Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

“Some Kind of Hate” is a slasher/splatter thriller about a troubled teen who gains revenge on those who bullied him through the ghost of a girl bullied into cutting herself to death. And if that doesn’t scare you off, well … Continue reading →

Programming away from the mainstream has paid off for a few pictures these last few weeks. The Christian content “War Room” opened on a low-turnout weekend, built buzz on that and is closing in on the $40 million mark. It … Continue reading →

Tobey Maguire as Bobby Fischer, Liev Schreiber as Boris Spassky, and Peter Sarsgaard brought in for good measure. A fictionalized but “based on a true story” version of “Bobby Fischer Vs. the World”? Color me present. This one opens in … Continue reading →

“A Brilliant Young Mind” is a British “Little Man Tate,” a film about a young math genius in the making, the mother who has to seek the advice of others what to do with him and that one teacher who … Continue reading →

They might have gotten the idea from Libertarians. They’re the first people to suggest collectively moving to a sparsely populated place, democratically taking over the government and trying a political experiment to see how far their philosophy could go, unfettered … Continue reading →

So, how much do we South of the Border types really know about our frozen sisters and brothers in the Great White North? Well, they’re white. And polite. And seriously insecure about the Land of Opportunity that exists just below … Continue reading →

The producers hid “The Transporter Refueled” from critics. Clever Frenchies. They know, “No Statham, no ‘Transporter.’” They didn’t need critics to tell them. But we did. Over and over again. This new fellow, Skrein, whom I’ve seen in a few … Continue reading →

The Kendrick Brothers, those Southern Baptist preachers-turned-filmmakers, go Hollywood and take a step or two backward with “War Room,” their first film since abandoning the pulpit. Because “What I REALLY wanna do is direct.” I’d say they “sold out,” but … Continue reading →

There’s a new set of criteria movies — especially indie films with little or no marketing — must meet. And Indie World is a little slow catching onto it. Used to be, you made your indie film with festivals in … Continue reading →

The Kendrick Brothers’ latest faith-based foray was marketed to Protestant churchgoers and is doing the kind of business that “Facing the Giants” and “Fireproof” could only dream of. It’s running second at the box office, as of Friday night, and … Continue reading →