Rattlesnake Movie Review: Compact, but steady, moral thriller from Netflix

Why, of course, life bites — and the mark can be distressing! Just ask Katrina Ridgeway (Carmen Ejogo), the subject of interest in this year’s final “Netflix and Chills” entry, a cross-country Arizonian trying to save her daughter Clara (Apollonia…

Interview: Trey Edward Shults for “It Comes at Night”

There is a feeling that good horror films elicit. Something almost primal that triggers our survival instinct even though we are never really in danger. Newer horror films have been disappointing, usually more interested in cheap scares and franchising. From…

Movie Review: Born to be Blue

Jazz is a complicated, complex music genre that never really adheres to conventions. Often dynamic, rarely predictable, Jazz musicians lived their lives in the same tempo as their music. Sometimes fast and loose, other times slow and somber. Chet Baker’s…

Jon’s Movie Review: “Selma” Resonates With Present Struggles

There are stories that we tell and pass along, not just because they are great, but because they hold some greater significance and value, some of which we might not realize until later in our lives. These stories sometimes have…

“SELMA” to Have Limited Release in U.S. on Christmas Day

HOLLYWOOD, CA (June 20, 2014) – Paramount Pictures and Pathé today announced that the feature film “SELMA” will have a limited release in the U.S. on Christmas day and will open wide on January 9, 2015. Directed by Ava DuVernay…

Paramount Pictures and Pathé Announce the Start of Principal Photography on “Selma”

PARAMOUNT PICTURES AND PATHÉ ANNOUNCE THE START OF PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON “SELMA” HOLLYWOOD, CA (May 20, 2014) – Paramount Pictures and Pathé today announced that principal photography has commenced on “SELMA,” directed by Ava DuVernay (“MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.”) The film is…