Greetings again from the darkness. “Break a leg.” The well-meaning phrase dates back many years as a way to avoid the dreaded ‘good luck’ for someone preparing to perform on stage. When high school sophomore Sophie explains this to her mother, the mom hugs...
Review by Adam Courtliff The highly anticipated release of The End of Oak Street has been overshadowed by what can only be described as one of the most abominable marketing campaigns in recent memory. In an attempt to sell the film to would-be audiences,...
Directed by Alex Gibney, KNIFE offers an intimate portrait of Rushdie in the aftermath of the 2022 attack. More than 30 years after Iran issued a fatwa calling for his death over The Satanic Verses, Rushdie traveled to Chautauqua, New York, to speak about...
DIRECTOR: Ben Affleck WRITERS: Connor O. McIntyre and Billy Ray and Ben Affleck PRODUCERS: Brad Weston, Collin Creighton, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Dani Bernfeld, Luciana Damon EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Michael Beugg; Kevin Halloran and Michael Joe for Artists...
Review by Adam Courtliff The Cold War is one of the most fascinating conflicts in humanity's brief but destructive history. Despite lacking the large-scale military clashes of more famous conflicts, civilization has arguably never been as close to mutually...
Greetings again from the darkness. This can’t be right. It doesn’t seem real. Yet, it’s possibly the harshest form of reality. Documentarians Tanaz Eshaghian and Farzad Jafari managed to gain access to two families during a process most of us westerners...
Where to begin with One Night Only. As a romantic comedy, it is a decent enough movie. It plays all the clichéd hits and is largely predictable with audience pleasing sights, music, and humor. The leads, along with most of the cast, play their roles well...
Review by James Lidorf Girl Scout cookies are one of the few products in American life that almost everyone has interacted with, whether as a seller, a buyer, or a coworker being cornered in the break room by well-meaning parents. That universal connection...
Genre: Animated Musical Event Starring: SZA, Nicholas Hoult, Ike Barinholtz, Connor Esterson, Sarah Sherman, Ego Nwodim, Josh Johnson, Matthew Friend, Rhys Darby and Cristo Fernández Directed by: Kat Good Executive Music Producer: Justin Tratner Website:...
Greetings again from the darkness. Movie weddings are fertile grounds for romantic-comedies. Folks get dressed up and meet at a fancy venue, while possibly drinking a bit too much and almost certainly dealing with an abundance of family drama. Emotions and...