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Review: Dracula

— by WILLIAM STERR —

We are all familiar with Bram Stoker’s novel of the undying vampire. Even if we’ve never read that musty tome, the countless films, TV adaptations, plays, parodies and popular references have touched us all.

Dracula (Caleb Landry Jones – “Harvest”) has existed in an undead state since his blasphemy against God following his wife’s death in 1480. Now, after four centuries of searching for her reincarnated spirit, he has found her in the fiance of Jonathan Harker – Elisabeta (renamed from Mina in most adaptations and in the novel).

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Review: Sallywood

— by WILLIAM STERR — On Nov. 11, 2025, Sally Kirkland “passed into spirit” (died) in Palm Springs, Calif., at the age of 84. In her career, she appeared in more than 250 movie and TV shows, beginning in 1964 in Andy Warhol’s “The 13 Most Beautiful Women.” In “Sallywood,” Zack was raised in Maine, […][...]


Review: If You See Something

— by BEV QUESTAD — How much did he know and when did he know it? The redheaded American woman, Katie, is driving two Iraqi friends, Ali and Dawod, to the airport. They hit some congestion which triggers a memory for Dawod, the Iraqi, seated in the back, who is headed for his flight back […][...]


Review: Dog Man

— by BEV QUESTAD — My darling why-walk-when-I-can-run? four-year-old friend and child film critic, Logan, and I watched “Dog Man” in mesmerized paralysis. Logan forgot about his French fries while his eyes were completely transfixed by this colorful cornucopia of action, color, and explosive noise. The story is about a policeman, Knight, who is in […][...]


Review: Frankenstein

— by WILLIAM STERR — Lavish. Everyone says so. The new Guillermo del Toro version of “Frankenstein” is so lavishly mounted that many scenes impress as if they were paintings by a grand master. I’ve seen them, and agree. The problem is that the lavish set pieces overshadow the story. Now, this story has been […][...]


Review: Hellboy: The Crooked Man

— by WILLIAM STERR — Hellboy has received a number of film treatments since his creation by Mike Mignola in 1994, when the character appeared in Dark Horse Comics’ “Hellboy: Seed of Destruction.” “Hellboy: The Crooked Man” is the fourth film adaptation of the comic character. While Mignola was involved in all the adaptations, his […][...]


Review: Mistress Dispeller

— by BEV QUESTAD — “Mistress Dispeller” is a truly surprising and even revolutionary documentary. It captures shame in real time and dissects something Americans have in common with Chinese: social mobility and infidelity. And yet, there is also a learning, an insight, that can only come when people are honest. In the very beginning, […][...]


Review: Plan C for Civilization

— by BEV QUESTAD — Imagine you are on a train track and a train is coming. On both sides of the track it is pitch black, so you don’t know which way to safely jump. But for sure, if you stay rooted on the track, you will be smashed to death. That’s my pitch […][...]


Review: Steve Schapiro: Being Everywhere

— by WILLIAM STERR — Steve Schapiro passed away in 2022 at the age of 87. He discovered photography while at summer camp at the age of nine, fascinated by the magical appearance of an image on a blank sheet of paper through the photo development process. Shortly before his death, he was interviewed at […][...]



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