Let's get this out of the way, there will be obvious, inevitable comparisons to the John Wick franchise and I love that the filmmakers own it by name checking Wick in the first half hour. Yes, it is an action-thriller with one man going on a killing spree...
Greetings again from the darkness. One of the unheralded roles movies can play is to help us better understand various cultures around the world. It’s important to grasp the challenges others face based on where they live. The first feature film from...
Greetings again from the darkness. As an avid documentary fan, I typically don’t have much patience for docs that fawn over their subject. The exception to that is this one from filmmaker Taylor Taglianetti, which plays like a family home video, yet the man...
Greetings again from the darkness. It’s likely director Robert Kenner and producer Melissa Robledo assumed their Oscar nominated documentary FOOD INC (2008) would generate change and improvement in what we eat and how our food supply works. To some extent...
Review by James Lindorf Seventeen years ago, a teenage Dev Patel caught the eye of director Danny Boyle while working on the British teen dramedy series “Skins.” Since bursting onto the international stage with their collaboration “Slumdog Millionaire,” Patel has...
Greetings again from the darkness. Over the years, there have been many movies reinforcing why we should “be afraid of going in the water.” This includes CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954), DEEP SEA BLUE (1999), OPEN WATER (2003), and of course, the...
Greetings again from the darkness. “This is more true than you’d think.” Director Thea Sharrock (ME BEFORE YOU, 2016) kicks off the film with this statement. The movie then proceeds to twist and stretch and outright change many of the details from the actual story and...
Greetings again from the darkness. If you are one for whom hearing a particular song, no matter how many times over however many years, brings back vivid memories of a person close to you or a memorable event, then you will likely relate to Harriet, the lead...
Now this is an epic fun escapist fantasy worth seeing in theaters. A nearly two-hour thrill ride of giant iconic monsters fighting across, and within, the globe along with a few human characters to provide expositions, comic relief, and a touch of emotion....
Greetings again from the darkness. We are now two full generations past the peak (and end) of Steve Martin’s superstardom as a stand-up comedian. Today, he is mostly known as a banjo player, a writer, or as one of the three co-stars of the hit show, “Only...