The 2014 horror mystery “It Follows” is one of the most unsettling movie experiences of my life. What is It? And why does it Follow? These questions are never definitively answered. And in it’s truly creepy and weird wake “It Follows” leaves us with a chilling feeling of uncertainty. Dispensing a Double Dose of MAIKA: … [Read More]
Synopsis Deftly directed by Christopher Cassel, the new documentary “Into the Lost Desert” follows extreme desert explorer Max Calderan as he pursues his lifelong dream to cross the last uncharted desert on earth, the Rub’ al Khali. In a lifetime spent crossing deserts on foot, Calderan has survived some of … [Read More]
Synopsis Sean is a Texas truck driver whose mental illness overwhelms him during the outset of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in the new based-on-actual-events domestic drama “Incubated”. Alarming, and ill-informed, radio newscasts propel Sean into uncontrollable hysteria, and his meds don’t appear to be furnishing their usual and dependable steadying … [Read More]
The just-released “Walking Out” had me from the get-go. Having lived my entire life west of the Mississippi to varying degrees, I have a powerful appreciation and respect for the independent spirit of the region’s people together with the indigenous wonder of the land. From its opening frame this is … [Read More]