Monthly Archives: June 2022

A Thanksgiving theatrical release with a 1950s Sci Fi vibe. Jake Gyllenhaal and Alan Tudyck are the only credited voices in this on IMDb at the moment.

Maybe it’s just me, but just once I’d like to see a “documentary” about aliens, mythic creatures, ghosts and the paranormal start from a position of “healthy skepticism.” Yes, this baseball rolled off a staircase, on camera and seemingly on … Continue reading →

“Paskal” is a Malaysian Seal Team Six thriller, an action picture that rarely missteps when it’s all about the action, but that takes too many detours into dull, cliched melodrama to recommend. We see the county’s elite force, formed in … Continue reading →

Straight to Paramount+ streaming, June 23. Maybe one half chuckle in this trailer. It’s a different world, you fart knockers.

For the past few weeks, I’ve been fuming at boutique distributor Neon, which was waffling on whether or not to preview screen “Crimes of the Future” in my market, or anywhere near me. Coupled with a general lack of advertising, … Continue reading →

The line for the 1130am showing of “Crimes of the Future” starts here, in the parking lot of Raleigh, NC’s Cinemark Grande. Apparently.

Ancient corpses uncovered in a bog haunt the residents near it in “Moloch,” a gloomy, suspenseful thriller from the Netherlands. Director and co-writer Nico van den Brink makes his feature filmmaking debut an exercise in menacing a mother and her … Continue reading →

Anybody familiar with his early work has to realize that casting Lloyd Bridges (1913-1998) as a hero was something of a waste. Tough “good guys” are a lot less interesting that tough guy villains as his treacherous deputy turn in … Continue reading →

And you thought Canadians were nice. Well, aside from the hockey players and seal killers, I mean. Here’s Woody, playing a torturer/killer from you-know-where, and of course Kevin Hart’s the EveryLittleMan confused for him who has to pretend he enjoys … Continue reading →

A wealthy, 60ish husband is getting nagged by his wife in their United Arab Emirates mansion. She’s heard of a husband who built a mosque in loving tribute to his late wife. Doesn’t her husband love her that much? “Great,” … Continue reading →