Monthly Archives: September 2022

Netflix is all in on this sequel.

Naomi Watts, Bobby Cannavale, Mia Farrow, Christopher MacDonald, Jennifer Coolidge and Margo Martindale are among the stars of this “true story” of terrorized suburbia. Looks nerve wracking. Oct. 13.

MBB is back in the tile role, Netflix has decided to treat this as a streaming franchise as this sequel is to be two movies. Lots of action and 19th century British drollery.

The life of a shoemaker to the stars. Some folks are going to really be into this, I dare say.

Netflix has this John Boyega/Jamie Foxx and friends laugher. The trailer is damned funny, a good sign considering Mr Foxx’s prior Netflix paycheck.

“Railway Children” has more hugs in it than any British movie this side of “Love, Actually.” So much for chilly, oppressed English reserve — then or now. This treacly trifle is the latest version of an E. Nesbit novel from … Continue reading →

Jake Gyllenhaal, Gabriel Union, Dennis Quaid, Lucy Liu — few big voice names, a Thanksgiving release. Looks ok, derivative but OK.

Peter Farrelly’s luck had to run out. The director who made his name with farces, who got Oscar glory for turning sentimental, serious and only occasionally silly with “Green Book,” gives us his take on Vietnam with another dramedy inspired … Continue reading →

It’s a Vietnam War movie, so of course there’s a soundtrack packed with 1960s pop and rock — “Cherish” (badly used) to “Let It All Hang Out,” it’s not “Good Morning, Vietnam,” but “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” does blow … Continue reading →

There’s a sweet twist to this sad news, that James Earl Jones has retired. Vanity Fair makes it official, the great man with the singular voice is hanging it up at 91. But Lucasfilm is passing a last big check … Continue reading →