?Once they leave the building, one rarely hears from them again.? From the opening scene, which seems to say ?It was a dark and stormy night?, Havenhurst is as conventional as a horror film can be. Besides the dismal weather for the opening, we immediately discover...
?You do know what?s right, don?t you? Maybe you don?t.? There was a time when two people who loved each other could not be married in some states. Even if they were legally married in another state, some states would refuse to recognize that marriage and might even...
The first thing to keep in mind about The Comedian is that it is not a comedy. To be sure there are spots of humor, but it is really a drama focusing on a man at odds with the world?and perhaps with himself as well. Jackie Burke (Robert De Niro) is an aging comedian...
?In chess, the small one can become the big one.? Disney knows how to do inspirational stories. The latest is Queen of Katwe about a Ugandan chess prodigy who finds a way out of the slums of Kampala through the dedication of a man who reached out to impoverished...
?You have to do what your heart tells you to do?if you even know what it is.? Lost in Florence is the story of a young man who must find his future. Will he just be blown by the winds of life, or will he take control of his destiny? While visiting his cousin in...
Do lies undermine lives?or does the discovery of the truth bring ruination? In The Daughter, an Australian adaptation of Henrik Ibsen?s The Wild Duck, Christian (Paul Schneider) returns home after several years abroad for his father Henry?s (Geoffrey Rush) wedding to...
The Light Between Oceans is set on Janus, a small island far off the coast of Western Australia. The Roman god it is named after has two faces and is often thought to be looking to both the past and future (hence the year starts in January, also named after Janus.)...
?Where is the place for a weak man in a world like this?? Tertullian, a very early Christian writer noted that ?the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.? There have been times when religious persecution has been extreme. In some places it still is. Martin...
The opening voice over of The Whole Truth sets the tone of the film. While it sounds very much like an old school detective from film noir, it is actually spoken by Richard Ramsey (Keanu Reeves), a defense attorney who is defending Mike Lassiter (Gabriel Basso) on...