Review by James Lindorf The only thing more unstoppable than Jack Reacher the character appears to be the Jack Reacher media empire. It has been 28 years since Lee Child introduced the world to the Retired Army Major in 1997’s “Killing Floor.” Later this...
Greetings again from the darkness. Not many people are famous for their entire life. Elizabeth Taylor came about as close as one can. Director Nanette Burstein uses 40 hours of recordings that resulted from journalist Richard Meryman’s 1964 interviews with 32-year-old...
Review by James Lindorf Batman is no stranger to animation. Not only that, but the 90s cartoon “Batman: The Animated Series” is likely the most universally beloved iteration of the character. Fans of the now 30-year-old show can rejoice as its creator, Bruce...
Greetings again from the darkness. Documentaries on bands, singers, and musicians have become very popular over the last few years, and although filmmaker Gotham Chopra has focused mostly on sports in his previous work, he dives right in with a four-part...
Review by James Lindorf Warner Bros. tasked Academy Award® and Emmy®-nominated filmmaker Leslie Iwerks (100 Years of Warner Bros.) and fellow Emmy® nominee Mark Catalena (Johnny Carson: King of Late Night) with crafting a three-part Max Original documentary series on...
Greetings again from the darkness. Actors earn a living thanks to their ability to perform in front of the camera (or a live audience) as someone else … making the audience believe they are a particular character of interest. But what happens when an actor must...
Greetings again from the darkness. PBS excels at documentaries that bring to light a subject or topic which has been overshadowed or overlooked. In conjunction with WORLD channel and filmmakers Dru Holley, Jerome Young, and Jerry Bell Jr, this latest focuses on the...
Greetings again from the darkness. It’s borderline unfathomable that someone who has worked for almost 20 years as a cinematographer and a decade as a TV director could be “unfamiliar” with the work and career of one of the industry giants, yet that’s the claim of...
Last year was a bit of a disappointment when it came to games. There were a few great ones, but overall it was a transition year for gaming. This year the consoles are back in full swing and there was so much to play that I had a hard time keeping up. Some developers...
This is the first year that I have officially changed the title of this category over to streaming. Television programming feels like a thing of the past now and if you want to watch great shows it’s going to be on a streaming service. Which seemed worrisome at first,...