The year of “Barbenheimer” has come to an end. If somehow you escaped the media’s relentless use of the term and can’t understand how a sea of Mattel pink has anything to do with the atomic bomb, you should know BARBIE and OPPENHEIMER are forever linked due...
Greetings again from the darkness. It’s always disappointing when a book is so interesting and enjoyable to read, only to be followed up by a movie version that doesn’t live up to the source material. My son recommended the 2013 best-selling non-fiction...
Review by James Lindorf After his departure from DC, Zack Snyder, the filmmaker behind 300, Man of Steel, and Army of the Dead, has turned his sights on crafting the next science-fantasy epic. Originally pitched as a proper Star Wars movie, Rebel Moon is set to be...
Greetings again from the darkness. From one who watches too many movies every year, I’m amazed this film is the work of a director making his feature film directorial debut. Writer-director Cord Jefferson was one of the lead writers for the excellent series...
Greetings again from the darkness. It all began with Alice Walker’s 1982 novel, for which she was awarded a Pulitzer Prize. Shortly thereafter, Steven Spielberg turned it into the movie event of 1985, with a memorable cast including Whoopi Goldberg, Danny...
Greetings again from the darkness. So many people allow unresolved issues from their past to weigh down or complicate their efforts to live for today. Writer-director Andrew Haigh has loosely adapted the 1987 novel “Strangers” by Taichi Yamada most notably...
Greetings again from the darkness. Tragedy. Destiny. Curse. Those last two may be a matter of perspective or opinion, but without a doubt, that first one fits, and is actually mandatory when discussing the infamous wrestling family known as the Von Erichs. I...
Nathan Ligon discusses the best achievements in writing of 2023. See full podcast below. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6sb0zvyxdLrbiBPTrB74nc?si=PKuL1ZF_R92zQAJgima1Bg TOP 10 WRITERS OF 2023 10. POKER FACE (Written By Rian Johnson) 9. FARGO (Written By Noah Hawley)...
Greetings again from the darkness. I’ve always had an issue with movies that portray the human or “normal” side of Nazis. Of course, we understand these were human beings – many caught in a no-win situation of self-preservation; however, we just find it so...
Greetings again from the darkness. It appears as though I’m one of the few early viewers who walked away without having been beguiled or enraptured with this musical prequel to Roald Dahl’s 1964 story, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”. Full disclosure requires me...