Monthly Archives: July 2021

It’s 1993, and movie going in Montevideo, Uruguay will never be the same. Mierda. Wait they have matinees at night in South America? As if going to the cinema wasn’t scary enough. An August 6 theatrical release, Aug 24 for … Continue reading →

A September 17 release that has a whiff of “awards season” about it.

“Here After” is a a romance premised on the idea that you can’t get into “heaven” without having a “soul mate.” It is terrible on a lot of levels, a godawful script that was drably-cast and indifferently-directed and passes before … Continue reading →

Ryan Reynolds should just do trailers and TV commercials. At this point, the “content” is irrelevant. He’s funny mocking pretty much anything, especially his own movies. He’s “meta” incarnate. The shot at “Cruella,” jokes about Disney+, cracking about the late … Continue reading →

This one looks good. Bizarre. Offbeat. Very…Ell-aaaaa. August 6 it opens.

“Great White” might be the dullest shark attack thriller ever. From the mundane, flatly-filmed first scene attack to the contortions it has to go through to put five people into a life raft with no one looking for them off … Continue reading →

So how do we compartmentalize and allegorize “Gunpowder Milkshake,” the hit-woman action “comedy” starring Karen Gillan? “Joanna Wick?” “Gloria” at half speed? “La Femme Samantha?” “Sin City” sans most sins? Set in a lurid, neon-soaked underworld of gangs, gangsters and … Continue reading →

When it premiered in 1989, “D-Man in the Waters” was hailed as “dance of the moment,” a symbolic, energetic and balletic piece that “radiates life in the face of tragedy.” The co-founder of the Jones-Zane Company that created it had … Continue reading →

Dr. Seuss would have loved Peter Wohlleben. The writer who dreamed up the line “I speak for the trees” would appreciate a real, live Lorax among us. “The most famous forester in Germany” has become a worldwide spokesman for what’s … Continue reading →

The “coming of age/first summer romance” hallmarks are all over “Last Summer,” a Turkish take on a Hollywood staple. Period piece, like “Dirty Dancing” and “The Way Way Back” and many others? Check. Beach resort with lots of skin and … Continue reading →