Monthly Archives: April 2021

It’s one of those pieces of early football history, like the legends of Pop Warner and Jim Thorpe and Knute Rockne and “The Gipper.” “12 Mighty Orphans” recalls a Depression Era football team of over-achievers from a Texas orphanage. Like … Continue reading →

The dark Swiss chocolate analogy fits the Swiss comedy “My Wonderful Wanda” to a T, a bitter, wincing farce with an aftertaste that leaves you with a smile. Death and new life, cultural prejudices and that Swiss obsession with money … Continue reading →

Today on “Escape to Horror Country,” we visit a haunted parsonage in Essex, a manor house that in a prior life, was home to a burned-out Christian sect, and the period perfect setting for “The Banishing,” a pre-war British period … Continue reading →

It’s coming to Amazon Prime in mid May. Perhaps Amazon will have stopped advertising on Tucker Carlson’s racist, treasonous TV show ny then.

Looks daft, and diddley aye.

“Home Alone” with an evil spirit/genie? Looks enterprising and alarming. May 14, “The Djinn” comes to us in theaters or on demand.

With R’hllor as my witness, I had no idea Nikolaj Coster-Waldau could be this offhandedly funny and charming. The Danish “Game of Thrones” hunk is our guide through Greenland, a country he married into (His wife Nukâka is from here.), … Continue reading →

You remember Camp David, but do know the path his life took to get him there? “Upheaval” comes our way June 7.

When it happens, your heart sinks, and maybe an “Aw, dude” crosses your lips. Up until that moment, which we see coming, you could cling to the hope that Coach Fred was going to keep things professional with his new … Continue reading →

“YouthMin” is a cute mockumentary in “The Office” mold — “The Office” at Church Camp. It’s got the same “cringeworthy” comedy dynamic as the dysfunctional Scranton paper supply sitcom, a similarly clueless “leader,” but with teen hormones in comic conflict … Continue reading →