Monthly Archives: August 2022

A period piece with kids sent away from the cities during “The Blitz,” this adventure features a soldier hiding from the authorities and a couple of familiar faces — Jenny Agutter and Tom Courtenay. Agutter’s presence in this speaks to … Continue reading →

“From the Hood to the Holler” is about “west Side” Louisville state representative Charles Booker’s long shot campaign to unseat Kentucky’s all-powerful Mitch McConnell, “the man who broke the Senate,” back in 2020. Booker ran as an under-funded outsider, against … Continue reading →

Who knows where a role playing fetish begins? Perhaps the whole “Dress up like a French maid” thing began with the swells who took the grand tour of Europe and brought back a taste for servants in short black uniforms. … Continue reading →

A Vietnam drama with a head on it. Really happened? Looks “out there,” sobering and maybe funny. With great music. A September 30 release on Apple TV+.

A grisly indie murder mystery with darkly comic undertones. This one streams VOD next week.

The “true” story of a middle-aged woman who gets obsessed with finding England’s most infamous monarch as a sort of midlife/career-stalled crisis. Steve Coogan plays her quizzical, amused husband, and Harry Lloyd is the Ghost of “A horse, a HORSE, … Continue reading →

A serious upgrade in “Dragon Ball” franchise animation runs up against the same overdoses of exposition, endless back story and arcane plot contrivances designed to pit characters against each other in epic throwdowns in “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero.” Honestly, … Continue reading →

A buttoned-down, bowler-hatted Brit cuts “loose” for a day. A Christmas season release for Father Christmas himself, the dapper scene stealer of “Love, Actually.”

“Sissy” is a one messed-up thriller wrapped up in the most adorable, upbeat and value-affirming package. It’s a horror variation of the Agatha Christie “Ten Little Indians/And Then There Were None” school in the language of influencers, self-actualization and self-help. … Continue reading →

You probably don’t remember this movie, even though it was directed by Ron Howard and starred Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly and Winona Ryder. “The Dilemma” was a painfully unfunny “what I know about the state of my friends’ … Continue reading →