Monthly Archives: July 2021

True confessions time. Be honest. We ALL first heard tell of this Nicolas Cage project “Pig” and thought, “Nic goes John Wick over a truffle pig.” Scan the Internet for postings of the first trailer to Michael Sarnoski’s film. Just … Continue reading →

In my mind, and perhaps in yours, I saw Cage going all John Wick in this “Truffle Hunters” tale. You don’t mess with a man’s truffle hunting pig. No-sir. As someone who makes it a point to watch everything the … Continue reading →

Best thing about Jason Mamoa taking on Aquaman? He gets into a much better class of B-movies. Fun actor, great presence, wonderful big screen bad ass.

“Holy Beasts (“La Fiera y la Fiesta)” is a movie about making a movie, an “art film” about old friends gathering to make a murdered filmmaker’s long-planned dream project in his native Santo Domingo. Geraldine Chaplin plays the aged actress … Continue reading →

No movie I’ve seen this year has hit me harder than “Cousins.” This heartfelt, emotionally wrenching story set among New Zealand’s indigenous Maori is poetry on screen, a compact saga of one extended family’s history and the lost cousin that … Continue reading →

Terror totes an axe in “Fear Street Part 2: 1978,” the middle film in Leigh Janiak’s homage to horror films and the eras they came from. Twenty five minutes into “Part 2,” the summer camp slaughterhouse instalment in the trilogy, … Continue reading →

Even if Bundy is a serial killer subject who’s been beaten into submission, this August release looks intriguing. Robert Patrick’s the warden, Luke Kirby is a charismatic but less sexy/cute version of Bundy than we’re used to, and Wood plays … Continue reading →

Coming in November.

“How I Became a Superhero (Comment je suis devenu super-héros)” is a French twist on a common Hollywood theme — superhumans, living among us, minor celebrities with all the human foibles. It’s not as serious minded as “Watchmen” or “Heroes,” … Continue reading →

What’s a stoner comedy without weed? If it’s “Mandibles,” the latest deadpan farce from the French director of “Rubber,” it’s still daft, stoned or stone-cold sober. “Mandibles” is a shambolic, sometimes funny and always-silly amble through the South of France … Continue reading →