Monthly Archives: November 2021

The animation is a riot of colors wrapped around the graceful sway of South American dancers, some of the most glorious animated dance since Walt Disney’s “Fantasia.” “Encanto” is simply gorgeous to look at, almost from start to finish. But … Continue reading →

He and his little sister just lost their dad, and Jules has decided “I hate Christmas” in the bargain. Now his widowed mother’s moved them to Belgium, where Jules can keep Grandpa, his father’s father, company in his toy shop. … Continue reading →

Brian Wilson‘s never had much of a poker face. And the decades, the long battle with mental illness, hasn’t changed that. In “Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road,” the Beach Boys icon and Hall of Famer can be frank and unguarded, … Continue reading →

This looks amusing, and comes out Nov.24

More engrossing that it has any right to be, “Repeat” is a “what lies beyond” thriller with a touch of pathos and a decent third act twist, and a lot of quiet discussion, debate and marriage breakdown preceding it. It’s … Continue reading →

Sitcom vet Lamorne Morris has the title role has the title role in this dark comedy about a disgruntled victim who seeks revenge on that one spam call that breaks the camel’s back. Jackie Earle Haley, Haley Joel Osment and … Continue reading →

Posh enough for you? March, it’s all yours, Abbeyists.

“A Cop Movie” is a gimmicky docu-drama about Mexican policing, a film that invites you to see through the gimmick and find its greater truth. But that “truth” isn’t exactly a shock. And the gimmick impacts how we relate it … Continue reading →

The make or break moment for me in any horror movie is that first time characters are confronted with the horror, be it supernatural or simple slaughter. And that’s pretty much where “Red Pill” goes wrong. A well-cast old-leftists-go-Red-Stating thriller … Continue reading →

An ex con who collects and sells scrap metals gets mixed up in human trafficking and money laundering via cartels of a different stripe. If nothing else, the ethnic politics of this December release has a tetchy edge.