Greetings again from the darkness. This one works much better as satire than horror-thriller, at least for yours truly. With whodunnit elements drawn from Agatha Christie’s classic “Ten Little Indians”, the play-it-straight approach to riffing on Gen Z draws laughs...
Greetings again from the darkness. It is 2018 and a group of boys have just finished soccer practice. After some motivational words from their coach, the boys start joking around with one of their teammates who has a birthday party slated for later that day. Boys...
Greetings again from the darkness. “Find a penny, pick it up, and all day long you’ll have good luck.” That’s how the old saying goes, and it plays a prominent part in this first animated feature film from Skydance Animation. Directed by former Disney animation...
Review by: Wesley Collins The key component to any story is what a character wants and then what they are willing to do to achieve their goal. Bring Him Back Dead provides that quintessential element and does a wonderful job of staying on task. The movie begins with a...
Greetings again from the darkness. Cultural differences between various states are a big part of what gives the United States its flavor of diversity. The west coast is much different from the east coast, and both coasts contrast with the Midwest. Even within states,...
Greetings again from the darkness. Dementia and/or Alzheimer’s Disease have touched most every family by now; a fact that works to the detriment of this film from writer-director Jay Giannone and co-writers Erich Hover and Eric Watson. The opening screen informs us...
Bad things happen all the time for no good reason. This is a simple fact of life that most people do not want to accept. Because of this, conspiracy theories develop and spread to try to give meaning to the bad things, to make them more important. This is the...
Greetings again from the darkness. You never want to be the ex-partner who causes a panic attack for another person … especially after 22 years apart. Writer-director Andrew Semans puts a face to whatever you call the opposite of a dream partner or role model by...
The film industry only has a fraction of filmmakers working today that command a certain amount of attention when they release a new project. Jordan Peele is now one of those filmmakers. Every movie he has made invites the audience in to be both wildly entertained and...
Review by James Lindorf When the first trailer for “Nope” Jordan Peele’s third feature film dropped it left viewers with many questions beyond the general what was that. Is it a western? A horror film? Science fiction? Satire? The last trailer erased doubts that the...