Greetings again from the darkness. Who doesn’t love a good whodunit? Don’t we all find a bit of guilty pleasure in being the mastermind who solves a fictitious murder case? Has anyone ever been better at crafting an intricate murder mystery than Agatha Christie? Why...
Review by James Lindorf Philip Gelatt, who is best known for writing the cult classic Europa Report and directing the Tribeca Film Festival hit, The Bleeding House, is back to direct his second feature film. Adapted from the novella 30, by award-winning horror author...
Review by Smee When I started playing rugby two-and-a-half years ago, I knew two things: 1) everyone as going to remind me that I was in my 40s and not my 20s, and 2) everyone knew who the All Blacks were, thanks to their performance of the haka, or Maori warrior...
Greetings again from the darkness. Once out of our teen years (though some take a bit longer), the vast majority of us accept the obvious truth to the adage “life is not fair”. Despite this, we never outgrow our desire for justice when we feel wronged. Uber-talented...
Review by Jeff Myhre The premise of Hangman is nothing out of the ordinary. Detective Ruiney (Karl Urban) lost his wife a year ago, an unsolved murder. He was close to Detective Archer (Al Pacino) who retired after Ruiney's wife died. Christi Davies (Brittany Snow) is...
Review by Jacquelin Hipes Spies lead sexy and dangerous lives, a mainstay Hollywood conceit that Red Sparrow makes sure you won’t forget. After an injury forces prima ballerina Dominika Egorova (Jennifer Lawrence) to seek help from her politically connected uncle, a...
Greetings again from the darkness. When the name Karl Marx comes up, most of us recall that iconic photo of the older gentleman with the large grey beard. As with all older gents, they were once young men, and that’s the focus of this film from writer/director Raoul...
Greetings again from the darkness. Cinematic historical dramas, by definition, face the challenge of overcoming a known and documented outcome. Director Joe Wright (ATONEMENT) and writer Anthony McCarten (Oscar nominated for THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING) attempt to...
Review by Caitlin Zeigler This film is about what happens after a zombie apocalypse. You’ve got those who survived, those who were killed and/or eaten and those who were “cured” and those who the cure didn’t fully take to. Senan (Sam Keeley) returns home after being...
Review by Jacquelin Hipes In the opening minutes of Oh Lucy!, a stranger on a crowded platform whispers goodbye into Setsuko Kawashima’s ear and leaps in front of a train. This jarring incident sets both her (Shinobu Terajima) and the audience off-balance, a sobering...