‘Dream Horse’: Experience every uphill step and thrilling downhill gallop

“Dream Horse” – “Can’t be that bad.  The pigeons keep coming back.” Jan Vokes (Toni Collette) walks by the aforementioned message – purposely painted on a closed florist shop – when walking home with a couple of plastic grocery bags in hand.  Economic hard times have hit her little Welsh community, as high-dollar corporations haven’t yet discovered this village that charmingly sits like a dollop on the bank of a rolling green knoll assembly, a classic example of the country’s landscape.  It’s not a surprise that director Euros Lyn captured…

The twisted horror film ‘Hereditary’ will leave a permanent mark

“Hereditary” – Look up the word “hereditary”, and some of the listed synonyms are:  inherited, genetic and family. Obviously, children inherit their parents’ genetic makeup, and this carries a scientific connotation, because at its core, this transfer is purely and factually clinical. Family, on the other hand, implies a loving home, one full of life lessons, support, concern, and care.  The words inherited and genetic always occur with 100 percent certainty.  Meanwhile, a family that lives in a loving household is less than certain.  Love is always the hope, but…