Monthly Archives: June 2022

A canny eel diving teen gets in the middle of mind games between her strict dad and his rich friend. This scenic drama with thriller elements opens July 8.

This Swiss drama is about a career criminal — upper class, the worst kind — and the prison/justice system reform activist who became his champion, is a real winner. And I hope the good folks of the sleepy, aging former … Continue reading →

Daryl McCormack plays the sex worker brought in for a bit of last gasp adventure, the *Leo Grande” in question? This one seems audience specific enough to warrant a streaming release, which it is getting via Searchlight and Hulu, where … Continue reading →

A very interesting turn towards a sort of “true crime” found footage take on a tragedy.

You tend to forget how dark “Our Man in Havana” is. Carol Reed’s film of Graham Greene’s “comic” spy novel is no “Ugly American,” to be sure, and was never quite as sadistic as the early James Bond movies it … Continue reading →

Jorge Lendeborg, Jenna Ortega and Bella Ortiz are among the stars in this action comedy, coming out July 15.

In the dozen years since his non-starter first feature film, “Virus X,” writer-director Ryan Steven Harris has found his muse. It is his little girl, Haven Lee Harris. He’s made a short with the redheaded moppet, “Every Child is a … Continue reading →

There’s a secret language shared by filmmakers and critics, words and phrases that connect an “I’m not sure what I meant” with “I really don’t what know to make of it” when it comes to movies. The code phrases turn … Continue reading →

Yowza. Nicholas Hoult, Janet McTeer and John Leguizamo also star in this fine dining fall thriller with a horror pedigree.

Of all the promising places “Frank & Penelope” hints at or threatens to take us, how’d they end up at a murderous “sin eater” cult at a combo tow truck service, garage and motel — complete with a tunnel and … Continue reading →