The uninitiated who sit down to Sophie Fiennes’ new documentary to learn about the life and career of its subject, singer/model/actress Grace Jones, may find themselves a bit adrift. While Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami boasts incredibly...
Review by Jacquelin Hipes Kyra (Michelle Pfeiffer) has moved back in with her elderly mother (Suzanne Shepherd) to help as a live-in caretaker. Her altruism is somewhat offset by her circumstances: divorced and unable to find work since downsizing eliminated her job...
Greetings again from the darkness. Aaron Sorkin’s dialogue is like a rap battle with proper grammar and no down-beat. He must have been abused by pregnant pauses and moments of silence as a kid, as his screen banter gives new meaning to ‘the fast and the furious’....
When I walk into a live musical I’m really most interested in one thing, and that’s the music. I want a coherent plot and characters that I enjoy, but I’m not looking for depth or nuance. I’m looking for show stopping musical numbers. Movies are a little different....
Greetings again from the darkness. The grandson of J Paul Getty, the wealthiest man in the world, was kidnapped while in Rome in 1973. That fascinating story holds more than enough drama for an engaging movie, and certainly did not need the notoriety or artistic...