Monthly Archives: April 2022

Last quarter, Netflix’s long streak of expanding subscriber numbers ended with a bang. They lost paying customers in the hundreds of thousands — with millions more projected to bail out. . And that has them looking for culprits. First came … Continue reading →

Reports of Nicolas Cage’s “comeback” have been greatly exaggerated. Yes, that’s mainly because, as Cage himself — playing a daffier version of himself — says a few times in “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” “I was never gone.“ Sure, … Continue reading →

This “true story” crime saga doesn’t have a well known cast, but that may not matter when you’re using an archetypal plot. May 6, from Samuel Goldwyn.

…tastes like wine from a can. Stick to bottles, “Bev.” And maybe hard seltzer or some such.

I’ve had a couple of other chances to catch a preview of this one, but things came up, and I almost can’t bear to see it. The risk of letdown is high. But let’s hope for the best and hang … Continue reading →

The first time you see “the effect,” you’ll puzzle over the “Benjamin Button” idiocy of it all and ponder “What in the French-Canadian F is this?” Because SOMEbody thought the idea of digitally de-aging and shrinking the star of “Aline” … Continue reading →

Celine seems to be having a moment. Couple of pictures feature her or her music in the storyline.

The director of “The Torture Club” and “Love Disease” is back for another dainty dip into the deep end of Japanese kink with “Sexual Drive,” a droll triptych of food, sex and perverse manipulation. In “Remembrance of Things Past,” Marcel … Continue reading →

We don’t see the moment she first caught his eye. But she did. And we see how he instinctually conspires to literally “bump into” her. He is young. She is younger. And in a flash he’s turned his “rude” bump … Continue reading →

Sigfried Sassoon, WWI “shellshock” survivor, closeted gay man, great poet. “Benediction” was scripted and directed by Terence Davies (“The House of Mirth,” “A Quiet Passion,””The Deep Blue Sea”). Coming soon.