Monthly Archives: March 2021

“The Courier” is an engrossing espionage thriller set, as so many of them are, at that one point when the Cold War seemed most likely to turn nuclear hot. Well-acted and early ’60s period perfect, about the worst you can … Continue reading →

OK, I laughed maybe half a dozen times at this Brazilian farce (in Portuguese, with English subtitles). And a couple of those were belly laughs. One involves a martial arts brawl that comes out of nowhere, with the tide turned … Continue reading →

Terrorists stage a vengeance attack on a Veterans Administration hospital on the day badass SP Flanery is there. Bad move. Flanery’s getting himself in contention for King of the Action Bs (if Frank Grillo ever ages out of the crown). … Continue reading →

Having a hard time making heads or tails out of this trailer. Car accident, wakes up “superhero,” and/or “a missing persons case. Emma Kennedy stars, Bruce Davison ,Joanna Cassidy and Corin Nemec are the more established names in the cast. … Continue reading →

Yes, that headline’s accurate, and sure, it’s a tease. But that plot description of “Lamb” means something far more sinister now than it did in 1985, when this British production was released. It’s a disturbing and odd drama about a … Continue reading →

It isn’t often that a documentary lumped under the general “nature film” label fundamentally changes our view of an animal, its environment and the natural world. I doubt many of those who labor in this science museum/ BBC/ “Nature” and … Continue reading →

“Journey’s End” is the sort of movie we had every reason to expect Sam Mendes’ “1917” to be. A remake of a 1930 James Whale film, when The Great War was fresh trauma for those who lived through it, itself … Continue reading →

Gruesome violence and grisly backwoods “surgery,” blood and stitches and axes and arrows, sharp stone shards left as booby-traps for the unwary dominate “In the Earth.” Kind of what you’d expect from a thriller built around mycorrhizal research deep in … Continue reading →

An Orlando-made dramedy that takes us back to the Hurricane Charley hit starring John Amos is the opening night premiere. That’s the trailer to “Because of Charley” above. Karen Allen and Isabella Rosellini will appear, via Zoom, for A & … Continue reading →

I stumbled into “detectorists” when it hit Netflix some years back. But the streaming service had just the first two seasons of it, and while I binged it and absolutely adored it, I never got around to writing about it. … Continue reading →