The World finally got the long-awaited third chapter in the Steve Spielberg “Alien” trilogy (following CLOSE ENCOUNTERS and E.T.) with DISCLOSURE DAY - was it worth the wait? Mostly, but not absolutely. There is a lot to love in this new Spielberg action film. The Cinematography of long-time Spielberg collaborator Janusz Kaminski is top notch (of course), beautiful, sharp and interesting. See DISCLOSURE DAY on the largest screen possible just so you can be absorbed in the v

One of the most talked about and anticipated films of early 2026 was Maggie Gyllenhaal’s THE BRIDE! A modern(ish) take on the Bride of Frankenstein story, it arrived at the Cineplex with great fanfare and promptly landed with a thud and disappeared quickly. Now that it is streaming it is time to take a look at this film and find out what went right and what went wrong. And…as one can imagine…there are plenty of things to list on both sides of the ledger. Adapted from Mary S

n my opinion the most under-rated and criminally under-seen film in all of the Coen Bros. oeuvre, is 1994’s THE HUDSUCKER PROXY and upon this most recent rewatch, my opinion remains unchanged. Starring Tim Robbins and Paul Newman, THE HUDSUCKER PROXY is an homage to the screwball comedy films of the 1940’s (like HIS GIRL FRIDAY with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, Directed by Howard Hawks) that features rapid-fire dialogue and a battle of wits and wills. In this film we foll

When a movie is sent into theaters in January, the common thinking is that the film is a bad one and the Distributing Theatrical Company is “dumping” the film at a time when not many folks are looking (I’m looking at you, Bob Odenkirk’s NORMAL). However, every now and then a good film finds it’s way to the light of the theater in the only timeframe that it could find. Such is the case with the Sam Raimi Feminist-Revenge film SEND HELP. Written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swif