White Bird in a Blizzard is like an ultra-realistic painting of a bloody car crash. You can almost smell the smoke and the blood.
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Movie Review: ‘The Houses October Built’
The Houses October Built is a must for haunted house aficionados.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Dracula Untold’
If Legendary Pictures and Universal really want this new monster universe to work, they’re gonna have to step up their game.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Automata’
An Earth scared by massive solar flares is the setting for a film noir sci-fi adventure which evokes both Isaac Asimov’s "I, Robot" and Philip K. Dick's "Blade Runner", but goes much deeper.
Read More »DVD Review: ‘The Paranormal Diaries: Clophill’
Keep expectations low and you might find some entertainment.
Read More »Building a Hero ‘Gotham’-Style
The pilot episode of Gotham, the Batman prequel, is a textbook lesson for screenwriters on establishing your hero.
Read More »DVD Review: ‘Found.’
I highly recommended "Found." for those with strong stomachs.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Motivational Growth’
Motivational Growth could be performed as a stage play, if it wasn’t for that heads-blowing-up thing.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Honeymoon’
There is blood and sex, enough to get this film an R-rating. But, for the most part, it is not gratuitous; it actually moves the plot along.
Read More »Interview: Genevieve Bailey – Director of ‘I Am Eleven’
Watching these interviews in Genevieve Bailey's thoughtful film, you will recall that time when you were eleven, the age between the dusk of innocence.
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