In Theaters and Digital

Nasty nautical nonsense has a new name!  Committing fully to all things Walt Disney, Screamboat - written and directed by Steven LaMorte - absolutely delivers a keyed-in take on what Disneyland gone violent and wild might look like.  It’s a full-throttled 100-minutes of zany ...

It’s the scream.  In that single moment - in which a scream breaks through the silence of the screen - in which Dark My Light begins its narrative threading and perfectly knots its audience to the events of the movie.  Hair-raising and completely unexpected, this shredding of  ...

Let’s hear it for the good ol’ bad guys!! With an engaging atmosphere and an equally sharp DIY attitude, First Moon takes aim at the blackest of nights and delivers one howl of a horror flick, complete with a creature design from SFX artist, Thomas E. Surprenant whose work has  ...

Born from a short story written by screenwriter Thomas Martin, and inspired by the real-life tale of Luna Bay, a wealthy enclave of Palos Verdes Estates that has been a forbidden surfing paradise for non-locals, The Surfer marks director Lorcan Finnegan and Martin’s  ...

“You are in a dream right now.” Best-selling self-help author and self-styled genius Dr. Mark Healer (William McNamara) is, quite simply, up to no good in this independently produced shocker.  He’s using Dream Therapy on the tragic homeless he finds in the streets of Los  ...

Kevin Macdonald’s One to One: John and Yoko is both a time capsule and a deeply personal exploration of two (well, only one really) of the most iconic figures in music history. Tackling the 18 pivotal months of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s lives in New York’s Greenwich ...

There’s not many people left in the world of Twin Peaks.  The legends are all passing into the void, including its maker: the one and only David Lynch.  Yet, what would Twin Peaks be without The Log Lady?  Played by Catherine Coulson, The Log Lady, whose character name  ...

Ryan Coogler’s latest filmmaking venture, Sinners, is a testament to the creative brilliance that emerges when a filmmaker is unrestrained by convention. After earning acclaim in films like Black Panther and Fruitvale Station, Coogler seems exhilarated by the freedom to ...

I put off watching A Minecraft Movie for a week due to all the noise it was making from certain crowds obsessed with the whole “chicken jockey” line before destroying the theater.  I regret that decision.  This movie - featuring totally on-brand performances from Jack Black  and ...

Few genres hit harder than war films. They remind us of the stark reality of armed conflict while also exploring the raw humanity buried beneath. Classics like Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down, and Apocalypse Now have set the bar for depicting the brutal nature  ...