Monthly Archives: March 2022

Oh yes, a high end horror movie can be a great star vehicle, as Sandra Oh is about to demonstrate in this March 18 release.

A couple of concerns I’m sure theater owners, Warner Brothers and I shared about “The Batman” were — A) it’s too long, and the running time cuts down on the number of showings you can squeeze in, B) “franchise fatigue,” … Continue reading →

Every place in time since the invention of the boat and everywhere there was commerce being moved over water, there have been pirates. That’s something Johnny Depp, Gore Verbinski and Disney belatedly got around to mentioning in their many rum-soaked … Continue reading →

Someday, not someday soon, but someday the phrase “lockdown rom-com” will be alien to a generation that never had to improvise around a life and love life suddenly shut in and limited by a global pandemic. Here’s a cute-looking relic … Continue reading →

What A24 is to challenging, arty cinema, Well Go USA is to the coolest action from Asia. It’s their brand and they rarely disappoint. “Spiritwalker” comes to various platforms April 24.

In “Gasoline Alley,” Devon Sawa plays an ex-con tattoo artist who’s sure he’s being framed for a quadruple homicide in that corner of Tifton, Georgia that looks nothing like Southern California, which is where the story is set. Sawa’s ex-con … Continue reading →

I’m about to sit down to review the first Bruce Willis movie of March. And as far as I can tell, the next film with him in it is six weeks away. But as prolific as he’s being, turning up … Continue reading →

The “cell phone thriller” has been around at least since the rise of screenwriter William Monahan, who perfected the script that only requires one “star” on the set at a time with “The Departed” and “Body of Evidence.” Somewhere tonight, … Continue reading →

A hijacking case re-opened, an “inside job” suspected, “a mole” back in “Vienna.” This thriller opens April 8.

This one looks t’be a wee hoot. Style and stabbing and is that one of “The Commitments” waving her scissors and accent around? “Deadly Cuts” comes our way March 11.