April 20th, 2017 by Jason Coleman
Just a four pack of reviews ala the indie scene this week, but as usual the cinema spectrum covered runs a wide genre gamut for the film fan looking for more. Deeply dramatic docs that shed light on life changing events, a culinary legend who accepts nothing less than the best, a kid who learns […]
January 12th, 2015 by Aaron Neuwirth
Sometimes you have to work with what you are given. As John Ridley was going through his award tour last year with 12 Years a Slave (he won an Oscar for the screenplay), he was also touring his film, Jimi: All Is By My Side, a biopic about Jimi Hendrix, through festivals. This film that […]
December 15th, 2014 by Aaron Neuwirth
XLrator Media announces the DVD, Blu-ray and VOD release of the Jimi Hendrix biopic, JIMI: ALL IS BY MY SIDE. Directed by Academy Award Winner John Ridley (12 Years a Slave), the film stars André Benjamin (Musician, Outkast), Hayley Atwell (Captain America), Imogen Poots (Need for Speed, That Awkward Moment) and Ruth Negga (ABC’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”). JIMI: […]
October 15th, 2013 by Aaron Neuwirth
It can be a challenge to express why certain dramas work on a viewer more than others. A film like 12 Years A Slave, which is based on the true life chronicle of man kidnapped and forced into slavery, could function on a level that dwells purely on misery and offers little beyond sadness for […]