— 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[...]
Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category
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[...]
Review: Between the Mountain and the Sky
— by BEV QUESTAD — This beautiful film showcases Maggie Doyne’s profound love for her 50 children and the heartbreak that almost overwhelmed her. Maggie grew up in a loving family in New Jersey. Instead of immediately attending college, she chose to take a year to explore the world[...]
Review: There is Another Way
— by BEV QUESTAD — There may be another way, but is there a player willing to take it? I’m just back from a three-week delegation to the Middle East to stand with Palestinians who live in the West Bank in occupied Palestine. Because of the bombing on Iran beginning Friday the 13th (mac[...]
Review: Don’t Tell Larry
— by WILLIAM STERR — This is the story of the “weird guy” who can be found in every organization. He or she may be in an office, on the factory floor, or in the classroom. But wherever they are, personal eccentricities mean they’re not quite a normal fit. Susan (Patty Guggenheim) h[...]
Review: House of Abraham
— by WILLIAM STERR — When Dee was a young girl, she came home one day and found her mother lying in bed, dead by suicide. Now, almost 40 years later, Dee (Natasha Henstridge), is on her way to an exclusive weekend at a very unusual secluded retreat: The House of Abraham. Having passed th[...]
Review: Juliet and Romeo
— by WILLIAM STERR — When I sat down to view this 2025 film, I thought it would probably be just another telling of William Shakespeare’s tale of the “star crossed lovers of Verona,” with the reversal of their names. I was pleasantly surprised. At least at first. The story begins w[...]