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Elements of Madness Founder | Contributing Senior Film Critic at CLTure | Film Critic at Pretty Vacant One | Contributor at FilmFed | The Cine-Men podcast co-host | NC Film Critics Association member | Rotten Tomatoes approved individual critic

• Coming To Theaters: April 2019

  By Douglas Davidson on April 2, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  April heralds the arrival of flowers and all the nasty pollen that goes with them! Good for Mother Nature, not so good for the rest of us who struggle with allergies. So why not take a break from nature’s natural… Read More ›

• Irish dramedy “Lost & Found” ponders the interconnectedness of our everyday lives.

  By Douglas Davidson on March 29, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Writer/director Liam O Mochain’s Lost & Found is an honest labor of love. While filming over five years in Ireland, Mochain drew from stories he either experienced himself, knew others personally experienced, or knew as urban legends to create a… Read More ›

• “Shazam!” – A New Challenger Enters the Ring!

  By Douglas Davidson on March 27, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman − four names audiences around the globe recognize, not merely because of the recent Zack Snyder-directed films, but because of their lengthy history in the comic industry. Superman first appeared in 1938, Batman in 1939,… Read More ›

• “We Are Boats” explores a metaphysical current that keeps us moving from port to port.

  By Douglas Davidson on March 25, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  For as long as humans have existed, there’s been a longing to explain that which we don’t comprehend. This longing gave rise to myths and legends born out of trying to rationalize why the sun sets and rises as well… Read More ›

• This is one “Boy Band” that’s not getting a reunion.

  By Douglas Davidson on March 21, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  There comes a point in every film where the audience is either all in or all out. While not always the case, this usually comes down to the opening. For Boy Band, a coming-of-age comedy centered around four men who… Read More ›

• Documentary exposé “Rocking the Couch” examines a forgotten piece of Hollywood’s history of harassment and assault

  By Douglas Davidson on March 20, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The Me Too movement found its beginnings in 2006 when activist Tarana Burke began using the hashtag #metoo as a way to spread awareness of sexual assault. Nearly a decade later, actress/activist Alyssa Milano asked people to respond with that… Read More ›

• Bolstered by strong performances, “The Wedding Guest” transforms a focused narrative into an engaging character piece.

  By Douglas Davidson on March 18, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Given his roles in Slumdog Millionaire, Chappie, and HBO’s The Newsroom, the last person audiences would picture as a methodical badass is Dev Patel. That’s bound to change after audiences get a glimpse of him in writer/director Michael Winterbottom’s The… Read More ›