REVIEW – “Happiest Season”: Love’s in Need of Transparency Today
Withholding any sort of secret never ends well; heck, trying to bury the fact this past year has been riddled with tumult and bad luck that can break a rib…
Movies
REVIEW – “The Twentieth Century” Acid Trip Biopic Not Afraid to Get Very, Very Weird
It’s a wild Canada at the turn of the twentieth century, and much progress is happening at the expense and patience of their national government. The torch is about to…
REVIEW – “Sound of Metal”: Staying Loud in a Suddenly Quieter World
Believe it or not, our ears are incredibly sensitive; most of us don’t seem to pay enough attention to all the external noise until there’s a certain degree of damage…
REVIEW – “Come Away”: Confusing Literary Origin Tale Invokes Cozy Holiday Season Feel
Pleasant memories are often appreciated or celebrated in revisiting an old story, preferably before bedtime. Whether it’s more fantastical or rooted in the real world, we’ve had that idea parlayed…
REVIEW – “Wolfwalkers”: Stylish Animated Lupine Adventure Runs Fast and Free
The pond-crossing animation studio Cartoon Saloon is on one heck of a roll in the indie circuits. Having made three films in a decade that have pleased audiences and garnered…
REVIEW – “Freaky”: Bodyswap Horror Stew Flavored Best by Cast Playing Out of Character
What co-writer/director Christopher Landon had managed to skewer with his time looping Happy Death Day, that same principle can now be applied toward his take on the bodyswap comedy with…
REVIEW – “Let Him Go”: Western Family Drama Lost in Gory Revenge Plot
Adapted from an apparently bestselling novel by Larry Watson, Thomas Bezucha’s Let Him Go is an interesting combination of multiple concepts stacked high for the most engaged viewer, but never…
REVIEW – ‘The Witches” – Dark Fantasy Classic Redo Completely Lost on Direction, Shock Value
Writing on Robert Zemeckis’s precariously crafted re-adaptation of Roald Dahl’s cult favorite 1983 novel The Witches harbors a slight level of heartache in having to accept the mark has been…
REVIEW – “American Utopia”: Sensical Words for a Nonsensical Time
David Byrne is a human with many talents, and two wide eyes to see the world through a lens of righteousness and near-dystopian optimism. His lyrics have always proved a…
REVIEW – “Save Yourselves”: Self-Improvement in the Time of an Apocalypse
Millennial culture and the apocalypse needn’t mix so well. In our present reality, the disconnect couldn’t be fuzzier, where many are looking to leave better lives behind in the wake…