#‘The Savage Bees’ Will Give You a Buzz

“‘The Savage Bees’ Will Give You a Buzz” Welcome to 4:3 & Forgotten — a weekly column in which Rob Hunter and I get to look back at TV terrors that scared adults (and the kids they let watch) across the limited airwaves of the ’70s. In times of widespread panic, you can always rely on horror movies…

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#A Few Bad Men Display ‘Conduct Unbecoming’

“A Few Bad Men Display ‘Conduct Unbecoming’” Welcome to The Prime Sublime, a weekly column dedicated to the underseen and underloved films buried beneath page after page of far more popular fare on Amazon’s Prime Video collection. We’re not just cherry-picking obscure titles, though, as these are movies that we find beautiful in their own, often…

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#The Vast of Night Movie Review

“The Vast of Night” “There’s something in the sky.” It’s a testament to what director Andrew Patterson has pulled off in his micro-budget sci-fi indie “The Vast of Night” that when that line comes, it feels like it’s the first time those words have ever been said, even though there’s a line just like it in…

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#End of Sentence Movie Review

“End of Sentence” John Hawkes has a face you can never forget, but such skill that each time you see him you think, “This is the kind of role that brings out the best in him.” In films and TV series spanning decades, he’s played a terrifying cult leader, a humble Old West hardware store owner, a mountain climber, a…

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#Debt Collectors Movie Review

“Debt Collectors” As far as action movie sequels go, the new Scott Adkins martial arts vehicle “Debt Collectors” is sadly more like “Beverly Hills Cop II” than “Another 48 Hours.” Which is a shame, because there’s nothing especially complicated, nor essential about “The Debt Collector,” a light, but very mooky buddy action-comedy that often feels…

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