Monthly Archives: July 2022

A pandemic lockdown romance? July 22.

Grim stakes and goofiness, gods-bashing and GNR — that’s the latest Taika Waititi take on “the Space Viking,” “Thor: Love and Thunder.” Sure, every Marvel movie panders, cluttered with cross-over characters, self-aware jokes, Easter eggs and cameos. As someone who … Continue reading →

A whodunit with a why he dunit rationale and a big con. Trickery in the “F for Fake” tradition? This looks great.

I excepted more of a “Stranger Things” bounce for Winona Ryder. But she’s working, and this creeper in a cabin in the woods is in the can and on the release slate — July 15. Dermot Mulroney is also in … Continue reading →

“Hyde Park” is a romantic dramedy with a court case as its backdrop set among affluent African Americans and African immigrants in the Chicago neighborhood that bears the same name as the more famous “Park” in London. Pitched as an … Continue reading →

One of the better sequences in Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” is recreating that sacred piece of Elvis lore, “Singer Presents…Elvis,” the Xmas season TV show labeled “The ’68 Comeback Special.” Luhrmann does spectacle like few filmmakers working today. But you might … Continue reading →

ONLY at Universal Studios, Orlando! Ok, that’s getting ahead of ourselves. Soon, tho. Meanwhile, Universal does a little end zone dance for its two movies in cinemas at the moment.

The action bonafides are pretty solid for “The Terminal List,” a paranoid Big Conspiracy thriller now on Amazon. It’s based on a novel by Jack Carr, series creator David DiGilio scripted TV’s “Traveler,” Antoine “Training Day” Fuqua directed the pilot … Continue reading →

“The Dark and the Wicked” is a quietly gloomy thriller that wraps a number of horror tropes up in a tidy, compact package. Writer-director Bryan Bertino (“The Strangers”) keeps his effects simple, his shocks few and his tone funereal in … Continue reading →

Joseph “Joe” Turkel of Brooklyn, New York, made well over 100 appearances on film and TV, more if you add in video games. He died last week at the ripe old age of 94, a character actor who appeared in … Continue reading →