The movie opens with a young gazelle running in the sand dunes of Timbuktu. Chasing the beautiful docile animal in a pickup truck are members of the Jihadists shooting their rifles in its direction. “Do not shoot the animal, we just want to tire it out” says their leader. It’s an act of domination […]
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“TIMBUKTU” (Foreign Film Review & Trailer)
February 7th, 2015 
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A Royal Affair, Opulance in Both Story and Costume (Film Review)
January 18th, 2013 John Delia Picturesque, intriguing and romantic the odd love story of the strange King of Denmark comes to theaters this weekend. Called A Royal Affair, the opulent period piece transports the viewer back to the late 1700’s for an inside look at a time of ‘Enlightenment’ when this country was ruled by tyrants who deceived the […]
In Darkness, Compelling Holocaust Drama (Film Review)
April 5th, 2012 John Delia One of the most compelling true stories has opened in theaters. The World War II holocaust film is called In Darkness and tells the incredible story of the attempted slaughter of Jews in a Polish city. Intolerable, painful and realistic the tragic attempted extermination shows the heroism of some Polish citizens who sacrificed their own […]
