Greetings again from the darkness. Whether the phrase ‘systemic abuse’ applies here is hardly worth discussing. The facts are that physical abuse, verbal abuse, cultural abuse, and sexual abuse occurred regularly over many years in the Catholic-run...
Greetings again from the darkness. “A Merchant Ivory film” became a colloquialism when discussing certain films from the mid-1980’s and continuing for about twenty years. Of course, they weren’t all actual Merchant Ivory films … though many tried to be....
Greetings again from the darkness. As a lifelong avid baseball fan, I recall the 1973 season when relief pitcher Tug McGraw (father of country performer and actor Tim McGraw) elevated the phrase “You Gotta Believe” to the rallying cry for his New York Mets...
Review by James Lindorf The idea of a reboot of Alex Proyas’ 1994 cult classic “The Crow” was first floated in 2008. Since then, multiple directors and actors, including Mark Wahlberg, Bradley Cooper, Luke Evans, Alexander Skarsgård, and Jason Mamoa, have...
Greetings again from the darkness. It’s been thirty years since Alex Proyas directed THE CROW. Unfortunately, the cult favorite is forever remembered as being the set on which lead actor Brandon Lee (son of the legendary Bruce Lee) died an accidental and...
Greetings again from the darkness. It seems wrong (and a bit cheap and obvious) to use the word “unorthodox” to describe this latest movie from writer-director Nathan Silver (STINKING HEAVEN, 2015) and co-writer C. Mason Wells. However, that description fits...
There are approximately 150 Oscar-qualifying festivals for short films each year, and the competition is always tough. So many filmmakers are looking to make their mark in short films, with many hoping to garner support for future feature-length films....
Greetings again from the darkness. Even before the opening credits roll, we get a scene with gunpoint humor, as Antonio Banderas skips right over ‘chewing scenery’ and dives into devouring the scene. Banderas takes his crime lord Gabriel over-the-top,...
Greetings again from the darkness. It’s understandable if this movie makes you consider whether penguins might make better friends than people. David Schurmann directs a script from Kristen Lazarian Paulina and Lagudi Ulrich that is ‘inspired by a true...
Greetings again from the darkness. Losing a parent is a difficult time that most of us will deal with at some point. Sorrow and guilt and anger are typically part of the grieving process, and that’s precisely what writer Brett Ryland and director Robert...