2025’s “Safe House” shouldn’t be confused with or considered connected to the 2012 Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds action thriller of the same name. They do fall into the same genre, but that’s about as far as the similarities go. This recent film features a much different story, and director Jaimie Marshall tells it within … Continue reading
“Anniversary” travels a pretty crazy path. It begins as a domestic thriller before flirting with becoming a psychological thriller and ultimately ending as something resembling a dystopian thriller. It’s a movie filled to the brim with clever ideas, some of which sizzle with intrigue and tension while others have a hard time connecting to everything … Continue reading
Writer-director John-Michael Powell has conceived and crafted one of the best rural crime thrillers in recent years with “Violent Ends”. Shot in Northwest Arkansas with the Ozark Mountains as its backdrop, the film offers a markedly clear-eyed perspective on cycles of violence and the devastating consequences to families caught within them. And though his film … Continue reading
Bruce Springsteen is an interesting specimen. There is no denying his status as a rock ‘n’ roll legend. And while I’ve never been his biggest fan, he had a series of hits during the early to mid-1980s that I still love to this day. Yet Springsteen (affectionately known as The Boss) has always seemed like … Continue reading
We’re not far from being able to christen Colleen Hoover and the new Nicholas Sparks. Like Sparks, the Texas-born Hoover has made it big as a novelist with a very passionate fanbase. And like Sparks, Hoover’s novels have become a favorite in Hollywood. She’s still a ways away from Sparks’ eleven film adaptations. But Hoover … Continue reading
Kathryn Bigelow’s highly anticipated and long awaited next movie has finally arrived via Netflix. It’s “A House of Dynamite” and it’s Bigelow’s first feature film since her 2017 historical crime drama “Detroit”. This is another audacious swing from the Oscar-winning director who delivers a harrowing ‘what-if’ nail-biter that’s infused with a sobering sense of urgency. … Continue reading
Keith & the Movies 