Daily Archives: March 26, 2022

“Schemers” is an autobiographical slice of Scottish whimsy about a 20ish lad who becomes a concert promoter just to impress a college girl in the Dundee, Scotland of the 1980s. As Davie McLean (Conor Berry) tells his tale — with … Continue reading →

Hand it to Paramount. They keep making hay out of their most popular intellectual properties, “Star Trek,” and now “The Godfather.” Miles Teller plays producer/hustler Albert Ruddy, Matthew Goode is handsome slick and vain studio honcho Robert Evans, with Giovanni … Continue reading →

The gold, or at least silver standard for teen heist movies was filmed way back in 2004. “The Perfect Score” was about breaking in and stealing the answers to that year’s SAT at the Princeton Testing Center, where such data … Continue reading →

You know what this original trailer reinforces? The iconic characters, the legends playing them, the instantly recognizable music? It’s the idea that “The Godfather” was a “Star Wars” or “Harry Potter” for grownup film lovers. An alien universe obsessively detailed, … Continue reading →

A high end housing development is going up on a big British farm that changed hands under unsavory circumstances, a development resented by locals, including the family that lost that farm, and all on ancient land with Druid legends attached … Continue reading →