Daily Archives: November 17, 2018

Movie Review: Rob Brydon discovers the joys of “Swimming with Men”

“Swimming with Men” is “The Full Monty” with fins — only there are no swim fins allowed in synchronised swimming. It’s a twee, flippant English farce built around diminutive Brit comic Rob Brydon. Freed from being Steve Coogan’s “Trip” movie … Continue reading

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BOX OFFICE: “Fantastic Beasts” $69, “Widows” and “Instant Family” underwhelm

Whatever box office clout Hollywood musicals still have, it’s still big budget juvenalia that is the surest best to BO success. A fall that has seen “Venom” and “Grinch” and “Halloween” blow up, adds “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” … Continue reading

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