Monthly Archives: February 2022

Perhaps you’ve missed the phenomenon that is British comedienne Catherine Tate, and the most outrageous character from Brit TV’s “The Catherine Tate Show.” Well, she’s got her own movie, and after the Brits have a go at it, you might … Continue reading →

He missed a train home after visiting his family in Glasgow on the anniversary of his mother’s death. But as grumps and ducks into the tiny club called King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut instead, we get the tiniest glimpse of … Continue reading →

The fractious family dealing with the death of a matriarch or patriarch comedy — or drama — dates from the Greeks. So finding some new way of coming at it has proven a challenge over the decades. But COVID provided … Continue reading →

Neal McDonagh, Christina Ochoa, Tommy Flanagan and Jason Scott Lee star in this little people against the mob thriller, opening April 1.

Darby isn’t big on thinking things through. Rash decisions, lashing out, acting on impulse, that’s how you end up in your seventh stint of rehab, too jaded to mask your cynicism about the process. A phone call telling her that … Continue reading →

A loud round of applause for Netflix for giving that master of dark French whimsy Jean-Pierre Jeunet, creator of “Delicatessen,” “Amelie” and “The City of Lost Children” money to make one of his twisted tales in his inimitable eye-candy style. … Continue reading →

The people that brought us “The Wave” and “The Quake” annex another piece of disaster movie real-estate with “The Burning Sea,” a compact, tense and smart oil rig yarn that’s light on melodrama, heavy on facts and heartening in its … Continue reading →

We know the minute we see the old man strike up a conversation with the young woman that she’s a ghost. Serene, silent and spectral, it doesn’t matter that he chats as if they’re old acquaintances. Something about him (Yannawoutthi … Continue reading →

It isn’t his “Twilight” stardom or his piece of the Harry Potter universe that has me intrigued to see Robert Pattinson’s take on “Batman.” The director isn’t a lure either. We’ve had Burton and Nolan. Other filmmakers’ imprint on the … Continue reading →