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After Blue begins by chronicling humanities exodus from a dying earth to the cosmos in search of a new home. That brings them to a faraway planet called After Blue. On the surface, it looks to be the utopia needed to reset humanity. This not to be the case. The planet systematically eliminates all the male and only the women remain.

The story centers around the young outcast Roxy (Paula Luna) also known as Toxic. Tempted by an imprisoned woman condemned to die, Roxy is persuaded to release her. In exchanged for her freedom, Roxy is granted three of here deepest desires. [read more]

Opening night for the 2022 Oak Cliff Film Festival brought the screening of Butterfly In The Sky; a documentary about LeVar Burton and the public broadcast show Reading Rainbow.

It’s simple concept to increase children love of books it’s something that should still be heralded today. No one could have possibly imagined using a television show to get children wanting to read books would survive. Not only did it survive; it thrived for more than two decades. At the height of its success, Reading Rainbow had more than two million weekly viewers. [read more]

A story of the wonder of life and the process of aging told in an astonishing maneuver, director and writer Collin West shares his process of dealing with his own grandfather’s death, with a unique telling of the process of aging that has ever been brought to the screen. [read more]

Flight quarters, Flight quarters… began the phrase that announces to all of the crew in a repetitive silique that flight operations have begun on the ship. 30 years later I can still repeat the entire warning word for word.

The moment I first saw Top Gun that’s what I wanted to do, be a Naval Aviator but the aircrew is the closest I got to flying as an enlisted member of the USS Essex (LHD-2). However, the understanding I received in the education of the flight deck is irreplaceable. [read more]

Who will truly decide the national champions, will Nike, will Reebok, or will Under Armor decide our national champions or will ESPN answer the call to tell us who’s exists as the best of our national sports landscape? The future is unclear now as corporate interests invade the field to garnish student athletes’ social media feed and influence.

“National Champions” seek to place this discussion at the middle of its plot, as the number one seeded Wolves may enter the national championship game with their star quarterback boycotting the game to force the pay-for-play conversation.

James Bond will forever represent the goals and dreams of men, and the fantasies for women. He’s unassuming. He’s a natural sexcon for the ages, and for all humanity no matter what part of the world you live in [read more]

The third installment of Tom Holland’s (The Impossible, Chaos Walking) Spider-Man finds the Marvel universe fully embracing multiple dimensions. The doxing of Peter Parker as Spiderman, by J. Jonah Jameson JK Simmons (National Champions, Whiplash) at the end of far from home. This action threatens Peter, and his friends lives and their academic futures. [read more]

Ghostbusters afterlife may go down as Jason reitman’s greatest directorial work. Yes I know he has had Oscar nominations for other films but to wade through the fan base of the Ghostbusters franchise alone and put out such a connective work is truly astounding. [read more]

If you are an animal lover looking for a heart-warming story of a kindred spirit relationship between man and dog, keep on looking. You will not; repeat, will not find that storyline in this film. This in not that story; this is something completely different. [read more]

Marvel’s Shang Chi is loaded with them. Maybe someday one of his drawings can make it into animated, eternal life. Shang Chi’s “nostalgia” time capsules (I’m using this as a verb) you back to Kung Fu Theater from Saturday day TV in the 80’s. And, some of my favorite Kung Fu Hustle actors play in the romp too. [read more]