Monthly Archives: April 2021

Just so we’re clear, please do NOT pass the ketchup. There’ll be no eating right after “Death Ranch,” and certainly no red meats or anything that comes with French fries. Here’s an old-fashioned grindhouse “splatter” film, with blood and entrails, … Continue reading →

If it wasn’t for Youtube, you’d have a helluva time convincing anybody under the age of 30 that Tiny Tim existed, or even could have existed. Androgynous ahead of his time, with a trilling falsetto that could crack glass, style … Continue reading →

His charitable acts and blasts of largesse are well documented, using his wealth to help, aid and make statements for civil and human rights and simple civility. His efforts particularly stand out during the pandemic, especially in his native Georgia … Continue reading →

A sixteen year old comes of age by hanging with and falling for a 35 year old theater director. Woody Allen sees this trailer and goes, “See? SEE? The French ‘understand’ me!” A May 21 release.

This punch, pistols and parkour thriller starts streaming early in May and hots DVD/Bluray shortly thereafter.

“Goodbye Honey” has the makings of a lean, nervy first-rate B-movie, a thriller whose suspense delivers the goods. That it doesn’t throws that one missing ingredient into the spotlight — urgency. It’s an abduction tale in a remote setting, an … Continue reading →

If you’ve ever made a movie titled “Exorcism at 60,000 Feet” you get to label yourself “a cult director.” It’s the law. Sure, it’s a way of finessing the fact that virtually nobody saw that, or “Parasite” or “The Chair.” … Continue reading →

This one has a “Human Centipede” alum as star and a May 11 release date

No sense uh, tiptoeing around it. “Grace Fury,” an autobiographical dance documentary by dancer-choreographer Laura Carruthers, is the worst dance doc I’ve ever seen. Not that the dancers aren’t terrific and the choreography — a hybrid of ballet, modern and … Continue reading →

She is curious, looking at this new city through new eyes. She is also evasive, changing the name she gives when asked, and the city and even the country where she is from. It’s obvious to the much younger man … Continue reading →