I’ve always been what some call a “music person.” I took piano lessons for many years, I played trumpet in high school, and have sung in my church choir since...

Matthew Shear’s first directorial effort, “Fantasy Life,” is a pleasing slice-of-life dramedy in which he plays Sam, an unemployed thirty-something simply trying to find some direction in his life. Through...

Film Review - Project Hail Mary Dr. Ryland Grace is a molecular biologist who published a theory since disproven by the wider scientific community. In his retreat from public life,...

Film Review - The Bride Maggie Gyllenhaal’s second directorial effort, “The Bride!”, almost works as a companion piece to Guillermo del Toro’s 2025 film “Frankenstein.” Although the two films were...

Film Review - Crime 101 In 1985, director William Friedkin gave us “To Live and Die in L.A.” – a police procedural that wasn’t a big hit at the box...

Film Review - Wuthering Heights With its themes of unrequited love, accumulation of vast wealth, and revenge, English author Emily Bronte’s 1847 novel “Wuthering Heights” would seem to lend itself...

Film Review - No Other Choice Man-su is a husband, father, and successful businessman. A lifelong occupational safety manager for one of South Korea’s major paper manufacturers, Man-su appears to...

Film Review - Dead Man’s Wire On a cold February morning in 1977, land developer Tony Kiritsis walked into the offices of Meridian Mortgage in Indianapolis and promptly wired a...

Film Review - The Testament of Ann Lee Ann Lee was known as the founder, and first leader, of the Shakers, an evangelical religious sect formed in England during the...

With the Covid letdown well behind us, 2025 turned out to be the third strong year in a row for the motion picture industry. Consider that I had to leave...