Daily Archives: March 30, 2022

Another prequel? Steve Carell doing the Young Gru voice? Look at this supporting cast — Michelle Yeoh, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Taraji P.. Henson, Lucy Lawless, Dolph Lundgren, Danny Trejo, RZA, Alan Arkin and…Julie Andrews. July 1.

For a horror movie, “Night’s End” comes up awfully short in frights. Even the manufactured quick-cut “jolts” couldn’t alarm a toddler, even if the SHRIEK accompanying them would wake anybody. For a film bathed in gloom, there’s little suspense or … Continue reading →

“Well,” you say to yourself, “one reason we travel ‘Around the World with Netflix’ is to sample other cultures, see the world from a different culture’s point of view.” So you write off piffle like “All Hail (Granizo)” as an … Continue reading →

I’ve interviewed, at various times, all three people directly involved in Sunday night’s debacle. That doesn’t mean I “know” them, but it did give me a take on what happened, and how and what its awful implications are. But Twitter … Continue reading →

An intimate piece of romantic folklore with breathtaking geographical ambition, “The Tale of the King Crab” comes to theaters feeling familiar, but startling in what it shows us and where it takes us. Its first half is an immersive Italian … Continue reading →