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Daily Archives: May 25, 2022
Movie Preview: Gosling and Chris Evans follow The Russo Brothers to Netflix for “The Gray Man”
I couldn’t resist. I mean, isn’t it adorable that those digitally sense-dulling action beaters The Russo Brothers, of several utterly forgettable Marvel blockbusters, are being promoted as a brand now? Hahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahaha. Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas and … Continue reading
Next screening? “The Bob’s Burgers Movie”
I’m catching this one just before it opens because I’ve had conflicts at earlier showings, and I’ve never gotten past the first commercial break watching the animated series. Quite right, you have to invest in a sitcom with the sort … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening are “Jerry & Marge Go Large” in this LOTTO comedy
Michael McKean, Rainn Wilson and Larry Wilmore are among the co-stars this June 17 release has to offer. It’s a true story about a mathematical flaw in a particular corner of the lottery, and a math whiz who exploits it. … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Widowed Idris and his kids face “Beast”
Sharlto Copley co-stars in this safari-gone-wrong thriller, featuring doting dad Idris Elba struggling to save his kids from a monstrous and ever-so-digital lion. August 19.
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Movie Preview: Vietnamese sci-fi for kids “Maika: The Girl from Another Galaxy”
Well Go USA is putting this Sundance pic in theaters — some theaters anyway — June 3. Looks cute.
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Netflixable? The climactic anti-climax that is “Jackass 4.5”
For everyone who chose not to chance COVID and show up in theaters to make “Jackass Forever” a box-office-boosting hit back in February, I get it. One could get downright sentimental over the idea that these lovable louts literally saved … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Airmen taste forbidden love in the Soviet Bloc — “Firebird”
The Cold War Soviet military provides a high-stakes backdrop for “Firebird,” the true story of a gay romance in a place where homosexuality wasn’t merely shunned and shamed, it was forbidden and persecuted. It’s a policy that returned under the … Continue reading
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