Monthly Archives: December 2021

Who’s up for a “Lost City of Z,” “Romancing the Stone” mashup? With Daniel Radcliffe in the uh Danny DeVito role? This could be cute. Pitt had “Lost City of Z” rights for a while. Getting a comedy out of … Continue reading →

Let’s cut to the chase with “The King’s Man,” shall we? The movie doesn’t come to life, pop off the screen and make any impression at all until Rasputin shows up. All this other “origin story” of the Kingsman SECRET … Continue reading →

There are worse ways to spend a holiday matinee than sitting with the kids watching and singing along with a “Sing” movie. “Sing 2” is just as long, just as childishly-plotted and almost manic in its haste to hurtle from … Continue reading →

Major points for style and just plain kinkiness go to Canadian Bruce LaBruce for his latest cinematic toying with taboos, “Saint-Narcisse.” When you see and review 1,000 movies a year, any filmmaker who makes you sit up and go, “Well, … Continue reading →

“Son of Monarchs” is a contemplative character study of a molecular biologist who studies the Monarch butterflies that winter in and around his hometown of Angangueo, Michoacán. He studies them at a university in New York, and when he’s summoned … Continue reading →

“Night Teeth” is another one of those vampire movies more concerned with “rules” and exposition and “explaining” how this world operates than most of the elements that make such genre pictures work. The pacing is funereal, the reactions — or … Continue reading →

The first grabber moment comes during a college party at a wealthy friend’s house, the perfect place for (Chloe Grace Moretz) to be just after she’s urinated on a stick. She and boyfriend Sam (Algee Smith of “Detroit”) may be … Continue reading →

A guy writing a more famous guy’s biography. And? This one rolls out Feb. 25.

There are few genuine competitors for the title “Most Quixotic career after winning an Oscar.” Nic Cage would seem to have it locked down. Cuba Gooding Jr. And Mo’nique are great examples of how hard it is to find work … Continue reading →

Waiting for the “Resurrection?” Mm?” Here we go.