Love Hurts is an action/comedy that does not waste a minute of its’ short 83-minute runtime. It is the latest project in Ke Huy Quan’s resurgent acting career and, while I will not say it is better than Everything Everywhere All At Once or Loki (season 2),...
Greetings again from the darkness. Empty nest syndrome has always fascinated me. As parents, we strive to build independence in our kids so that they can go out in the world and fend for themselves (better described as not moving back home or remaining on...
Greetings again from the darkness. Accusing someone, anyone, of something or anything, is as easy as speaking the words. The challenge of justice unfolds with the (often) difficulty in finding sufficient evidence for proof. Although all of this holds true...
Review by James Lindorf Writer and director Nicholas Stoller has experienced a roller coaster of a career since he first made a splash in 2008 by writing the Jim Carrey comedy "Yes Man" and directing Jason Segel's "Forgetting Sarah Marshall." His career...
Greetings again from the darkness. With so many MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE movies (another one coming this year) and others of its ilk, movies labeled as ‘thrillers’ or ‘spy thrillers’ seemed to have evolved into hyper-action events requiring the leads to display...
Greetings again from the darkness. Creating a 5-minute short film that shocks us, makes us laugh, and leaves us understanding the main character is quite a feat. And that’s exactly what director Julien Lasseur and screenwriter Brian Groh have accomplished...
Review by James Lindorf Over the last seven years, writer and director Christian Gudegast has taken a near-complete break from Hollywood. His only credited position since 2018 was as an executive producer on Gerard Butler’s action movie “Plane.” He has fully...
If it seems the local cineplex is filled with sequels, prequels, remakes, and spinoffs … well, that’s because it is. The 2024 worldwide box office totals show the top 16 grossing films fit one of those descriptions. This just makes things a bit more...
Greetings again from the darkness. In the age of sequels, here’s one we can actually give a warm welcome to. Pixar has followed up the brilliant INSIDE OUT (2015) with one that picks up Riley a couple years later as she hits those teenage years, which as all...
Greetings again from the darkness. True stories are often at the heart of many movies each year. However, there are true stories and then there is the story of the Paiva family. Marcelo Rubens Paiva has written two books, which along with numerous interviews...