Monthly Archives: April 2019

For a couple of moments, the Next Teen Idol musical melodrama “Teen Spirit” lets us see inside the unsavory machinery, the exploitation that drives and underscores every TV talent competition you’ve ever heard of. Judges who profit from record deal/management … Continue reading →

Ex-con, drunk, bad mom. Sounds like a country song, amIright? Jessie Buckley and Julie Walters stars in this music-stained dramedy from the UK. “Wild Rose” opens in limited release June 14 and looks amazing.

Is a $300 million debut even possible for #AvengersEndgame? Variety is saying “impossible.” But maybe?

Sign of the Keanu-calypse? In Scotland, of all places. This weekend. “Constantine,” “Speed,” Keanu’s Greatest Hits, all in one festival. https://nerdist.com/article/keanu-reeves-film-festival-keanucon/

Don’t say it’s not for the fans. “Avengers: Endgame” is nothing if not the crowd-pleasingest crowd-pleaser in recent cinema history. Give everybody, and I do mean EVERYbody, a curtain call. Considering the character clutter in this franchise finale, this final … Continue reading →

You mean aside from the blurry imagery and eye straining animation choices? Ok, you my have attention.

No money crossed their palms, I take it? https://www.indiewire.com/2019/04/jrr-tolkien-family-disavows-fox-searchlight-biopic-nicholas-hoult-1202127204/amp/

  He’s made a film of “Omega Man,” a remake of the last Man on Earth thriller which, in his version, went back to the original title — “I Am Legend.” So why not “Gemini Man?” This is a hitman … Continue reading →

Dasha Nekrasova , Morgan Krantz, Nadine Dubois and Lena Reinhold headline the cast of this drama about an amoral young poet wrangling for a grant, shoplifting, insulting and challenging her way through Berlin’s young, hip and poetically aimless. “Softness of Bodies” … Continue reading →

Whoa, three “Avengers” posts in the same day? Must be “curtain call” time. I’ve assiduously avoided all the “What Thanos might REALLY be up to” and “Who ‘really’ died and who’s coming back?” speculation. Because, seriously, how’s that help one’s … Continue reading →