Memoir of War – Morass of Emotion
For Marguerite in the film, her fear and depression are overwhelming. Even the people around her and their love and attention cannot bring her out of her ?slough of despond?.
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The Wife – Support, Loyalty, and Resentment
This may be the perfect time for The Wife to find its way to the screen. It seems almost tailor made for the Time?s Up movement. . . . This film truly speaks to that issue in a clear and loud voice.
Arrow -The Complete Sixth Season: We are Family (Well, Sometimes…)
Green Arrow’s family has been expanding, but the weight and responsibility of being the patriarch, the mayor of Star City, and, of course, the masked vigilante with the nifty arrows might break him when?Arrow’s?sixth season rolls around. With cross-overs to the other DC properties, namely?The Flash?and Supergirl, the season has its fair share of explosions,…
How to Talk to Girls at Parties: And They Said Earth Girls Are Easy
“They must be from California.”– John (Ethan Lawrence) Three young punk enthusiasts stumble into a strange (oh, so strange) collection of alien prepubescents in 1970s London, where Earth boy Enn (Alex Sharp) falls hard for the alien Zan (Elle Fanning). Based on a short story by Neil Gaiman (Stardust, American Gods, Coraline), the obliviousness of…
Strike Back – Season Five: Section 20 Finds Retribution
In the latest iteration of Cinemax’s?Strike Back series (called?Retribution?abroad and Season Five in the U.S.), a crack team of international Special Forces types go after a terrorist and his wife. While longtime fans of the show will enjoy seeing Sullivan Stapleton (Blindspot) and Philip Winchester (Chicago Justice, Law & Order: SVU) return, fans old and…
BlacKkKlansman: America?s Original Sin
?Oh goody! ?Here?s comes that Black racist troublemaker Spike Lee with yet another movie about how White people are EVIL, Black people are victims and all that jazz. ?We, as Americans, are so sick and tired of Black folks constantly tossing these issues in our faces and rubbing our noses in the dung of a…
The Miseducation of Cameron Post: Outside, Looking In
?I?m not being a good friend if I ignore your sin.? Written and directed by Desiree?Akhavan, The?Miseducation?of?Cameron?Post?takes place in the early 90s and follows the titular character (Chloe Grace Moretz) after she is sent to a remote treatment center for those dealing with same-sex attraction. Entitled God?s Promise, the center is run by the strict…
Pretty Bad Actress: Hollywood Gone Mad
Written and directed by first-time filmmaker Nick Scown,?Pretty Bad Actress?tells the story of Gloria Green (Heather McComb), a former child star who is struggling to move past her childhood fame. When she is kidnapped by a stalker (John Hensley) and trapped with Donnie, an obsessed fan (Stephanie Hodes), Gloria’s only hope is her loyal assistant,…
Avengers – Infinity War: We’re Out of Time
I don’t know that I’ve felt this much of a disturbance in the Force since the final seconds of?The Empire Strikes Back?wrapped up. Maybe, just maybe, the ending of?The Two Towers?left me with that sense of desolation. But the ache in my gut as the first-half of the end of the Marvel coda,?Avengers: Infinity War,…
Supergirl (1984): Distant Cousins #TBT
Alexander Salkind and his son Ilya Salkind backed into success with the?Superman?(Christopher Reeves) series when director Richard Hamilton failed to prove available and they snagged Richard Donner (who’d only found success with The Omen, but went on to The Goonies?and Lethal Weapon)?and?for the role. Tom Mankiewicz touched up the script that Mario Puzo (The Godfather)…