Monthly Archives: August 2018

She should be, in this new twist on the “legend” that is based on the infamous “gave her father 40 whacks” with an axe case back in the 19th century. The presence of Stewart takes this exactly where you’d expect. … Continue reading →

“Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot” is a conventionally unconventional take on “recovery” movie motif — recovery from a paralyzing accident, recovery from the alcoholism that led to it. Not everybody who finds himself confined to a wheelchair, … Continue reading →

Barry Jenkins, writer-director of “Moonlight,” spent the capital that Oscar winner game him on doing something folks in Hollywood just don’t do. He tackled a James Baldwin novel, bringing one of the great American Writers to the big screen. The … Continue reading →

I’ve stumbled past the trailers for this a few times over the weeks, but I was finally forced to sit through it in previews before “Spy Who Dumped Me” last night. You know, in between all the Tiffany Haddish upcoming … Continue reading →

Every movie month of the year is its own particular brand of battleground, but August is, like January, a special case. It’s where movies that couldn’t compete against an “Incredibles 2,” “Mission: Impossible” “Girls’ Trip” or “Avengers LCXVI” traditionally are … Continue reading →

A leaden, violent and tone-deaf script and two surprisingly unfunny stars — one trying WAY too hard and the other not trying at all — bury “The Spy Who Dumped Me.”  This strictly-according to formula espionage thriller is so laugh-starved … Continue reading →

Disney has a responsibility to Winnie the Pooh that extends beyond licensing agreements and mere commerce. Wherever A.A. Milne’s books still stand within the kid lit universe, Disney gave Pooh a voice, and the childish, gently daft and very English … Continue reading →

An unstable has-been “star” for a granny, who is the source of the family fortune, even now in her Home Shopping Network appearance years. A grandkid who loves the lazy way he lives, forced to scramble for a solution to … Continue reading →

Curiosity gets the better of us all, and as I, like the rest of the universe, missed Charlie Sheen’s big screen “comeback” when it was (barely) released in 2013, I took a gander at this one. The opening on-camera confession/interrogation … Continue reading →

McGinley’s an under-rated funnyman, and parking him in a dugout with a bunch of post-T-ballers is a cute enough idea. Could be funny. Not that the trailer gives a lot of the funny away. “Benched” opens in limited release Aug. … Continue reading →