Greetings again from the darkness. It’s rare for a sequel to be a better film than the original, and we are entering unicorn territory when dealing with comedy sequels improving on the first film. So hearing that most of the original cast is back for material from the...
Greetings again from the darkness. Poop. Poo, doodie, s**t, feces, excrement, doo-doo, dung, dookie, defecate, bowel movement, and number 2. Director Aaron Feldman threatens to waste (pun) our time by opening on comedians dumping (another one) their various forms of...
Greetings again from the darkness. Adaptations of Superheroes, Comic Books, and Graphic Novels have been driving the movie theater box office for a few years now. Where the financial success of a film was once measured in tens of millions, it’s now hundreds of...
Review by Caitlin Zeigler It’s 1953 in Vietnam and Linh (Kate Nhung) is desperate to find any work she can get. She heard there was work at a French rubber plantation where she could be a housemaid. Mrs. Han (Kim Xuan) is in charge of taking care of the house and she...
Review by Jacquelin Hipes We’ve all heard the story before: Girl meets boy. Girl leaves boy. Girls runs into boy several years later. Complications ensue. It’s a simple formula that allows for endless variation, with good and not-so-good results. The Boy Downstairs,...
Greetings again from the darkness. Imagine, if you will, a world where the one-percenters view their privileged life as carrying more responsibility towards civic duty, not less. While that’s difficult to conceive these days, the film takes us back 100 years to the...
Review by Russell Whitehouse In a consumerist world, it’s easy to take everyday staples for granted. If you’re a male in particular, then you likely rarely think about menstrual pads, let alone how they’re made or who made them. R. Balthi’s latest film, Pad Man, tells...
Greetings again from the darkness. Denzel Washington is one of our most iconic actors and he’s put together a remarkable career, including 8 Oscar nominations and two wins. He’s had his Al Pacino SCARFACE comparable with TRAINING DAY, his Robert DeNiro GOODFELLAS...
Review by Caitlin Zeigler Ben Layten (Thomas Middleditch) wanted to end it all, but before he decided to do it, he decided to pinpoint where his life went wrong. Getting a divorce is what began to set off Ben to want to end it, but his best friend Tabby (Diana Bang)...
Review by Jacquelin Hipes Early in Golden Exits, Naomi (Emily Browning), the new assistant to archivist Nick (Adam Horovitz), complains to her boss that no one makes “films about ordinary people who don’t really do anything.” While the individuals in Golden Exits...