Monthly Archives: October 2021

If you like movies with “pluck,” here’s one that uses the phrase “up by your bootstraps” more than once. And there’s nothing more plucky or All American than that. “Women is Losers” is a tale of Latina struggle and overcoming … Continue reading →

Sebastian Stan, Jason Wong, Edgar Ramirez are the token testosterone in this thriller, kicked around and now finally landing on Jan. 7. The director of the last X-Men, and I do mean The Last, was behind the camera. So, low … Continue reading →

It’s one of the most notorious scams of WWII, using a corpse to convince the fascists that the Allies were invading somewhere other than Sicily when they were, in fact, invading Sicily. Great cast for this January historical thriller. Colin … Continue reading →

Oh lordy, what’s that pothead prophet, Doper Dave, stuck his foot in THIS time? Transgender issues? Again? Is there an Eddie Murphy confession Dave Chapelle will eventually get around to making? What is UP with that, my racial slur-er? Joining … Continue reading →

The Turkish police procedural “Grudge” toys with the idea of really saying something blunt and chilling about Turkish justice, Turkish policing and the powerlessness of The People, and only loses its nerve in the third act. The ending is the … Continue reading →

Wistful, melancholy and sadly incomplete, “A Case of Blue” wanders into a new retiree’s drift into his past as a way of owning up to a present he’s checked out of. It’s a fine showcase for its stars, but a … Continue reading →

There was a stretch back in the ’90s and early 2000s when every American network sitcom did an episode or two about how to get “out of the ‘friend zone.’” So think of the French rom-com “Friendzone” as “Friends” with … Continue reading →

A tangled, convoluted and over-explained horror tale, “The Secret of Sinchanee” goes kind of wrong — dare I say it? — from its opening title. If you need a full page of credits explaining an ancient blood feud between a … Continue reading →

It’s bloody, it’s chilling, it features the voices of Richard E. Grant, Lucy Lawless, Joe Manganiello and Patton Oswalt and comes to theaters and streaming on Oct. 29, via RLJE. Lots of fanboy and fangirl — mostly fanboy — buzz … Continue reading →

“The Last Duel,” Ridley Scott’s “Rashomon,” is a brutish, well-acted and stunningly-detailed account of an infamous scandal from the supposed “Age of Chivalry.” It’s a tale of rivalries, royal favor and rape from the Caroline era of the Hundred Years … Continue reading →