Monthly Archives: May 2022

Totally down with this as a concept. June 7.

Perhaps the best representation of the tediously-over-titled latest installment in the “Ghost in the Shell” media vortex –– “Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War” — is that hideously over-loaded title itself, translated from “Kôkaku kidôtai SAC_2045 Jizoku kanô sensô.” … Continue reading →

Jonathan Rhys-Myers at his most evil, Dennis Hopper fully amped-up and Robert Carlyle in all his “Trainspotting” rage — that’s Kyle Gallner in “Dinner in America.” Gallner and Emily Skeggs made the oddest and most adorable couple, a warm and … Continue reading →

Olga Kurylenko and John Malkovich also starting this June 3 release about the hunt for cops who witnessed an assassination attempt.

Most Ukrainian combat pictures are set during the Crimean invasion a few years back. Based on “a true story,” this Well Go release comes our way July 1.

A politician on the rebound after a failed campaign gets to ponder what might have been when his high school girlfriend returns from a 20 year space journey in “The Time Capsule.” It’s a downbeat, wistful and entirely-too-quiet romantic drama … Continue reading →

Sorry for the dated movie poster-styled headline. But as the silliest Twitter trend of last week was some youngling’s assertion that “I was this minutes old when I found out Robert Redford was ‘Jeremiah Johnson,’” one does feel the need … Continue reading →

At one point, this 20th Century release was slated for theatrical, right? Am I misremembering that? Sure, it’s a no-stars/all action-VFX genre thriller. But cinema fans would show up, I dare say, if we’re not back in the middle of … Continue reading →

The setting and set-up are reliable, if a bit desert-southwest tried and true. The acting’s tolerable, the action beats good and the finale has a nice kick to it. Even taking into account the messy pieces of the plot, the … Continue reading →

June 10, making religion, and black and white cinema, scary again.