Posted August 03, 2022in Film Review
An empty television recording studio greets us from the once black screen. The AUDIENCE CLAP sign light clicks on and off. On and off. A rustle behind the couch provides a moment of hope. Signs of life amongst blood smeared walls and a slow but regular barrage of bursting birthday
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Posted July 06, 2022in Film Review
“The Man from Toronto,” starring Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson, is another example of how COVID-19 is still making ripples through the movie industry. It was originally slated for a theatrical release by Sony in November 2020, then faced pandemic production delays, then was acquired by Netflix and pushed again.
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Posted June 01, 2022in Film Review
“We may be bad, but we’re so good at it.” Mr. Wolf (Sam Rockwell), the lupine leader of the larcenous critters at the center of the animated comedy “The Bad Guys,” knows whereof he speaks. His crew, the safecracker Mr. Snake (voiced by Marc Maron), the computer hacker Ms. Tarantula
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Posted May 04, 2022in Film Review
Likely to be a new favorite for any of Nic Cage’s long-term fans or new bandwagoners, “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” (“Massive Talent”) is an entertaining film that doesn’t unleash anything spectacular but does a fine job of allowing its leading men to have an absolute blast in a
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Posted April 06, 2022in Film Review
“Windfall” is the kind of acting experiment that works for me. Trap three talented actors on a single set and bounce them off each other. The premise here is strong enough to keep the film afloat for about an hour as these very different acting energies collide in the middle
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Posted March 02, 2022in Film Review
“Robin Robin” Directed: Dan Ojari and Mikey Please, and featuring voice actors Stars: Gillian Anderson, Richard E. Grant, and Adeel Akhtar. (Watch complete short film on Netflix) An optimistic young robin raised by a family of mice makes a heartfelt wish on a Christmas star. Will she finally learn who
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Posted February 02, 2022in Film Review
“The 355,” directed by Simon Kinberg (“X-Men: Dark Phoenix”), who co-wrote with Theresa Rebeck, is not an instant classic by any means. It is, however, a straightforward and solidly entertaining spy thriller that (mostly) avoids the impulse to pat itself on the back. The premise isn’t groundbreaking and is, at
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Posted January 05, 2022in Film Review
When charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) endears himself to clairvoyant Zeena Krumbein (Toni Collette) and her has-been mentalist husband Pete (David Strathairn) at a traveling carnival, he earns his golden ticket to success, using the newly acquired knowledge of the ways of mentalists to grift the wealthy elite
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Posted December 01, 2021in Film Review
A soft reboot of the original. Being a “Ghostbusters” fan has been a tough gig. The original was one of the greatest movies ever — a perfectly paced, perfectly structured blend of supernatural horror and dry, witty humor that unite in some of the best comedians of their generation to
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Posted November 03, 2021in Film Review
“Dune: Part One” is a spectacular film that deserves to be seen on the biggest screen possible. Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of (the first half of) Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic is as ambitious in scope as it is difficult to unpack. However, this is to be expected; “Dune” is far from
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