Greetings again from the darkness. It’s been said that we must experience the bad times to fully appreciate the good times. However, while those bad times are occurring, they can feel overwhelming and like it will never get better again. It’s also been said...
Seven Snipers is a passable action thriller that does not expand too far beyond the title. The film is about snipers, frequently uses sniper-scope visuals, and has a paper-thin storyline that gives those snipers a reason to show off their skills. I liked all...
Review by Adam Courtliff It’s been almost forty years since the cult classic Masters of the Universe hit the big screen, with fans of both the film and He-Man himself clamouring for his return. After what has seemed like an eternity, Amazon MGM have finally...
Review by James Lindorf David Mackenzie has been working in film for nearly 25 years, but he is best known as the director of the 2016 Oscar-nominated “Hell or High Water,” one of the finest crime films of the last decade. It is a lean, morally complex...
Greetings again from the darkness. The “Mother of American Modernism”, while impressive as a moniker, seems to fall short in describing the impact, influence, and lasting legacy of artist Georgia O’Keefe. Oscar winning director Paul Wagner (short film THE...
Greetings again from the darkness. We all love a good (and sneaky) twist in a movie. It takes exceptional storytelling and acting to pull it off, and it’s a bit funny when it becomes obvious that the screenwriter just kind of ran out of ways to maintain the...
Review by Adam Courtliff There’s always been something about John Carney movies that has resonated with me. With music at the forefront of his comedy-dramas, his filmography has consistently delivered standout moments that have helped his work go down as...
Greetings again from the darkness. There haven’t been many documentary trilogies over the years, yet this is the third in a series from husband-and-wife documentarians Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell. The first two were KISS THE GROUND (2020) and...
Review by James Lindorf We know how D-Day ends. We know the beaches were stormed, the sacrifice was staggering, and the tide of the war turned. What “Pressure” asks is something most war films never bother with: what happened in the 72 hours before all of...
Review by Adam Courtliff In a world full of sequels, prequels, and even requels, it’s becoming a lot harder to find truly unique voices like Boots Riley who are totally unafraid to take risks and create something so bonkers and unapologetic that you have not...