Daily Archives: June 3, 2022

A tweenaged girl growing up in a beautifully-cluttered and weather-worn Japanese coastal village narrates the story of her mother, and her life with her, in the delightful “Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko,” an anime coming-of-age confection based on a YA novel … Continue reading →

Jean-Claude Van Damme’s career second wind, the one that showed up when he turned out to be pretty darned good at playing himself, a washed-up action star, in “JCVD,” has pretty much run its course. He got a short-lived TV … Continue reading →

Man, you know times are hard at Netflix when it all comes down to this. “Interceptor” is the marquee new release on the embattled streamer this week, a cheesy C-movie polished up to look like a B. It’s about terrorists … Continue reading →

A Rochester, New York synagogue and Hebrew School is the setting for the coming of age/coming-out dramedy “Tahara.” Teenage girls Carrie (Madeline Grey DeFeece) and Hannah (Rachel Sennott) prattle on about crushes, sexual experiences and desires, tactlessly commenting on the … Continue reading →

Sort of a “Game of Thrones” vamp on Disney “Princess” fantasies? Pouty princess Joey K of “The Kissing Booth” is told she’s got to marry that damned Dominic Cooper — twice her age — and she ain’t having it. Nossir. … Continue reading →