Greetings again from the darkness. The old adage goes, “Politics makes for strange bedfellows.” And there may have never been a stranger pairing than Donald Trump advisor (and son-in-law) Jared Kushner and CNN political contributor and activist Van Jones. The two...
Review by Hunter Miele Creating a film (and perhaps a subsequent franchise) that can define a generation and develop an entire culture around it is a wild dream for any filmmaker. Don Mancini realized that dream after he wrote the script for the 1988 film “Child’s...
Greetings again from the darkness. You know who you are. You are either a fan of Adam Sandler movies or you’re not. And no, we aren’t referring to his stellar dramatic turns in films like UNCUT GEMS (2019) and PUNCH DRUNK LOVE (2002). Rather we mean ‘funny Sandler’...
Greetings again from the darkness. Were you one of those? Did you spend hours strategically placing ‘tetrominoes’ on the Gameboy screen for maximum points? Were you addicted to Tetris, one of the earliest globally popular video games? As one of the few people alive...
Greetings again from the darkness. More than one billion people identify as Catholic, and since 2013, the head of the Church has been Pope Francis. He’s originally from Argentina and is the first Pope from the Americas. Of course, one need not be a practicing Catholic...
Review by James Lindorf The fantasy genre has been on a roller coaster of popularity over the last few decades. The genre flourished in the late ’70s and ’80s with titles like “Star Wars,” “The Princess Bride,” “Willow,” and “Labyrinth.” Then it tanked in the ’90s and...
Review by Hunter Miele Arthouse horror films have a very unique and peculiar feel to them, and “Enys Men” is no different. Rather than relying on shock and gore, “Enys Men,” which is Cornish for “Stone Island,” is slow and eerie, not unlike a Lynchian work. Written,...
Greetings again from the darkness. “What goes up, must come down” … those are the opening lyrics to “Spinning Wheel”, a huge hit for the brass-rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears. The lyrics are meant to convey the cycles of life, but they also reflect the meteoric rise...
Greetings again from the darkness. Obsession often gets a bad rap. Sure, being obsessed with another person to the point of stalking is not just bad, but illegal. However, most hobbies are a form of obsession … you know, like watching movies! OK, that was a...
Review by Hunter Miele What would you do if you could be totally, unapologetically “you?” If you could, how would you fulfill every one of your dreams and desires to their wildest potential? In theory, we could all live this way, if not for the limitations imposed by...