Greetings again from the darkness. “What made him do it?” That’s the question we always ask after a mass shooting. Rarely does any answer make much sense. Director Justin Kurzel and his TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG (2019) screenwriter Shaun Grant join forces in...
Greetings again from the darkness. Maybe the only great thing about adolescence is that dreams are still alive … and in full bloom. Writer-director Tim Federle has adapted his own best-selling Young Adult novel for the big screen, and the result is a fun, uplifting...
Greetings again from the darkness. It’s bonkers, I tell ya’! Co-writers and co-directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, known collectively (by their choice) as “Daniels”, follow up their ‘farting corpse movie’ SWISS ARMY MAN (2016) with one that is somehow more...
By James Lindorf Michael Bisping: Michael Hamilton: Former UFC Middleweight Champion Michael “The Count” Bisping was one of the company’s most prominent personalities and possessed an unrivaled will to win. Bisping’s path to the world title and eventual Hall of Fame...
Greetings again from the darkness. Director, Jain monk, war veteran, and sexual abuse survivor Sadhvi Siddhali Shree follows up her 2017 documentary, STOPPING TRAFFIC: THE MOVEMENT TO END SEX-TRAFFICKING, with a focus on the rare survivors/escapees of the horrific...
Greetings again from the darkness. Naomi Watts is a gifted actress and always elevates her films, but can someone please cast her in a comedy? The lady deserves a chance to lighten up a bit. Known for her dramatic turns, this may be her most physically demanding role...
Review by James Lindorf There is no getting around it, “The Blind Man Who Did Not Want To See Titanic” is the type of title that screams pretentious or overly artsy. It is the kind of name that is unappealing to the larger American audience. Those choosing to pass on...
Review by James Lindorf In 2015 “The Wave” drowned a rural Norwegian village. Three years later, “The Quake” decimated the capital city of Oslo. Parts of the creative team are back, and in 2022 tragedy will strike the North Sea off the coast of Norway. In the late...
Greetings again from the darkness. It seems society has reached a point where most of us are at least a bit skeptical of someone being nice. We assume there is an ulterior motive for acts of altruism. Writer-director-actor Cooper Raiff won a SXSW award for his first...
Greetings again from the darkness. We are informed that the annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival features 7000 musicians across 14 stages over 8 days. It’s a massive and popular event and co-directors Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern set out to highlight the...