Monthly Archives: October 2021

This minimalist, haunted looking take on “the Scottish play” resembles the Orson Welles 1940s version. Knowing the Coen Brothers (Joel directed and adapted it), no doubt they/he willdeny ever seeing that “Macbeth” before taking on “The Tragedy of Macbeth” for … Continue reading →

What do we think? “Twilight” to “Dark Knight at Midnight?” It’s dark enough, but the casting and the visuals suggest a tiny hint of Tim Burton whimsy. Zoe Kravitz, Andy Serkis, Turturro, Farrell and Jeffrey Wright? Keoghan and Dano? I’m … Continue reading →

The perfect finish to a travel day is thus soured by Netflix’s stinginess with its archive. Pity. Amazon it is, then?

Well, he is the life of the party.

This Nov. 24 Netflix release has the Oscar winner playing a disgraced MMA fighter who reconnects with a son she gave up for her career A little awards bait in time for awards season?

“The Forgotten Battle” is about a postscript to Operation Market Garden, that late World War II gamble by the Allies to free Arnhem, liberate the Netherlands and shorten the war. That’s not “forgotten.” There was a movie about that debacle, … Continue reading →

An animated comedy of mixed messaging, thin humor and indifferent entertainment value, “Ron’s Gone Wrong” still has every chance of winning younger viewers over with its heart. That depends on how much affection kids can summon up for a cute … Continue reading →

The story is another derivation of “The Most Dangerous Game,” people hunting people. Who is the Apex predator and who is the prey? Watch the trailer to this November release to find out.

Lambert Wilson, a veteran French character actor with “Sahara” and “The Matrix” franchise credits, looks and sounds enough like the World War II leader and later French president Charles de Gaulle that no strain shows as he acts out the … Continue reading →