Monthly Archives: May 2020

An optimistic take on what can be done to make Earth more livable in 20 years? We could all use that right about now. Carbon sequestering, smarter farming practices, “empowering girls,” “2040” and its Aussie creators insist “We have everything … Continue reading →

The visual choices writer-director Mary McGuckian made in creating “The Price of Desire” vie with the dramatic ones in a to-the-death fight over “How this movie was ruined?” It’s a precious, obscure and emotionally flat melodrama about furniture designer and … Continue reading →

Vanity Fair talked the lad into it. Not as dirty as you’d hope.

Yeah, THIS is the movie that should reopen cinemas. Young Mr. Washington holds his owning the action beats, effects and formidable supporting cast.

  A lot of fine British character actors do the voices of “StarDog and TurboCat,” an animated superhero tale about a gadget-loving kitty crusader and a faster-than-a-speeding-bullet dog. It’s aimed at the very young and preferably undiscriminating, but it’s so … Continue reading →

Charlize and Chiwetel, immortal mercenaries about to be exposed. Coming to Netflix in July.

You can’t blame rom-com filmmakers for taking shortcuts. So few of them work, make an emotional and comic connection and deliver a satisfying finale, it’s no wonder that screenwriters and directors go for “sure thing,” elements that worked in romantic … Continue reading →

Here’s what you remember about “Caro Diario,” Italian actor/director Nanni Moretti’s “diary,” essay, love poem and comical elbow in the ribs of his beloved homeland. You remember the movie’s long, languorous opening chapter, just narrator, host and tour-guide Moretti “On … Continue reading →

The rest of the title of this Faith TV production has “Rise of Christian cinema” in it, and while the timing may feel a little late (peaked a couple of years ago), this is a natural for a movie about … Continue reading →