Monthly Archives: February 2022

It’s a redemption story about a mug with dreams of stardom, who calls for a Catholic woman…and decided to become a priest? This is what we call “The Big Mistake Theory.” You make a big enough mistake (Charles Colson, et … Continue reading →

This looks scruffy and DIY and oh so lowbrow. March 22.

Kiefer Sutherland is their recruiter, Ben Foster and Pine are Army guys put out to pasture with bills to pay. They’re “contractors,” the euphemism for “mercenaries.” Looks tense. And with Pine announced as leading another “Star Trek” installment onto the … Continue reading →

“Strawberry Mansion” is a quirky, cheap DIY-looking sci-fi parable about a future when dreams are being taxed, and some villainous successor to Google or Facebook has figured out a way to inject “product placement” into those dreams. It takes place … Continue reading →

It can seem that there have been as many film versions of “Cyrano de Bergerac” as there are stage productions of Edmond Rostand’s timeless romance. I can remember animated ones and bloody ones, witty ones and Cyranos set in high … Continue reading →

Tony, monied, upscale and posh Winter Park is the high rent district/suburb of Orlando. I lived here for several years before moving to the coast. Winter Park, being monied and almost Biblically prideful, designed itself a library and adjacent events … Continue reading →

“Anne +,” titled “Anne+ : the Film” on Netflix, is a Dutch journey of queer self-discovery that travels the vast distance between point A and point B. Yes, that’s sarcasm. It’s another light dip into a gay culture, this one … Continue reading →

Tom Holland the laws of physics both take a licking and keep on ticking in “Uncharted,” Sony’s big screen adaptation of the Sony video game starring Sony’s Spider-Man. Holland’s kinetic turn as the young pickpocket/historian and bartender turned adventurer is … Continue reading →

Sometimes, avoiding the “dating scene,” recognizing that maybe “You don’t need a man in your life” can be good advice. Particularly if Daisy Edgar Jones’ character “connects” with a guy like the dude Sebastian Stan plays in “Fresh.” This horrific … Continue reading →

Sharlto Copley takes us inside the head of infamous, murderous crank Ted Kaczynski in “Ted K,” a straightforward and yet surprisingly disturbing look at the man the FBI labeled and hunted as “the Unabomber” for some 17 years. What’s surprising … Continue reading →