Daily Archives: October 2, 2020

Movie Preview: Koreans hunt for the rural American Dream, “Minari”

This may get you a little choked up. Needless to say, it’s from A24.

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Bye bye ‘No Time to Die,’ moves again – to April 2021

Sitting on this one seemed unlikely, given the cash flow issues of the distributors and production company. But no sense throwing a $billion away, is there? “No Bond until you get rid of Trump” seems a fair bargain. https://variety.com/2020/film/news/james-bond-no-time-to-die-release-date-delay-2021-1234790944/

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Movie Preview: Octavia and Hathaway remake “The Witches”

Roald Dahl again, with Chris Rock narrating and two Oscar winners going toe to toe. The original film’s 30 years old, so why not? Anne Hathaway for Angelica Huston? Oh yeah.

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Movie Review: Gruesome deaths and crop failures, “The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw”

There was this colony of Church of Ireland folk, sort of Irish Amish, eschewing the modern world in dress and farming methods, who migrated to a remote corner of the Canadian northwest back in the 19th century. They got along … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Bogged down saving a dying Earth in “2067”

A cautionary eco-parable wrapped in a seriously dull and myopic time-travel thriller, “2067” bogs down early on in questions of “fate” and “determinism,” and never tears itself free of that bog. This Australian tale has maybe the best traveling-through-time sequence … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Bill Murray and Rashida Jones, a father and daughter “On the Rocks”

I can’t speak for everyone, but the next time I’m on a stakeout, I’m damn sure bringing Bill Murray. Talk him into driving a 1960 Alfa Romeo Giuletta. Maybe he’ll show up with a gourmet picnic, caviar and a bottle … Continue reading

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