The Raft opens June 21st at Digital Gym in San Diego. As many readers know, there are plenty of great documentaries out there that bring true stories to light that would either not get the attention they deserve or be…
Most late-night shows look like smoothly produced and effortless exercises in entertainment, bringing stand-up and celebrity guests together and speaking about latest projects and topics of the day. Of course, it’s an immense amount of work for the host and…
Independent cinema icon Jim Jarmusch has provided viewers with plenty of stellar features over the years, including Down by Law, Mystery Train, Dead Man and Paterson (among many others). The Dead Don’t Die is the latest effort from the filmmaker,…
First debuting in 1971, hard-nosed private detective Shaft has entertained audiences for decades, not only in the first trilogy of films (not to mention a brief TV series), but also a 2000 remake that introduced the next generation in the…
The Secret Life of Pets proved to be something of a surprise success back in 2016, chronicling the lives of animals and what they get up to when their owners are away. It earned solid reviews from the press and…
This reviewer is something of a monster movie aficionado who grew up watching old creature features on the television screen before actively seeking them out on various video formats. As a fan, I can come across as somewhat picky about…
Over the past thirty years, there have been more than a few coming-of-age teen comedies. The latest arrival is Booksmart, another tale of young people spending their graduation night on the town and attempting to find some kind of closure…
Disney certainly has gone all in with live-action remakes of their animated titles. Just two months ago we got new Dumbo, and this week Aladdin is the feature being updated. This effort follows the original far more closely, which is…
2014 offered a real surprise in the form of the exceptional action flick, John Wick. The hits kept coming in the 2017 sequel, which attempted to explore the inner workings of a criminal underworld and its various factions. The action…
As most now know, author J.R.R. Tolkien is responsible for some of the most popular and famous fantasy novels ever written – specifically, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The biopic Tolkien attempts to give viewers a glimpse…