Goodbye, Mr. Bond?
DIRECTOR: SAM MENDES/2015
JIM TUDOR: A major ghost from 007’s past is back to haunt him in Spectre, the latest entry in the monumentally ...
Director of SAVING SHILOH, ALICE UPSIDE DOWN, and the new drama EVAN'S CRIME
Filmmaker Sandy Tung has had a long and respectable career in independent filmmaki...
Small Transgressions Yield Major Fallout
DIRECTED BY SANDY TUNG/2015
Shot in Baton Rogue on a small budget in a short amount of time, the somber new film Evan...
Otherwise Clever Zombie Film Falls Prey To Crassness Overkill
DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER LANDON/2015
There’s a long history of teens setting out into the woods...
Hail To The "Genre Queen" Who's No Alien To Drama And Comedy
Before Sigourney Weaver was so abruptly attacked by her ghoulishly possessed appartment, and there...
Spielberg and Hanks Reunite For Cold War Thriller
DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG/2015
Although he’s tried and tried to convince us otherwise, Steven Spielberg...
Netflix Unleashes A War Child, Day and Date
DIRECTED BY CARY JOJI FUKUNAGA/2015
Director Cary Joji Fukunaga (best known for helming the first season of HBO’...
Andrew Garfield And Michael Shannon Star In Foreclosure Drama
DIRECTED BY RAMIN BAHRANI/2015
Maybe doing the devil’s business isn’t so bad…
That’s the te...
Documentary Traces The Course Of Today's Comedy To Published Coarse Comedy
DIRECTED BY DOUGLAS TIROLA/2015
Ever wonder when the exact moment was that mainst...
Humble Gambling Drama Is A Safe Bet
DIRECTORS: ANNA BODEN, RYAN FLECK/2015
According to an official description of the new drama Mississippi Grind, the film...
Jim has been reviewing films since 2003 for outlets such as ScreenAnarchy (formerly TwitchFilm, both as Featured Critic), ImagineDat, and KTRS 550 AM. He co-founded ZekeFilm in 2011. He is Director of the St. Louis Film Critics Association, and works as video editor and Art Director for professional film and video productions. He also co-hosts the long-running comedy podcast, The Wonder Show. He is a life-long St. Louisian living with his wife and four children. He loves Star Wars, Queen, and the band Daniel Amos.