Monthly Archives: April 2018

If nothing else, the timing of “Chappaquiddick,” a film about a tragedy and the infamous scandal that spun out of it almost 50 years ago, seems odd. Why this story, about a drunk driving accident that killed a pretty young … Continue reading →

The best effects are often the simplest. Especially in horror. Particularly in “Truth or Dare,” the latest spin on “It Follows,” the horror trope that you pass on your curse to somebody new just so you can survive. Here, it’s … Continue reading →

There’s nothing like a dive deep into dull to get you off your “Why aren’t great directors still getting the chance to direct?” soap box. Coppola disappears, Scorsese delivers a dog or three, Woody Allen’s last few pictures add embarrassment … Continue reading →

A pretty good cast consisting of two Oscar winners and two Oscar nominees withers on the vine, waiting for a first time director to get on with things in “Same Kind of Different as Me,” a faith-based drama of the … Continue reading →

It’s not a great film, but I honestly don’t know how you can make a better movie about tennis than “Borg vs. McEnroe.”  Here is the solitary combat, the stripped stage where glory or humiliation await, the mental toughness it … Continue reading →

John Krasinski knows where the horror is, and where the money is in “A Quiet Place,” and keeps the camera in tight on it. It’s the faces registering the quaking fear, the shaken-to-their-marrow terror of his actors, who make this … Continue reading →

This doesn’t have a lot of oomph to it, very “Lifetime Original Movie” looking. A “film festival” movie for the right film festival. But the true story of homeowners facing down Pfizer, Big Development and its lapdogs in a state … Continue reading →

Yes, there are plenty of Cinemas in Willemstad, Curacao. But this art deco delight screams out for restoration, conversion to an art cinema/performing arts venue. Gorgeous ruin. Maybe I should GoFundMe this.

He’s the designated “wise old car guy who always wins” winner in the American version of “Top Gear,” which if nothing else gives the veteran character actor name recognition. Here, William Fichtner is the guy in a dead marriage who … Continue reading →

A huge horror with a touch of sci Fi opening for “Quiet Place,” a genre pic built around top flight acting couple Emily Blunt and John Krasinski is headed for a $46 million opening thanks to a $19 million Friday, … Continue reading →