MOVIE REVIEW OF ”SEIZED” Alan Sculley November 25, 2020 Entertainment, Features 9 Comments MOVIE REVIEW OF ''SEIZED" Not only does “Acts of Vengeance” director Isaac Florentine’s cartel crime saga “Seized” (**1/2 OUT OF ****) live up to its title, but also Scott Adkins whips three...
You Want A Revolution? Alan Sculley November 13, 2020 Entertainment, Features 6 Comments You Want A Revolution? Every November 5th for Guy Fawkes day (or for, you know, an intense U.S. election) I start feeling a little wily and dream about starting a revolution. Not a violent one or...
MOVIE REVIEW OF ”THE OWNERS” Van Roberts November 9, 2020 Entertainment, Features 6 Comments MOVIE REVIEW OF ''THE OWNERS" Believe it or not, home invasion movies are not a new phenomenon. In fact, one of the earliest examples of the genre was silent movie director D. W. Griffith's 8-minute...
MOVIE REVIEW OF ”HONEST THIEF” Van Roberts November 2, 2020 Entertainment, Features 6 Comments MOVIE REVIEW OF ''HONEST THIEF" The contemporary Liam Neeson crime thriller “Honest Thief” (** OUT ****) lives up to its oxymoronic title. As the protagonist, Neeson plays Tom Dolan, a resourceful but...
MOVIE REVIEW OF ”GRETEL & HANSEL” Van Roberts October 27, 2020 Entertainment, Features 39 Comments MOVIE REVIEW OF ''GRETEL & HANSEL" Halloween and horror movies go together like tricks and treats. Horror movies vary from classic Hollywood monster chilling franchises like "Dracula," "Frankenstein,"...
MOVIE REVIEW OF “EMPEROR” Van Roberts October 22, 2020 Entertainment, Features 11 Comments MOVIE REVIEW OF "EMPEROR" Freshman writer & director Mark Amin and co-scenarist Pat Charles shed long-overdue light on Shields Green, an obscure black runaway slave and his role in the...
The Newly Released Documentary, “Other Music” Alan Sculley October 15, 2020 Entertainment, Features, Music 42 Comments The Newly Released Documentary, “Other Music” The newly released documentary, “Other Music,” serves as both a love letter and sympathy card for a one-of-a-kind record store. So it’s...
MOVIE REVIEW OF ”THE OUTPOST” Van Roberts October 8, 2020 Entertainment, Features 6 Comments MOVIE REVIEW OF ''THE OUTPOST" “Last Castle ” director Rod Lurie’s harrowing tale of combat in Afghanistan “The Outpost” (***1/2 OUT OF ****) gives us a glimpse of a baptism by fire comparable...
MOVIE REVIEW OF ”UNHINGED” Van Roberts September 30, 2020 Entertainment, Features 40 Comments MOVIE REVIEW OF ''UNHINGED" When was the last time you honked at a motorist who ignored a green light at an intersection? The contemporary road rage thriller “Unhinged” (*** OUT OF ****) shows what...
ARTS IN CRISIS Alan Sculley September 30, 2020 Arts, Entertainment, Features 34 Comments ARTS IN CRISIS From a big-picture perspective, the last few weeks have shown promising signs for beleaguered music and arts communities around the world. In July, for example, the British government...