— by BEV QUESTAD — Using the vehicle of a do-good doctor in the conflicted, divided territories of Israel and Palestine, “Inch’allah” mines the roots of passion, the role of the international community and the perpetuation of a circumstance compromising all involved. Bookended with the irony of cooing doves and an explosion, the film colors […][...]
Review: We Grew Wings
— by BEV QUESTAD and MARY ANN HODGE — If you were to grow a couple of extra appendages, wings for example, imagine the tipsy exhilaration of the first flight, the excitement at the expanded potential and the joy in the practice. “We Grew Wings,” a bow to Nike’s support of the University of Oregon’s […][...]
Review: Wasteland
— by RON WILKINSON — Primed and pumped up for that next cruel and gritty, dark and dirty, “The world is no damned good” noir mystery thriller, you are a bit taken aback when the lead character, Harvey Miller (Luke Treadaway), shows up on the screen. There are two problems. The first is that Luke […][...]
Poster and Trailers for Riddick
— by CHERRY BELL — With many fans awaiting the next chapter of Riddick’s story due out in theaters on Sept. 6, we have a new poster and two new trailers below for you. Although the plot synopsis is quite similar to the first (and second) film(s), writer/director David Twohy and Vin Diesel promise an […][...]
Review: Blood
— by RON WILKINSON — Director Nick Murphy claims he chose the Hilbre Islands off England’s West coast as the shooting location for this film because, growing up there, he thought it would be a good place to hide a body. That may or may not be the case, but it turns out to be […][...]
Review: Factory of One
— by BEV QUESTAD — This film’s subject epitomizes a crazy west coast experience that culminates in an annual effigy-burning ritual, a phenomenon of anarchical, free-spirited, innovative San Franciscans who in 1986 were bent on combining psycho-transformation, paganism and freedom theology. In its own literature, Burning Man — the name of the week-long event — […][...]
Review: The Company You Keep
— by BEV QUESTAD — Robert Redford can have his pick of just about anything he wants to do. At 76 years of age, he chose to produce, direct and star in “The Company You Keep,” which is an investigation into the minds and times of the Weather Underground. This film is the story of […][...]
Review: Southwest (aka Sudoeste)
— by BEV QUESTAD — This is the haunting story of the life of a woman. It begins with a witch being carted to the deathbed of the woman’s pregnant mother. The daughter is apparently carved out of her passed mother’s womb and taken to an isolated wooden boxhouse on top of stilts in the […][...]
Thor: The Dark World: Trailer #2
— by ADAM POYNTER — Marvel has released an all-new full-length feature trailer for “Thor: The Dark World” just in time for YouTube’s “Geek Week” and it’s the first all new footage we have seen since the teaser trailer debuted all the way back in April. From what I hear, this new trailer has many […][...]