NewsCri-Fi
The Day Shall Come (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
Moses is the head of a very tiny church in Miami–less than a handful of members–that preaches that the Great Inversion is coming.…
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September 2019
NewsFantasy
The Bestowal (2019) (film review by Mark Leeper).
Steven, a successful salesman, is depressed. After seeing the world unimproved in spite of his best effort, Steven is ready to commit suicide…
NewsScifi
AUGGIE (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
As a going-away gift at his retirement party, Felix is given a virtual reality generator that creates for him an image of a…
NewsScifi
Retrospective: The Magnetic Monster (1953): (a film retrospective by Mark R. Leeper).
‘The Magnetic Monster’ is a film that throws around silly terms like ‘a paramagnetic force’ and its ‘epicenter’ but gives no evidence anyone…
August 2019
NewsFilms
Ode To Joy (2019) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
The strange medical condition portrayed in the film ‘Ode To Joy’ is a real thing. Charlie has cataplexy, one form of narcolepsy, which…
June 2019
NewsScifi
Astronaut (2019) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
‘Astronaut’ seems like it ought be an appealing story for young and old alike. Retired Engineer Angus is too old to be sent…
May 2019
NewsFilms
The Last Movie Star (2019) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper)
CAPSULE: In his day Vic Edwards was the Number One box office action actor on the screen. It is now about 45 years…
NewsCri-Fi
Room For Rent (2019) (a psychological thriller film review by Mark R. Leeper).
Joyce, a woman recently widowed, finds she has been left deeply in debt by her late husband. Desperate for a source of income,…
April 2019
NewsFilms
Wild Nights With Emily (2019) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
Emily Dickinson is usually portrayed as a sort of holy recluse who composed her poetry while living a life of quiet solitude. This…
NewsHorror
Book Of Monsters (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
Lots of monsters and action but not much in the way of ideas. Sophie, an innocent girl on the eve of her 18th…
March 2019
NewsScifi
Tangent Room (2019) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
Four strangers in arcane branches of science find themselves imprisoned in a locked room and working on a problem that has strange metaphysical…
February 2019
NewsFilms
In Like Flynn (2018) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
Based on an autobiography by actor Errol Flynn (‘Captain Blood’, ‘The Sea Hawk’, ‘The Dawn Patrol’), ‘In Like Flynn’ tells the story of…