One Wacky ‘War’: ‘Shakespeare or Space Wars’ by Peripatetic Players
The Bard bumps up against blast doors in this hilarious new comedy from the Peripatetic Players.
Ever So ‘Sleight’-ly Better
Though it has its flaws, a great deal of imagination makes this the best “real” superhero film since M. Night Shyamalan’s UNBREAKABLE.
Tall Tale: ‘Spell Eternity’ at Quantum Dragon Theatre
My first-ever Quantum Dragon show is hindered by – of all things – TOO MUCH world-building.
Animéniac Double-Feature: ‘Your Name’ and ‘Ghost in the Shell’ (Live Action)
One is an animated masterpiece, the other an American bastardization.
Guess which one is which?
Sweet ‘Life’
A grindhouse premise gets the big-budget treatment in this terrifying sci-fi film.
Late on ‘Arrival’
This overrated sci-fi hit is an exercise in lazy screenwriting and Deus ex machina cop-outs.
‘Bellus’ magazine Film Reviews
My published reviews for the eclectic San Francisco art magazine.
Crab Barrel: The Pitfalls of Critiquing work by ‘Your own people’
You know that line between “providing creative criticism” and “being a self-hating sell-out”? It’s not as thin as you think.
Sucking out all the Fun
The popular YA is dead-on-arrival in this horrible adaptation from the creators of HEATHERS and MEAN GIRLS.
(Not fully) Satisfying the ‘Hunger’
The adaptation of Collins’ second YA novel is too knowingly episodic to truly stand on its own.
