Review by James Lindorf Navigating the pandemic, a writer’s strike, and struggling box office returns have been complicated for every studio, but perhaps none more so than Disney post Infinity War Saga. Warner Bros. famously canceled a project for a tax...
Greetings again from the darkness. Playwright August Wilson has a nice string of his stage work being adapted for the big screen. First, there was FENCES (2018), then MA RANEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (2022), and now this latest is the first feature film from...
Review by James Lindorf “The Wizard of Oz” is one of the most beloved films in history and has been delighting fans for 85 years. In 1995, author Gregory Maguire penned “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West” where he reimagined what...
Greetings again from the darkness. After so many decades of groups fighting to gain acceptance and rights and freedom, it seems recently there has been entirely too much focus on removing rights from some. Likely the most harrowing example of this is what’s...
Greetings again from the darkness. While we have grown accustomed to movies about war, this documentary is a true and stunning war movie. There are no special effects or stunt doubles or guns with blanks. The bombs are as real as the three people bringing us an all...
Greetings again from the darkness. This would be a tough film to watch even if it wasn’t inspired by true events. Guatemala-born writer-director Jayro Bustamante w-d, Guatemala-born (LA LLORNA, 2019) serves up a fictionalized version of the 2017 tragedy at...
Review by James Lindorf It continues to pay off to be a friend of Dwayne Johnson’s. His long-time producer, Hiram Garcia, had an idea for a new holiday action film, and the actor bought in. Next, he signed on the writer of multiple Fast and Furious movies...
Greetings again from the darkness. In 2022, Kathryn Ferguson released a documentary on singer and activist Sinead O’Connor. It was Ms. Ferguson’s first feature-length documentary, after a few shorts and videos. This time out, her focus is on renowned actor...
Greetings again from the darkness. For those of a certain age, October 11, 1975, changed television forever. Now celebrating it’s 50th anniversary season, “Saturday Night Live” (SNL was originally just ‘Saturday Night’) has been maligned and criticized so...
Greetings again from the darkness. It’s that time of year when we get bombarded with Christmas movies. Some are light-hearted comedies, while others play off the elevated emotions of the holiday season. Most of these seem to be harmless, although some are so...