Greetings again from the darkness. This feature film debut from Texas filmmaker Jameson Brooks (co-written with Sheldon Chick) was an Audience Award winner at last year’s Dallas International Film Festival. It’s based on the incredulous true story of a tragic crime...
Review by Jacquelin Hipes If you’ve only been romantically involved with one person your entire life, is it possible to know that they’re your perfect mate? It’s a question posed to Anna (Rebecca Hall), in crasser terms, over a birthday dinner shared with her...
A harrowing backstory, a smattering of action, and a handful of familiar faces are not enough to overcome the overall dullness that is Scorched Earth. Set in the not distant enough future, this post apocalyptic western has limited drama, suspense, or comedy. Sometime...
Review by Jacquelin Hipes There are those who worry that Only the Brave, the latest film by director Joseph Kosinski, hits theaters at an inopportune time. Natural disaster films tend to heavily feature…well, natural disasters, milking destruction and personal loss...
t seems like it is not unusual for mothers and daughters to have dysfunctional relationships. You probably know someone whose mother is too critical, or too close, or just doesn’t seem to care at all; if not, either lucky you or you may want to have an honest talk...
Greetings again from the darkness. More than 50 years after his death, President John Kennedy casts an ever-present shadow over Lyndon Baines Johnson’s career as a stellar politician and a President with significant accomplishments. Part of the reason is presentation...
George Clooney is one of the most talented men in Hollywood. He is a great writer, director, and actor. The Coen Brothers are some of the most talented writers and directors in the world. Matt Damon is a fantastic actor. Which is why ‘Suburbicon’ is probably the...
Greetings again from the darkness. When a film opens with a statement that ‘the views expressed are those of the authors and director, and not of the government of Lebanon’, one quickly understands the difference in artistic freedom in that country versus what occurs...
Review by Jacquelin Hipes Harold Buttleman (John Hawkes) esteems “professional risk taker” Evel Kinevel so much that he too wants to become a stuntman. It’s a difficult trade to practice from behind the counter of a tuxedo shop, yet when Harold isn’t fitting formal...
Review by James Lindorf The world of mixed martial arts may have just gotten its Rocky with The Cage Fighter, the story of everyman fighter, Joe Carman. Joe is a blue-collar family man who breaks the promise he'd made to never fight again. Now forty years old, with a...