Monthly Archives: January 2021

“Tapeworm” is a deader-than-deadpan Canadian comedy whose 78 minutes are reminiscent of a pharmacist’s last instructions when handing over your prescription of Praziquantel. “This too will pass.” Pitched as a “cringe” comedy, it’s a largely silent — mostly a lot … Continue reading →

Of all the steadily slower-moving action pictures Liam Neeson has stumbled into the sunset with in the latter stages of his action hero career, “The Marksman” stands out as the stupidest. A tedious pastiche of other “tough guy on the … Continue reading →

It used to be more pronounced, back when The Villages was a smaller, more compact enterprise. But the overwhelming first impression driving in is still very Patrick McGoohanish. As in, “The Prisoner.” As in “I am NOT a number, I … Continue reading →

Anthony Mackie plays a robotic super soldier who develops an agenda of his own in “Outside the Wire,” a generic and draggy thriller built on firefights, digital effects and bad robot jokes. ‘”Did your motherboard freeze?” Stuff like that. Damson … Continue reading →

It’s a miracle when anybody gets their first feature film made, a miracle that anybody not born into the business or with a silver spoon film school degree on their resume even gets a shot. If you knew the hell … Continue reading →

A broke traveler has to take a job for a night, and all hell breaks lose at the theme park. Gonzo Nic Cage is the Nicolas Cage for me. Feb. 12 VOD.

This is the way it used to work, the image we used to be famous for. An accused man is locked up on suspicion of his involvement with the 9/11 hijackers. Lawyers hear about him, locked up at the prison … Continue reading →

This March 23 release was a big hit in China, where they can see movies in theaters again.

They never really met like this, debated these issues and foreshadowed their futures this overtly. But if the new heavyweight champ Cassius Clay, on his way to becoming Muhammad Ali, and Malcolm X and singer Sam Cooke and football legend-in-the-making … Continue reading →

The children of Korean immigrants try to escape the trap their parents have set for them in this drama. This hits theaters Feb. 5.