Greetings again from the darkness. I usually try to avoid using the word ‘endearing’ to describe a film that strikes an emotional chord, but for this film from writer-director Lauren Meyering and co-writer Mackenzie Breeden, the word fits perfectly. Much of...
Review by James Lindorf Christopher Nolan is one of the few filmmakers alive who can open a movie on name recognition alone. His last film, "Oppenheimer," won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, and grossed over 950 million...
Review by Adam Courtliff Christopher Nolan has rightfully solidified his legacy among the greatest working directors on the planet. His films have become more of a cinematic event with every new release and that's no different with his latest project, The...
The film is an electrifying true story about an unknown actor with an unshakable belief that he wasn’t just meant to write Rocky—he was meant to be Rocky Balboa. Told “no” at every turn, Sylvester Stallone bets everything on himself, holding the line on...
Greetings again from the darkness. While I certainly value the importance of fiction and creativity, I choose to watch so many documentaries because I’m also a fan of real life and the truth. However, the truth is often anything but uplifting and such is the...
Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh team up in “Mayday,” a genre-bending, action-packed buddy comedy that flips the spy thriller on its head. When hot shot U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Troy “Assassin” Kelly (Reynolds) is sent on a top-secret mission into Russian...
A gifted cellist, Alex Serian (Pedro Pascal), returns home to Los Angeles after 20 years on the road. Music, which has been the constant, all-consuming river of his life, begins to carry Alex on an adventure that will change him forever.
Academy Award winner Tom Cruise stars in Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s original film “Digger,” from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures. The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is...
Review by Adam Courtliff It seems like not a year goes by in the 2020s without another Disney live-action remake. The vast majority of them fail to understand the magic that made the animated classics just that, instead falling into the trap of feeling like...
Greetings again from the darkness. As a huge fan of THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939), I admire the homage paid to the classic film by writer-director David Wain (WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER, 2001) and his co-writer Ken Marino, collaborators on ROLE MODELS (2008) and...