Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SGA-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, Condition of Return being covered here wouldn’t exist. Condition of Return was approved for an Interim Agreement with SAG-AFTRA. What a lot of people don’t know about me …
Read More »The Vigil (2021) is an inherently Jewish film. The reviewer is not, but will do his best to respectfully commentate from outside that perspective in this latest movie review. Synopsis for The Vigil: A young man agrees to fulfil the duties of a “shomer,” the ritualistic practice of looking after …
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When I think of horror movies that don’t seem to get enough exposure for whatever reason, The Reaping comes to mind. With it being ten years old, I actually didn’t even hear about this one until just recently. About three years ago when I was Googling “horror movie lists,” this one appeared. …
Read More »It’s time again to look back in the history of horror — way back! Here are three very early silent films. They may not contain some invincible hulking maniac, but they at least dabble in horror imagery. George Albert Smith’s “The X-Rays” (1897) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eda1OJ9GTQ Also known as “The X-Ray Fiend,” …
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