Monthly Archives: April 2022

Not every animated biography of a painter will have the ambition and artistry of “Loving Vincent,” but if you’re going to the trouble of telling the story with painting — even digital painting — it seems as if you should … Continue reading →

The slow fade to black of the Warners/J.K. Rowling/David Yates Wizarding World prequels continues with a post pandemic “Secrets of Dumbledore” earning $20 million Thursday night and all day Friday. That points to a $43 opening weekend, if word of … Continue reading →

If DreamWorks had any sense of humor they would’ve opened this animated caper comedy on…Good Friday. But no, we’ll have to wait until NEXT Friday to see how well suited Sam Rockwell, Awkwafina, Richard Ayode, Zazie Beetz, Anthony Ramos and … Continue reading →

Animation has long been used to teach the concepts of religion to new followers, so it’s not absurd, in principal, that Ryuho Okawa would minister to the masses via anime in “The Laws of the Universe: The Age of Elohim.” … Continue reading →

A quick tech rundown before the star arrives at the Enzian Theater in Mainland. “Star Trek: The Voyage Home” and then a q &;a with Wild Bill. Good times.

No less an authority than the Kyiv Independent says that for outsiders to truly “understand what’s going on in Ukraine,” the best entre to the situation might be from a couple of recent movies filmed there. The award-winning “Donbass” which … Continue reading →

This American indie film hits theaters May 27. I’ll have to poke around a bit and figure out who is behind it, as it has a whiff of prostheltyzing about it.

Although I can’t go all-in on “Choose or Die,” I will say that there’s a lot to be said for a horror movie with clever twists, a top flight cast and a witty consistency to its conceit. A vintage game … Continue reading →

A satire of interconnected vignettes — sketches — tied together in a loopy, bloody-minded State of France farce of a story, “Bloody Oranges” won’t be to most tastes. Discerning its meaning and what the filmmaker and his uninhibited, Comedie Francaise-spangled … Continue reading →

“Room 203” is not the first “haunted room” thriller. This Japanese game company-produced adaptation of a Nanami Kamon novel isn’t set in a hotel as in “Room 237” in “The Shining,” or “1408” in the adaptation of a Stephen King … Continue reading →