The world is on fire. We’ve put out most of the literal ones, but there remain several metaphorical ones which have made those of us aware clench our sphincters quite tightly as we watch for outcomes. In times like these,… Read More ›
Katherine Waterston
“Fackham Hall” Blu-ray Giveaway
It’s frustrating how true the adage “laughter is the best medicine” is, but it’s true. The best way to break through doldrums, through frustration, through discontent, is laughter. It’s even more important when it seems like there’s very little to… Read More ›
Jim O’Hanlon’s comedy will have you saying “Fackham Hall” whether you laugh or not.
There’s a strange love-hate relationship with the rich, especially when it comes to the past. Perhaps it’s escapism, perhaps it’s a desire to live in presumably more affluent times, but the notion that one could live and live well —… Read More ›
“AFRaiD” Digital Code Giveaway
Last week, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released a physical edition of filmmaker Chris Weitz’s (About a Boy; Operation Finale) techno-thriller AFRAID. Rather than utilize the digital code that accompanied the review copy provided by SPHE, EoM is offering it up to… Read More ›
Techno-thriller “AFRAID” comes home, but should you let it in?
Artificial Intelligence, more commonly referred to as A.I., is a staple of science fiction. The incorporation of it within novels, television programs, film, and video games is often in a supportive role toward humanity. Batman uses it to help solve… Read More ›
“The End We Start From” stumbles on its own finish line.
The End We Start From is the rare conventional “we’ve seen this before” genre film that edges ahead of its competition by way of its unconventional dedication to reality. It also squanders that edge in the name of reaching some… Read More ›
Bring the debauchery of Damien Chazelle’s divisive “Babylon” home, courtesy of Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment.
Whiplash, La La Land, First Man — each one directed by Damien Chazelle, two of three written by him, and each one (love or hate them) makes a declarative statement regarding its subject. It shouldn’t surprise that the Oscar winner… Read More ›
A stellar cast energizes the docu-drama “The Current War: Director’s Cut.”
The path to release has been a difficult one for director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) latest film The Current War. Itself a dramatization of the struggle for control over the burgeoning birth of electricity throughout… Read More ›
Unable to move beyond grief, we enter a “State Like Sleep”.
In times of crisis, the mind seeks a reason, an explanation, to latch onto to make sense out of the chaos, to offer something to rail against, barter with, and blame. State Like Sleep tackles this notion in a twisting… Read More ›