Monthly Archives: July 2021

Submitted for your approval — one loner, a hermit of the Pacific Northwest who spends his days and nights with an unnamed “Pig,” with whom he hunts truffles for sale to the swanky eateries of Portlandia. He and the pig … Continue reading →

How mad are you allowed to get at a schizophrenic? That’s the premise driving “Broken Diamonds,” a dramedy that may start “crazy cute,” but which doesn’t back away from the ugly truths about mental illness. “Your sister didn’t ruin your … Continue reading →

“The Boy Behind the Door” is a lean, reasonably tight B-movie thriller about two kidnapped Little Leaguers and how they respond to their plight. It’s sentimental yet nervy, kind of predictable and a tad slow-footed. But it gets to you … Continue reading →

The thing about parenting is that we’re doing it wrong. And our parents were no better. Their parents? No going to win any prizes either. And if even Canadians can’t get it right, Québécois to boot, what prayer do we … Continue reading →

A $31.65 million opening is nothing to sneeze at, but the reason”Space Jam: A New Legacy” won this weekend was the plunge off a cliff “Black Widow” took after opening over $80 million last weekend. It’s streaming in addition to … Continue reading →

This August is positively jammed with movies, all of them COVID delayed. This is one I’ve been looking forward to. Caught this trailer in my trip to the cinema today. Good cast, a real singer — an Oscar winner, to … Continue reading →

Stephen Lang returns as the blind guy you don’t want to underestimate if you’re a housebreaker. This one comes out August 13.

This is the Ireland/UK trailer for this August release, a post-climate apocalypse romantic thriller about people losing themselves in nostalgia, a past they can isolation-tank themselves back to, as the planet couldn’t get its act together in time to stave … Continue reading →

You’ve got to hand it to the screenwriters who brainstorm the ever-more-elaborate ways to off people in these clockwork killing pictures — the “Saw” series and their evil stepchild, the “Escape Room” movies. Are escape rooms still a thing? I … Continue reading →

They’ve been friends forever — OK, for at least ten years. She calls him “Fuffy,” and he knows her as “Fream.” They are “pet names,” she explains to the tattoo artist they visit to immortalize their connection. “She’s like my … Continue reading →