Monthly Archives: December 2020

It’s about time the French got around to their own “Step Up” movie. Not that they credited the American creators of those movies or built “Break” to be a part of what we’d call the “Step Up Universe.” So here … Continue reading →

“Hunter Hunter” is a nasty little piece of work, a thriller that points us in obvious directions and takes its time getting to its destination. But nasty. If the object of horror is “to horrify,” this predators-become-prey tale delivers and … Continue reading →

They’re on the road, uprooted but resilient, migrating with the seasons, following work or just avoiding the bitter cold or murderous heat. But don’t call them “homeless.” “I’m not homeless,” “Nomadland” van-dweller Fern, played by Oscar winner Frances McDormand, explains … Continue reading →

“Rose Island” is a lightly amusing if somewhat labored Italian account of one of the oddest offshoots of 1960s explorations of the limits of “freedom.” “Micronations” they’re called, and a few bold experiments of this sort — creating your own … Continue reading →

“The Last Blockbuster” is a nostalgic documentary about how we used to find movies to watch in the Olden Days. We’d make our way down to the corner video store, browse the aisles and perhaps stumble across a buried treasure … Continue reading →

“News of the World” is a stately, almost old-fashioned Western saga about a widowed Civil War veteran trying to do right by one orphaned girl in 1870 Texas. There are hints of “The Searchers” in this quest to take a … Continue reading →

Why? Because it’s an IFC Midnight release. And they don’t let anything out on that nameplate that doesn’t have something on the “creepy” to “scared the bejeezus outta me” scale.

Let the healing begin! A divisive election, culture wars that separated a country into midwestern and southern cultists flirting with fascism, and everybody else led by “Broadway liberals,” and here’s a show aimed at putting a little tickle in the … Continue reading →

They don’t need an “experiment” to confirm what anybody of drinking age learns all too quickly — there’s “tipsy” and fun, “cute” drunk, “sloppy” (sentimental) inebriated and “mean” drunk. They can see it in their students, teenagers who cut loose … Continue reading →

The novelty here, aside from the Louis Prima tune on the trailer, is that Bob punched back this time. Feb 26.