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Daily Archives: June 22, 2021
Movie Review: “Werewolves Within,” Laughs without?
The horror comedy “Werewolves Within” didn’t quite do the trick for me. But it’s a great example of how hitting the right tone can keep you watching, even if the “horror” isn’t all that and not nearly enough jokes land. … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Your “homework” for July 30’s “The Green Knight”
A24 got a star to give us all a quick primer on the Medieval poem that inspired “The Green Knight,” which is now a major motion picture coming our way in a month.
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Movie Review: “Bad Detectives,” worse movie
There’s a competence that borders on professionalism in some of the settings, camera placement and whatnot in “Bad Detectives,” a murder mystery that started life as “Year of the Detectives.” That was to be a play on Chinese zodiac year … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Does this “Snake Eyes” trailer sell it?
The GI Joe character origin story opens July 23. Lukewarm on the franchise, but anything with samurai swords…
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Netflixable? Yakuza learns Never Go Against “A Family.”
Writer-director Michihito Fujii puts the “sag” back in “saga” with his soapy, melodramatic mob movie “A Family,” originally-titled “Yakuza and the Family.” It has plenty of the sorts of characters and plot elements you expect when you hear a film … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: In the Vatican, young priests prep for “The World Cup for Priests,” aka “The Holy Game”
The scandal-torn Catholic Church stops playing politics and trying to spin its endless child molestation scandal, shrinking attendance, etc., to watch young priests play futbol. This documentary comes around June 29.
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Movie Preview: “A Savage Nature” is a “true story” mass murder drama
This August spin on “In Cold Blood” type of murder in Virginia opens in August.
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Free popcorn at your local AMC Cinemas?
They’re calling it “Cinema Week.” AMC Theatres is Offering All You Can Eat Popcorn as it unfolds. https://t.co/y9Dw3NvGHl https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1407112014384730112?s=20
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