WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED explores the folk horror phenomenon from its beginnings in a trilogy of films – Michael Reeves’ Witchfinder General (1968), Piers Haggard’s Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971) and Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man (1973) – through its proliferation on British television in the 1970s and its culturally specific manifestations in American, […]

Anna has been living in a haze of psychedelic blood bliss for as long as she can remember. Her hedonistic existence is challenged when she meets Robbie, a charming alcoholic party boy late one night. He is looking for a drink; she is looking for a feed; they bond. Anna takes him home, intrigued that […]

A mind-boggling coincidence leads the filmmaker to track down his fifth grade class and fifth grade teacher to examine their memory of and complicity in a bullying incident 50 years ago.I was really looking forward to this film: I was bullied as a kid, especially at the same age as the characters, and wondered if […]

A famous TV weatherman, Miguel Flores, becomes public enemy number one when he fails to predict a terrible hailstorm. He is forced out of the big city, Buenos Aires, fleeing the capital for his birthplace of Córdoba. The result will be a voyage of rediscovery that is as absurd as it is human.It’s a light […]

Suzu is a shy, everyday high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters “U”, a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a gorgeous and globally-beloved singer. One day, her concert is interrupted by a monstrous creature […]

A young flight attendant loses her job at a low-cost airline.”Rien à foutre” can be translated “I don’t care” or, as the subject and verb are missing, “There’s nothing to do so I’m bored”.The title is an exact description of what one could comment about this wanabee movie. By the way, this colloquial locution is […]

A group of investors turned sleuths as they try to unlock the suspicious death of cryptocurrency multimillionaire Gerry Cotten and the missing $250 million they believe he stole from them.Crypto fascinated me when it first came out, but being old(er) I couldn’t figure out how to buy it and then, spend it!! So I laughed […]

Julia tells the story of the legendary cookbook author and television superstar who changed the way Americans think about food, television, and even about women.By far the best documentary on Julia to date. Julia was such an influence on the culinary culture and that was highlighted. Julia Childs was such a phenomenal woman and this […]

Chronicles the global race to research, develop, manufacture and distribute COVID-19 vaccines in the most enormous coordinated public health effort ever undertaken.

Taking us behind the scenes with NASA’s high-stakes Webb Space Telescope, The Hunt for Planet B follows a pioneering group of scientists, many of them women, on their quest to find another Earth among the stars. What begins as a real-time scientific adventure turns into a deep meditation on human longing. On the brink of […]

When he was ten years old, Paul Fronczak stumbled upon news clippings hidden in his parents’ house that he was kidnapped from a Chicago hospital shortly after he was born by an unknown woman masquerading as a nurse, this story which his parents confirmed. He would also learn that he was discovered approximately two years […]

Living in a crowded New York City apartment does not mean getting close to the neighbors. During the hectic Christmas season, the residents go about their lives while an old widower sits alone in his living room reading a card that says his son won’t be coming home for Christmas. Meanwhile a dancer packs up […]

Joan, with her trademark wit, candidly takes us on journey through her life and the ups and downs of her 70 year silver screen and showbiz career.I must admit I only knew Joan Collins superficially before watching this, but I am glad I did watch it as her story was really well told whilst at […]

Mike Epps returns to his native Indianapolis and reflects on his days as a bad baller and worse drug dealer, as well as fond memories of his parents.Mike Epps is a funny stand up. He is charming and likable in this stand up show from his birthplace, Indianapolis. This is adult humor. He is off […]

A documentary filmmaker’s research on a town’s mysterious benefactor unearths an unexplained evil while staying at a local resort.There is nothing interesting going on in this film. The script is all over the place and the end result is poorly executed.Our time is valuable and honest reviews matter. Like many other low budget films, this […]

Feature documentary on the life and career of iconic champion jockey Frankie Dettori.Fascinating insight into what makes a great sportsman tickMust admit though a fan of his riding before viewing this film was not his greatest supporter as a man as always looked to be playing up to the camerasBut after watching this think I […]

The film is a story about love, sacrifice, and hope set against an Arthouse noir milieu, where its sharks, vampires, and victims when a reclusive billionaire (Robert Davi), comedy club owner (Leona Paraminski) and over the hill filmmaker Charlie Nabis (Dan Coplan) are drawn into a deadly game of conspiracy and murder as a Russian […]

“Mimaroglu: The Robinson of Manhattan Island” is the story of two free spirits: legendary electronic music composer Ilhan Mimaroglu and his vibrant wife Güngör who migrated to the USA from Turkey in early 1960s. Using the couple’s personal archives, the documentary captures the career of Ilhan as an edgy artist, and the power of their […]

Djam, a Greek girl, is sent to Istanbul on a mission to find a motor-boat part of her uncle, a former sailor and great fan of the Greek musical style rebetiko. In the city, she meets Avril, a French woman who works as a volunteer with refugees but who has run out of money and […]

Meeting Jim is a feature length documentary about a journey back to the lifetime of Jim Haynes, an extraordinary 83-year-old man who grabbed with heart and soul the spirit of the 60s and continued to carry it throughout his life.Having eaten with Jim in Paris a half dozen or more times, I can tell you […]

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Pearl and Gadabout are now a flying doctor trio, caring for creatures including a mermaid, a unicorn and a sneezy lion. However when bad weather forces them to land at the palace, Pearl is locked up by her uncle, the king.Zog and the Flying Doctors is another book from Julia Donaldson given the animated treatment.Princess […]