Monthly Archives: August 2022

“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 →

Let us begin with a few words in praise of Iyana Halley, the young actress tasked with playing a trope and knocking that trope out of the park. In “Beast,” the “This is Us” ensemble member is the Hollywood idea … Continue reading →

There’s been talk in India of remaking “Forrest Gump” as a pan-historical Indian parable for decades, but landing Aamir Khan as star was what it took to get it made. If Gurinder Chadha can take on Jane Austen for “Bride … Continue reading →

The glib response to George “Mad Max” Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing” is suggesting that only Terry Gilliam should be making Terry Gilliam “epics.” That assertion carries the message that it’s sprawling, fantastical and ambitious and that there’s a … Continue reading →

Not the first title that comes to mind for a Korean sword and sorcery/time travel fantasy. But We’ll Go USA picked it up, and they rarely steer us wrong. Aug. 26 release.

That’s the buzz. Let’s see what we see.

The first-person narration of a killer patiently plotting his “perfect crime,” pitilessly committing it and then going mad by the pounding of “The Tell-Tale Heart” of his long-dead victim is the most sinister component of Edgar Allan Poe’s masterpiece. It’s … Continue reading →

Several things stand out in Viola Davis’ just published memoir, “Finding Me.” She likes to eat, a product of a grueling food-deprived childhood. She’s never been afraid to work out, get in shape — or out of shape — for … Continue reading →

There is nothing finer in the cinema than a simple, well-acted and well-crafted thriller. “Delia’s Gone” checks off all of those boxes in a brisk but methodical and unhurried mystery set in rural Ohio. Damn, it’s good. You know who’s … Continue reading →