Daily Archives: March 15, 2018

  “Girlfriend’s Day” is a quick, dark sketch of a comedy, sort of a Bob Oedenkirk special. Made with a bunch of friends doing cameos (Derek Waters of “Drunk History,” Flo from those “Progressive” commercials, Toby Huss, Natasha Lyonne, Ed … Continue reading →

Dennis Quaid is the abusive husband and dad who bullies and poor-mouths the kid who grew up to write MercyMe’s “I Can Only Imagine.” J. Michael Finley is “Bart Millard,” the songwriter. Cloris Leachman also stars, with Trace Adkins. Not … Continue reading →

Toni Collette and Gabriel Byrne and Anne Dowd are the adult stars, with Alex Wolff and Milly Shapiro as the kids menaced by um, bad genes? Grandma? A24 is a studioA24 is a studio that releases challenging films, even the … Continue reading →

Tessa Thompson has emerged as a Hollywood “It” girl, and packaging her with Oscar winners Whoopi Goldberg, Melissa Leo and Anna Paquin is a clever move to cement that status. Tessa (“Dear White People”) is the guard sent to make … Continue reading →

Love Shailene. Love sailboats. Love sailboat “Amazing true tales of the sea.” “Adrift” is one of those “I’m not the SAILOR here” stories about a couple at sea, the sailing buff guy (Sam Claflin) gets badly hurt, and Shailene Woodley … Continue reading →

  It gets better, the saying and the TV public service announcement campaign told us. Years ago. And it has. The occasional giant step backward notwithstanding, we’re a long way from “The Hangover” (2009) and its “Paging Dr. Faggot” jokes. … Continue reading →