Monthly Archives: September 2021

The fin de siecle for London’s independent music scene showed up a little late, and seemed awfully retro as it passed from existence, at least in the version related in Laura Jean Marsh‘s too-brief, too-thinly-sketched parable “Giddy Stratospheres.” A bunch … Continue reading →

The animation for this MGM sequel is amazing. It really pops. The story may focus more on Wednesday, but we’ve still got Oscar Isaac and Charlize Theron voicing Gomez and Morticia. They’re releasing this to theaters and streaming on Oct. … Continue reading →

The gloriously sentimental 9/11 musical “Come from Away” comes to Apple TV with all its Canadian cuddliness intact. This filmed version of the Tony winning show captures the charms of this folksy production, about the good people of Newfoundland and … Continue reading →

An Oct. 15 release. Doesn’t look like much, but maybe…

How much should one give away about “Post Mortem,” this six episode Norwegian series set in a funeral home and a nursing home in Skarne, a little town where the running gag — among cops and morticians alike — is … Continue reading →

The cash kept coming in Sunday and Disney corrected its numbers for it’s Labor Day weekend blockbuster. “Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” earned some $75 million in the US, Thursday thru Sunday. Add in the holiday … Continue reading →

John Steinbeck wrote “The Grapes of Wrath” with a mixture of outrage and pity, a novel with a stark, almost Biblical warning embedded in every page. John Ford’s classic film leans towards the sentimental, but he kept some of Steinbeck’s … Continue reading →

This one opens Sept 17.

Marvel’s dive into it’s Asian character comic past paid off in a big way as “Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” is rolling to the third biggest box office opening weekend of the pandemic. Only “Black Widow” … Continue reading →

November 12 Netflix gets into the Reynolds, Rock and Gal G action biz with this one, which has a whiff of a Reynolds film here, a Dwayne Johnson outing there, and the Bruce Willis all star actioner “RED.”