Tag: Movie Review
Film Review: ‘Being Mary Tyler Moore’- An Honest Tribute To An Icon
If James Adolphus’ insightful documentary “Being Mary Tyler Moore” teaches us anything, it is that the entertainment industry of today will never again produce another icon. The current American culture of films and broadcast television is one that refuses to
Film Review: ‘The Hole In The Fence’- Savagery And The Loss Of Innocence
Symbolism weighs heavy in every minute of the always involving but too obvious and much too harsh Mexican film “El hoyo en la cerca” (“The Hole in the Fence”). Written by Lucy Pawlak and Joaquin del Paso and directed by
Film review: ‘You Can Live Forever’- Love, Sex, And Individualism
Writer/directors Mark Slutsky and Sarah Watts’ debut feature “You Can Live Forever” is a film filled with truth, tenderness, and an understanding of character. Set in the early 1990s Canada, Jaime (wonderfully played by Anwen O’Driscoll) is sent to live
Film Review: ‘Master Gardener’- A Master Screenwriter In Top Form
Rebirth of the soul. “God’s lonely man” writing in his journal of a past littered with sin. A reach for a final grace. We are in the always intoxicating world of Paul Schrader whose “Master Gardener” arrives to give modern
Film Review: ‘I’ll Be Watching’- A Plundering Of Better Films
Erik Bernard’s “I’ll Be Watching” is a thriller in search of an original idea. The film cannot deliver its intended thrills and fails in the emotional drama. Artist Julie Alexander (Eliza Taylor) is alone at her first big exhibition waiting
Old School Kung Fu Fest 2023: A Wuxia Double Feature
The 10th Old School Kung Fu Fest: Friday April 28- “The Grand Passion” and “The Legend of the Sacred Stone” The final weekend of The Old School Kung Fu Fest: Sword Fighting Heroes Edition begins with two special and hard
Old School Kung Fu Fest 2023: ‘The Ghost Hill’
10th Old School Kung Fu Fest: Sword Fighting Heroes Edition- Day 2: “The Ghost Hill” Taiwanese filmmaker Ting Shan-hsi crafted many wuxia pictures in the 1970s. “The Ghost Hill” (1971) was the filmmaker’s fist foray into the extreme fantastical. This
Old School Kung Fu Fest 2023: The Swordsman Of All Swordsmen
The 10th Old School Kung Fu Fest 2023: “The Swordsman of All Swordsmen” Vengeance continues in the festival’s first full day with the beautifully restored and undervalued classic, “The Swordsman of All Swordsmen”. With the monster success of King Hu’s
Old School Kung Fu Fest 2023: Vengeance of the Phoenix Sisters
The 10th Old School Kung Fu Fest: Sword-fighting Heroes Edition: Day 2- “Vengeance of the Phoenix Sisters” Vengeance is the theme for the opening weekend of this year’s fest! The Taiwan Film & Audiovisual Institute has provided this year’s festival
Film Review: ‘Evil Dead Rise’- 5th Film In The Series Is A Bloody Delight
The bland Hollywood genre films of today get a jolt of bloody originality and excitement in the form of “Evil Dead Rise”, a wild, raucous, and inventive thrill ride of a horror film. Writer/director Lee Cronin does something rare and