— by WILLIAM STERR — The mind is a wonderful – and terrible – thing. When it works properly we are capable of incredible acts of creation, altruism, and organization. But when something goes wrong… “Borderline” introduces us to Paul Duerson (Ray Nicholson – “Smile 2”)[...]
Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category
Review: Checkpoint Zoo
— by WILLIAM STERR — Darkness. The low growl of a big cat, nearby. A flashlight illuminates a lion in a cage, trying to get its claws at a man standing only inches away. This is how a documentary covering the rescue of animals from a Kharkiv zoo during the early days of the Russian [&hel[...]
Review: Paddington in Peru
— by BEV QUESTAD — Eileen, 7 years old, joined me in viewing “Paddington in Peru.” Billed as a live-action, animated comedy, we beg to differ. Paddington does make his hilarious signature goofs, as if he’s a prehistoric being visiting 2025, but we call this Paddington film more of [...]
Review: The Thursday Murder Club
— by WILLIAM STERR — The idea of moving into a “retirement home” is anathema to most people who are younger and still healthy. However, for some of us, personal declining health and/or mental capacity, or that of a loved partner, make assisted living an acceptable option. This is esp[...]
Review: Sudan, Remember Us
— by BEV QUESTAD — “Maha and Shajane, I’m thinking of you trapped in Khartoum between the army bombing and the Rapid Support Forces militia who terrorize and murder. Here in France, there’s not much talk about the war in Sudan,” writes Hind Meddeb. Not only not in France, but not[...]
Review: Torn
— by BEV QUESTAD — Please, no more money to buy more arms for Israel’s war on Gaza! I just finished emailing my American friends tonight to thank them for contacting our Washington senators regarding this issue. Since 1969, my friends in the Middle East have remained baffled that the U[...]
Review: Death & Taxes
— by BEV QUESTAD — “…it is a really good and interesting doc (despite the title)!” the publicist told me. I trusted her and was stunned with the honesty by a son about his father. “Death and Taxes” turns out to be an examination of a fabulously wealthy family whose patriarch, H[...]
Review: Star People
— by BEV QUESTAD — The largest mass UFO sighting in the US was on March 13, 1997, in Arizona. It was called the Phoenix Lights. Writer/Director Adam Finberg uses that event as a curious … What If? scenario. What if the sighting was a formation of legitimate UFOs? What if, in their inve[...]
Review: Rather
— by WILLIAM STERR — Edward R. Murrow. Walter Cronkite. Dan Rather. Three names from the “Tiffany” days of CBS News. Those days are gone, and have been for some time. The most recent blow came with the sale of Paramount (which in turn owns CBS), owned by Sheri Redstone, to Skydance, [...]
Review: The Final Run
— by WILLIAM STERR — What ever happened to those guys who used to run drugs from Mexico into the States decades ago? Well, one of them, Pierce Butler (Jeff Fahey – “Lawnmower Man”), settled down and became a shrimp fisherman on the South Carolina Coast. He raised a family, but [...]
Review: 40 Acres
— by WILLIAM STERR — The horror genre has been awash in dystopian stories of isolated bands of humans, usually threatened by masses of flesh-hungry zombies. I actually miss the zombies of my childhood: slow-moving creatures reanimated by evil sorcerers for a variety of purposes. One of t[...]
Review: Sovereign
— by BEV QUESTAD — How much are we sovereign masters of our own lives, and how much are we vassals of a banking system and government? How much are we independent, self-serving entities, and how much are we interconnected and responsible to each other? There is a 911 call. “These guys [...]
Review: Row
— by WILLIAM STERR — Have you ever dreamed of accomplishing some great feat of strength, endurance, or sheer craziness that would get you in the record books? If so, this story might change your mind. Megan (Bella Dayne – “Humans”), Lexi (Sophie Skelton – “Stalker”), [...]
Review: Snow White
— by BEV QUESTAD (and two children) — “My parents always said this forest was a magical place,” softly states Snow White. And indeed, there are lush forests and bushes, wispy wildflowers, scampering little squirrels and chipmunks, flitting birds, furry rabbits, gracefully inquisitive[...]