Monthly Archives: February 2022

Feb. 18 this one hits theaters.

“A Grand Romantic Gesture” is a wistful romance in a minor key, a flash of “love, the second (or maybe last) time around” with no flash at all. It’s always a shame when a romantic comedy with characters who aren’t … Continue reading →

A bigger Saturday than expected pushed the latest”Jackass” film comfortably above $20 million on its opening weekend. That’s probably about twice its production costs. $23 million, it’ll probably end up with $35-40 million, all in. Johnny Knoxville, if he hangs … Continue reading →

A running gag for some of us who’ve interviewed actor turned director and “Arrested Development” narrator Ron Howard over the years was to finish the chat with an admission. “Actually, what I’m really here for is to get an update … Continue reading →

Yes it’s “Romancing the Stone” meets “The Lost City of Z.” And yes it’s kind of mean to give Daniel Radcliffe the Danny DeVito role this time out. Bullock hasn’t done much physical comedy of late. But hey, if Lucille … Continue reading →

A “slow cinema” Japanese period piece, this Roger DVDseed offering comes from FilmMovement and is now in the Brevard Co. Florida library system vis its Titusville branch. I remember liking it last year when I reviewed it. Hope the folks … Continue reading →

“Why are you telling me all this?” the hero wants to know when a villain downloads another large chunk of exposition and conspiracy in the South African thriller “Indemnity.” It’s a question I ask myself scores of times a year, … Continue reading →

If you want to know what the kids have been watching this weekend, they’ve been reading subtitles, brushing up on their Spanish and…biology. “Through My Window (A través de mi ventana)” is a Spanish teens-on-the-make drama/not-rom-com built on a “Pretty … Continue reading →

How does a $150 million disaster movie (figures from Exhibitor Relations) look so cheap? You can see that in the TV ads, which is why RoRo Emmerich’s “Moonfall” did a piddling $700k Thursday night, with a $3.4 Friday that wouldn’t … Continue reading →

Inspired by a true story, “Soumaya” is a French drama that walks the tightrope between understanding a “crackdown” after a mass terrorist attack by Islamist fanatics, and resisting it on principle. It is built around a performance that mixes despair, … Continue reading →