The Wild Robot is a wonderful, emotional tale following the journey of an unlikely mother and child as they evolve and learn to love and adapt to their sometimes-harsh surroundings. It will make most audiences face a wide range of reactions, from...
Greetings again from the darkness. When the history of music in the United States is discussed, it seems most of the gushing is reserved for Memphis, Chicago, and New Orleans. Documentarian Alan Swyer puts forth a legitimate case for Houston (and its...
Review by James Lindorf French writer and director Coralie Fargeat is back with her second feature film after a seven-year break. “The Substance” received great acclaim when it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the award for best...
Greetings again from the darkness. I’ve always been enamored with movies which are paced so deliberately that it can easily seem like not much is happening, when actually we drift from dark comedy to tenderness to tragedy. It’s likely why I’ve been drawn to...
Greetings again from the darkness. Writer-director Bernardo Britto has delivered a modern-day cinematic rarity: a Science Fiction film without overblown special effects. Time travel is a vital part of the story, but at its core, this is a film about human...
Greetings again from the darkness. Part of my attraction to arthouse films is the often-unconventional path to storytelling that the filmmakers take – sometimes expending more effort on the look and style than on the characters and plot. These films once...
Transformers One beautifully tells a classic origin story between two legendary characters in the Transformers universe, Orion Pax and D-16, and their early friendship on their planet, Cybertron. If you somehow don't know these names or the promoted premise,...
Review by James Lindorf In North America, anime films have not been a large part of Sony Pictures’ distribution plans. In the previous 30 years, they brought three films to the big screen. With a new partnership with Crunchyroll, they are showcasing their...
Greetings again from the darkness. The second annual IT CAME FROM TEXAS FILM FESTIVAL was held September 13-15 at the Plaza Theatre in Garland, Texas. The festival salutes films made in Texas illustrating the Independent Texas spirit. This year’s showcase...
Greetings again from the darkness. Eighteen-year-old Elliott is counting down the twenty-two days remaining until she leaves home for her freshman year of college. For anyone who was once 18 or has raised an 18-year-old, you know that 22 days is the future....