Monthly Archives: March 2022

The old Nirvana song and even older joke “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re NOT out to get you” comes to life in “All My Friends Hate Me,” a dark cringe of a comedy direct from the UK. College … Continue reading →

There’s a “China Syndrome” coincidence greeting the arrival of “Fear” in North American cinemas this weekend. All those news reports about an outpouring of support for refugees fleeing Ukraine for points West have come with one seriously ugly sidebar. African … Continue reading →

This promises to be an eye popper. April 1, Focus Features remind us that Noomi doesn’t mess around.

Avenging women punish sexist, abusive incels, frat-bros and “Men’s Movement” misogynists in “Asking for It,” a clunky piece of motion picture empowerment written and directed by a dude. Bit-player/production assistant Eamon O’Rourke looked at the gender/culture wars landscape and decided … Continue reading →

Here’s your “buy in” moment for “Turning Red,” Pixar’s latest animated attempt to break the mold about what cartoons for kids can be about. Thirteen year-old over-achiever Meilin has been acting weird. She seems distracted at school. She’s peer-pressured beyond … Continue reading →

Recognize any voices in this rotoscope animated film from the director of “Waking Life?” Maybe Jack Black? Zachary Levi? Yeah, it comes to Netflix April 1. Go figure.

Well, this looks sadistic, primal and dare one say it, “fun?” Catalina Sandina Moreno, Iwan Rheon, Tom Cullen, Inès Spiridonov and Will Kemp star in this Charles Dorfman, the producer of “Honest Thief” and “The Lost Daughter,” now trying his … Continue reading →

Here’s a little “Around the World with Netflix” bauble that takes a dip into the lives of Crazy Rich Moroccans in the Netherlands. Its novelty is that setting, and the way it willfully upends cultural mores and expectations. Yes, it’s … Continue reading →

The cast of “Heckle” includes “Police Academy/Three Men and a Baby” alumnus Steve Guttenberg, nearly 40 years past his heyday, Clark Gable III and Natasha Starkey, daughter of a famous drummer, granddaughter of the most famous drummer. Seeing any one … Continue reading →

The brawny “assemble a team” action picture goes way back, probably predating “Seven Samurai, and is with us still. But its heyday had to be the 1960s, when “The Magnificent Seven” and “The Guns of Navarone,” “The Dirty Dozen” and … Continue reading →