Daily Archives: August 28, 2022

Not an action film. Not really sci-fi. Kind of a comedy? “Jean Reno as you’ve NEVER seen him before!” Love that Jean Reno.

A few classics are being re-released this coming weekend, and the most recent “Spider-Man” will be back, if you missed it. Surely there’ll be something you haven’t seen worth checking out on National Cinema Day, Sept. 3. $3 tickets? Worth … Continue reading →

There’s not much to “the Last Film of the Summer,” Screen Gems’ “The Invitation” — no wit, few frights and not much in the way of thrills, either. But then, you got that much out of the trailer, didn’t you? … Continue reading →

Rough, gripping and quite good, “Reflection” is one of several films made about Putin’s Russia’s ongoing efforts to destabilize and devour Ukraine, bit by bit. The trauma began over a decade ago and threatens to last for generations, as this … Continue reading →

Well, I guess I’ll duck into a showing of “The Invitation,” a “Ten Little Indians” variation with a vampire twist. Nothing else that opened this weekend has managed much in the way of drawing a crowd. George Miller’s “3000 Years … Continue reading →

Three solitary strangers unwittingly share an empty apartment, crossing paths and even anonymously hooking up, in Ming-liang Tsai’s “Vive L’amour,” a Golden Lion winner at the 1994 Venice Film Festival. Tsai’s second feature was his break-out film, leading to a … Continue reading →

A reminder of what a giant step backward the Clarence Thomas/Barrett/Kavanaugh/Gorsuch wing of the Supreme Court endorsed, what faced women back in the dark old days and a reminder timed to give women one last incentive to punish those whose … Continue reading →