Monthly Archives: April 2021

A Forest Service fire-watcher/firefighter with issues is tested when a boy on the run from murderers calls into her care. Are the guys with badges the villains? Aiden Gillen sure is. Jon Bernthal, Nicholas Hoult, Tyler Perry? May 14, this … Continue reading →

Emma Stone vs. Emma Thompson. May 28, in theaters or on Disney+ (upcharged), it’s game on.

I was sold on “Sugar Daddy” thanks to one scene screenwriter-star Kelly McCormack made certain to include. She plays a singer and musician struggling in “The Big City,” not making rent or getting anywhere until she signs up for online … Continue reading →

It takes a while for thriller writer James Patterson’s impact to be felt on the mostly-mistitled non-fiction history, “The Last Days of John Lennon.” The book is almost entirely given over to a history of The Beatles, from that first … Continue reading →

So Netflix went out and rented themselves another A-list filmmaker. Rian Johnson has signed a $400 million deal to bring two “Knives Out” sequels, starring his “gentleman amateur detective” (Daniel Craig is part of the deal) to the streaming service. … Continue reading →

A couple rents a little vacation getaway in a state-of-the-art secure house out in the country, and find themselves locked in it forced to reckon with their brittle marriage in “Held,” a tame and tentative thriller that turns tense only … Continue reading →

It’s Tom Clancy’s “Without Remorse,” so naturally the guy hunting down the people who killed his wife is a Navy SEAL. And there’s a big old conspiracy at the heart of this April 30 Amazon release.

So, how many Dutchwomen and Dutchmen does it take to script a romantic comedy? Based solely on “Just Say ‘Yes,” the answer is “six” and the response to that is “It wasn’t enough.” This generally-lifeless, mostly-haphazard wedding-centric rom-com wanders across … Continue reading →

Jerking a character suddenly out of the frame has been a horror movie staple for years now. There’s nothing more chilling than an abrupt vanishing carried out right before our us, a victim, wild-eyed with terror, ripped away into the … Continue reading →

It takes a few minutes to get past the feeling that “Here Are the Young Men” isn’t a simplistic “Trainspotting” homage, some sort of boys-come-of-age, generationally-indulgent wank with an Irish accent. The characters are “types” — the rebellious lad entering … Continue reading →