Monthly Archives: June 2020

It was headed to theaters. Now this comedy is going to Hulu July 10. Does it feel big screen to you?

A red balloon plays a pivotal part of “The Luring.” About an hour in, a stilt-walking clown shows up. And then there’s the whole boyfriend with a “past” who goes “Shining” nuts on his girlfriend the longer they stay in … Continue reading →

Darn that Sunny Panwar is cute. Just casting the adorable, empathetic kid from “Lion” as “Chippa,” a Kolkata street urchin probably made first-time writer-director Safdar Rahman think, “My work here is done.” His picaresque story of an orphan’s picaresque adventures … Continue reading →

Steve Carell and Rose Byrne go at it over Wisconsin man’s man Chris Cooper campaigning for high office in this political farce. Streaming June 26.

Poor Vinnie Jones. He didn’t see wrestler-actor Stu Bennett deliver the big hurt to an ensemble of villains in “I Am Vengeance.” He was just “John Gold,” Special Forces badass in that film. Now he’s “John F—–g Gold.” He’s been … Continue reading →

A darling of the festival circuit, this is one trippy trailer.

OK, with most theaters closed and major studios pulling everything from their release slate, this has been the Summer of Indie Outfits, none shining more brightly than IFC. “The Wretched” has owned the box office, and “The Trip to Greece” … Continue reading →

“Ode to Passion” — the title bespeaks heightened romance, lofty ambition and poesy. And in Jack Danani’s musical with rhyming dialogue, that’s truth in advertising. There’s something more than a little mad in trying to tell a modern romance, in … Continue reading →

Migrant lives matter in the Naga-Indian dramedy “Axone,” a tale of what a minority community goes through just to pull off a last minute wedding, and party, In New Dehli. They’re young people who have come to the big city … Continue reading →

Malcolm McDowell is the big crime boss, Ron Perlman is the resident badass. Looks rough and tumble.