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Boots Riley’s Sorry To Bother You is an ambitious movie, way more ambitions that anything a first-time director has any right to tackle (prior Riley co-directed a short with Chris Wroubel). Lakeith – or is that “LaKeith? – Stanfield (Knives Out) is Cassius Green, a guy who’s moving through life in a perpetual state of […]… Continue reading REview: Sorry To Bother You (2018) | Biting Off More Than You Can Chew — SCREENPHILES

It’s the best thing when you stumble upon a pleasant surprise where one wasn’t expected, which was how I felt about Paul Soter’s Dark Circles (currently streaming on Tubi). The movie is a horror/thriler about a couple (Johnathon Schaech and Pell James) who move to a new house in the country. Part of the reason […]… Continue reading REview: Dark Circles (2013) | A Surprisingly Effective Horror/Thriller — SCREENPHILES

If you ask me the entire point of a prequel – be it a movie, television series or whatever – is to elaborate on, to build upon. what currently exists. I mean, as much hate as is typically thrown at Exorcist II: The Heretic (a favorite of mine) – which is technically a sequel though […]… Continue reading REview: Ju-On: Origins (2020) | A Watchable – Though Muddled – Prequel Series — SCREENPHILES

Looking at Dominique Rocher’s The Night Eats The World in a somewhat cursory fashion, you might assume that it’s a copy of Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later. Sure, it takes place in Paris, while 28 Days Later calls the UK home. The latter revolves around a man named Jim (Cillian Murphy), who wakes up in […]… Continue reading REview: The Night Eats The World (2018) | A Zombie Movie You Might Have Seen Before (Even If You Haven’t) — SCREENPHILES

I don’t think I’m being hyperbolic when I say that Mike Flanagan is among the best – if not the best – directors currently working in horror. And you likely noticed that “Mike Flanagan” isn’t either Guillermo Del Toro, James Wan or Andy Muschietti. And that’s because Del Toro – while never far from the […]… Continue reading REview: Absentia (2011) | An Early Entry In Mike Flanagan’s Filmography, Best Suited For Completists — SCREENPHILES

Have you heard of the idea of “the magical negro?” The phrase revolves around the idea that oftentimes – less so now, I think – black people in movies are treated as almost magical beings, like leprechauns, dispensing folksy knowledge, wisdom and little else. It’s a dehumanizing way of depicting black people for directors that […]… Continue reading REview: Consequences (2018) | One Of The Better Movies Revolving Around The Gay Experience — SCREENPHILES

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday mocked a rainbow LGBT pride flag hung from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, suggesting it reflected on the orientation of the diplomats. During a televised video conference, a lawmaker told Putin that the U.S. Embassy had hung a rainbow flag on its facade for the first time to celebrate […]… Continue reading Putin Mocks U.S. Embassy Rainbow Flag — Ukraine Today .org

Lawmakers in former Yugoslav republic narrowly passed bill on July 1 via Montenegro to recognize same-sex civil partnerships — Los Angeles Blade: LGBT News, Rights, Politics, Entertainment

Marilena Fallaris says that in life, “You cannot destroy the enemy you cannot see. In order to eliminate the enemy, the existence of the enemy must be acknowledged.” This was why she wrote the part self-help book, part female manifesto Womenemies: And How To Eliminate Them. Fallaris, a southern California-based attorney, comes from a large… Continue reading “Womenemies” and How to Spot Them — The Pappas Post