Friday Film Club: Jojo Rabbit (2019) & Better Days (2019)

Hi folks and welcome to the The Friday Film Club where both myself and Elwood will be highlighting a film which we feel is worth checking out. At the same time we would love to hear your own selections whether you’re choosing to just name them in the comments section or join us in arguing […]

Friday Film Club: Jojo Rabbit (2019) & Better Days (2019)

REVIEW: “The Nun”

“The Nun” marks the fifth film in the Conjuring ‘universe’ and the third backstory spin-off. “The Conjuring” and its direct sequel remain two of my favorite horror films of the last several years. The first spin-off was the dull mess-of-a-movie “Annabelle”. The prequel to “Annabelle” was a good step in the right direction. That brings […]

REVIEW: “The Nun”

Netflixable? An over-the-top Turkish “Oliver Twist,” “Paper Lives”

All over Istanbul, entrepreneurial scavengers pull junk carts, filling the canvas bags on those carts with recyclable cans, liquor bottles and especially cardboard. A lot of them are orphans, the street children of the city who grew up on this work, running carts for a go-between who pays them for their collections and sells those […]

Netflixable? An over-the-top Turkish “Oliver Twist,” “Paper Lives”

Irish Bloodsuckers face the “Boys from County Hell”

Sure, I’m as done with vampire movies as anybody. But a Bram Stoker riff in thick Irish brogues? Let’s have it, then. “Boys from County Hell” is about an outbreak of the undead in the homeland of “Dracula” author Stoker. It’s slangy and profane, bloody and bloody funny, as well. “Most people don’t even know […]

Movie Review: Irish Bloodsuckers face the “Boys from County Hell”

Short Film: LATE NIGHT SWIM, 21min., USA, Drama

“Late Night Swim” is an introspective psychedelic narrative about a man sleepwalking through his days, until his vibrant ex-girlfriend appears in a dream, only to wake him up to life. Project Links  Facebook  Twitter  Instagram News & Reviews “Meet Collin Chute “Voyage Lahttp://voyagela.com/interview/meet-collin-chute-late-night-swim/

Short Film: LATE NIGHT SWIM, 21min., USA, Drama

Spotlight: Names on the Wall

Director: Koura Linda Cast: Brendan Healy, Doan Nguyen Review Author: Tony Synopsis: Two soldiers from opposing sides of the Vietnam war are locked in combat. Both are reduced to fighting with their bare hands and distracted by their scuffle they fall unaware into a deep ditch. Exhausted and realizing that they can’t climb out of the pit, […]

Spotlight: Names on the Wall

“Berlin Alexanderplatz”

There’s not a lot about Burhan Qurbani’s updating of “Berlin Alexanderplatz” that declares itself “adapted from one of the greatest novels of the 20th century.” It’s stately and long — nearly three hours. But Rainer Werner Fassbender’s definitive 1980 version, for German TV, ran for over 15 hours and was shown in theaters over multiple […]

Movie Review: Updating a classic — “Berlin Alexanderplatz”

Jakob’s Wife – the Barbara Crampton show

Barbara Crampton plays Anne, a woman “trapped” in a pretty boring marriage with a Minister, and she yearns for something more. Jakob’s Wife has themes of age, marriage, relationships, and uses vampires as an analogy for all of them. It’s entertaining and I liked this movie. Barbara Crampton is a pleasure to watch in this […]

Jakob’s Wife – the Barbara Crampton show