Movie Review: ‘Panda Plan’

Tweet Greetings again from the darkness. Jackie Chan starring as … Jackie Chan! He’s an international action-comedy star appearing in this international action-comedy as himself. In fact, one of the running gags has various people questioning if it’s really “him” and...

Movie Review: ‘Ghost Of Red Ridge’

Tweet Ghosts of Red Ridge is a low-budget western with a slightly supernatural twist. I initially thought the “Ghosts” in the title would be a metaphor of some sort, which could fit one or two characters, but I was pleasantly surprised to also find actual ghosts as...

Movie Review: ‘Sting’

Tweet Greetings again from the darkness. The trailer for this one makes it clear that it’s a monster movie in the vein of those Friday late night creature-features I stayed up watching as a kid … whenever I wasn’t grounded from watching TV. Australian filmmaker Kiah...

Movie Review: ‘Better Days’

Greetings again from the darkness. Chinese gaokao is the College Entrance Exams that determine the future of high school students and their families. The pressure is extreme for the kids, and when the film opens, the exams are only 60 days away. One of the students...