Greetings again from the darkness. With a setting in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn (though filmed in Manchester, UK), writer-director Phil Allocco has adapted his own 2005 short film THE MIRROR into a gritty and violent feature length crime thriller. For fans...
Review by James Lindorf The same week Blumhouse releases its take on imaginary friends in theaters, Amazon is bringing Peter Farrelly’s (Green Book) take on the subject to your home with Prime Video. Peter Farrelly and his brother Bobby spent more than a decade as...
Greetings again from the darkness. Honesty is the best policy. At least that’s the lesson we were taught growing up. What we learn as we get older is that very few adhere consistently to that policy, and in fact, many pride themselves on an ability to...
Greetings again from the darkness. Have you hugged a spider today? Adam Sandler has. Well, technically it’s his character who does the hugging. Jakub Prochazka, is a Czech astronaut 189 days into his year long mission. He’s flying solo on “the outskirts of Jupiter” to...
Greetings again from the darkness. It’s been 25 years since this documentary from Stanley Jacobs made the festival rounds, and now his 1999 film has gained an “anniversary” release in theaters and on 4K digital. Those of us of a certain age recall our favorite TV...
Greetings again from the darkness. The extreme political divisions that exist in the United States today are well-documented and often discussed. The first feature from writer-director Henry Nelson eschews politics and instead looks at class differences – and even...
Greetings again from the darkness. Regardless of how attractive the real estate prices seem, it’s usually best to avoid small rural towns controlled by a violent crime boss nicknamed Big Cat. Especially when she doesn’t hesitate to make an example of those...
Review by James Lindorf While they may not reach Pixar’s critical acclaim, there is no doubt that Illumination knows how to please audiences and bring in truckloads of dollars. The Despicable Me franchise is averaging $900 million every time a new movie gets...
Review by James Lindorf Expectations can be the best thing to happen to a movie or its worst nightmare. For William Eubank’s latest military action thriller, “Land of Bad,” expectations were definitely on the lower end. A lack of confidence is understandable, given...
Greetings again from the darkness. There is no shortage of movies depicting the challenges associated with being a parent, although there is an added element of interest when a real-life father and daughter are cast in the lead roles (remember PAPER MOON...