Monthly Archives: December 2021

Every movie is engineered to reach a specific audience, and most of them can’t help but give away that intention. It can be as obvious as the pandering inclusion of this or that extraneous character or Big Supporting Character moment … Continue reading →

One has to curate indie and international DVD titles one donates to libraries all over the rural or semi urban Southeast. One must, given the wide range of content pitched and sent one’s way in hard copy form. Which Spanish … Continue reading →

It’s no coincidence that there have now been two sentimental, plucky-outsider-makes-good pro football stories committed to film built around the coaching of Dick Vermeil. At Philadelphia and later with the St. Louis Rams, Vermeil perfected that heart-on-your-sleeve, “team/players that nobody … Continue reading →

“The Medium” goes on too long, repeats itself often enough for you to notice and travels so far over the top for its finale that it’s practically bathed in blood. But this chilling mockumentary from Thailand is one of the … Continue reading →

The Erwin Brothers, whose faith-based “I Can Only Imagine” (based on the song) was a hit a few years back, first-teamed with “American Underdog’s” biggest name, Dennis Quaid, on that film. This one is the unlikely story of a Super … Continue reading →

The thing about cult cinema is that it requires a buy-in, an “enlistment” in the cult that often requires a different sort of suspension of disbelief. You have to believe the film is all that others say it is, and … Continue reading →

Eye popping? You betcha. April 22.

This looks cute, and Amazon sends it our way just in time for Valentine’s Day – Feb. 11.

“Marjoun and the Flying Headscarf” is as mercurial and scattered as its teen heroine, a 17 year-old struggling to process identity, multiple family crises, hormones and the unwanted attentions of “a friend of the family.” It’s a movie with a … Continue reading →

Major points for style in this trailer for the Boy Harsher “Twin Peaks” meets Lady Jason thriller “The Runner.” Shudder will release this Jan.16.