Jenny and her baby brother Tommy were born in the Amazon jungle. Their parents, dedicated archeologists, were attacked by tribal warriors. The family was separated, Tommy was carried off by a tribal wise man to be raised among the animals and Jenny was taken to the city by her grandfather. Years later, once she is grown, Jenny returns to the jungle to find her brother. During the adventure she encounters poachers, fierce creatures, a hidden city, ancient treasure, and finally Tommy. Together they struggle to escape the dangers of the wild.
When it comes the horror genre, I am VERY hard to please or impress, much less scare. Coming from a current mindset of appreciation for chilling, unsettling, tension-inducing efforts such as "Hereditary", "The Conjuring" (ONLY the first one to date, mind you), "Lights Out", "The Babadook", "Midsommar", "Talk To Me", "Oddity", "Bring Her Back", and the like
Hours before their line-up of screenings for Trans Awareness Week began, the filmmakers of 'When Men Were Men' chatted with me about the film's personal exploration of masculinity.
'Don't Lose Your Head' follows the motto of "grades aren't everything."
Over the last several years, I have had the privilege of being one of the critics having the opportunity to watch and review several films from writer/director/producer Marcellus Cox, whose efforts are never anything less but grounded, relevant, and steeped in unflinching glimpses illustrating the gripping, inspired, and ever-vacillating realms that make up the human condition.
In an all-black community in Louisiana, a young girl learns her father has committed infidelity and turns to hoodoo to seek justice.
Eloquent and informative, Hajera Sheikh’s documentary Kathak: Dancing With Taboos tells a story of love for one’s culture and perseverance through adversity.
