Daily Archives: April 29, 2019

Movie Review: “Clara” looks for the answers to life’s BIGGEST questions

Scientists are always so much more magnetic and articulate, have much more of a flare for the dramatic, in the movies. But when they finally confirm there’s life, even intelligent life, elsewhere in the universe, you have to hope their … Continue reading

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Dear Filmmakers, Get your Damned Movie Listed on IMDB, Metacritic, Rotten Tomatoes and MRQE

Otherwise, your movie doesn’t exist. Otherwise, there’s no point in reviewing it. Yes, this is a lecture on when it’s time for you to ask critics to review your film. Because a lot of you need to have that explained … Continue reading

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Movie Review: The Horrors one finds on “Hallowed Ground”

Here’s a hunk of horror as slow as MO-lasses on a cold day in Natchez. Slow of foot, slow to get going, slowly-delivered violence, slow of speech in that Deep South sort of vernacular, that’s “Hallowed Ground,” a nakedly obvious … Continue reading

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Next Screening? Same Sex couple learns that horror finds a way on “Hallowed Ground”

Satanic rituals and softcore lesbian porn. This version of “Hallowed Ground” is from actor turned director Miles Doleac promises to be a money-making machine when it opens in early June.  

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R.I.P. John Singleton — 1968-2019

John Singleton broke out with “Boyz N The Hood,” for which he was nominated for the best director Oscar. He was the first African American filmmaker so nominated. He built a career out of action films (“Shaft”) and movies about … Continue reading

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Preview — Aniston and Sandler reunite for a TV movie — “Murder Mystery” for Netflix

Any doubt these two have moved on from mainstream cinema — permanently — is answered and underlined with this trailer. Not a laugh in it. Gemma Arterton and Luke Evans also star in “Murder Mystery,” which streams June 14.

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Preview: Chadwick Boseman is the “cop who kills cop killers” in the city of “21 Bridges”

Oh my, might STX have made a dirty cop thriller? Not Chadwick Boseman. He’s the detective sent to figure out why eight police officers died in a drug raid, and kill or catch — in that order — the people … Continue reading

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Preview: Hooking up with your daughter’s girlfriend? Kind of a “Funny Story”

Matthew Glave and Emily Bett (different billing on the poster and IMDb, “Emily Bett Rickards”) are the stars of this May 24 release (VOD, limited theatrical), which may explain why Blue Fox has it and it’s going to those platforms … Continue reading

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BOX OFFICE–Rewrite the record books, thanks to “Endgame”

  Variety (@Variety) Tweeted: #AvengersEndgame slaughtered records with a $1.2 billion global debut https://t.co/22IjCAri6F https://t.co/0NnGfP0AF0 https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1122818056680394752?s=17

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Frost & Pegg’s production company lands “Rivers of London”

Simon Pegg & Nick Frost’s Stolen pop Picture To Adapt Ben Aaronovitch’s Epic Fantasy Drama ‘Rivers of London’, report via Deadline.com. https://t.co/GglHJqBTpj https://t.co/Th91c8gKgk https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1122817818947244032?s=17

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