Monthly Archives: September 2022

His movies aren’t even distributed in the US, not in ways most of the country hears about or sees. He lost his fastball years ago and his breaking stuff hasn’t gotten by of late. And then there’s the whole matter … Continue reading →

There’s a moment in a car chase in the third act of the idiotic action thriller “Section 8” when we see Dermot Mulroney, as one of the heavies, push his SUV to the limit to the sounds of Bach’s Cello … Continue reading →

The trouble with stealing your plots from “The Twilight Zone” is that there’s always the chance that some member of the King family will beat you to the punch. Granted, “Black Phone” took things much further afield. But Oct. 5, … Continue reading →

Most every cinema culture has produced movies guaranteed to make you cry — films about untimely death, a life that shrinks in old age, small tragedies and ones as great as the Holocaust. But for sheer sadness, the deflating gloom … Continue reading →

I stopped to take a photo of this 1990s Jeep Cherokee because it appears to be the doorless afterlife of one of the two I owned in the ’90s and early 2000s. Then I remembered that a dark blue version … Continue reading →

Every now and then, wonderful Wasikowska returns to her native Oz for a picture. This New Year’s release, based on a beloved Aussie novel, is about saving the grouper. One grouper, in particular. As somebody who interviewed Young Ms. Mia … Continue reading →

“God’s Country” is a the most interesting fall drama that you will never let yourself love. “Adult” in the grownup sense, thought-provoking, hot button-hitting and unpredictably predictable, it makes a fascinating showcase for Thandiwe Newton and invites more than one … Continue reading →

This trailer, from the screenwriter of the much loved and critically dismissed “Bohemian Rhapsody,” pushes buttons and leans in the music to remind us what a “once-in-a-generation” voice Whitney Houston had. Naomi Ackie plays Whitney, Tamara Tunie is mother Cissy … Continue reading →

A decent Thursday night morphed into a big Friday, and “The Woman King,” the African history lesson starring Viola Davis, is owning its opening weekend with a whopping $19 million take at the box office. It’s like a non-super-heroic “Black … Continue reading →

Journeyman indie filmmaker Wayne Wang had already enjoyed a break-out indie hit (“Chan is Missing”) and followed it with “Slam Dance” and “Dim Sum” when he and Spencer Nakasako set out for Hong Kong in the late ’80s to capture … Continue reading →