Monthly Archives: September 2022

A thriller that turns horrific? Nov. 23 in theaters, Dec. 16 streaming.

A small distributor backs a little known cast that takes on the sensation of 1930s Broadway, Welles’ Haitian set “Voodoo Macbeth.” Oct. 21.

Mostly unknown cast for this Sept. 20.

If it was a “spoiler,” I wouldn’t use the word. And the word for “Don’t Worry Darling” is “Stepford.” I mean, read and comprehend the title. There it is. It’s an easily-grasped and obvious analogy for this satiric thriller from … Continue reading →

Well, there’s an hour of my life I’ll never get back. “How Dark They Prey” is a quartet of ineptly-scripted, randomly-assembled, adequately-shot but amateurishly-acted short horror films that fall under the broad horror subheading of “claptrap.” They include the worst … Continue reading →

Long before they shot the serio-comic transgender odyssey “Tangerine” on a cell phone, over a decade before “The Florida Project” became an Oscar-buzzed drama about the transient-hotel homeless of Orlando, Sean Baker and producer Shih-Ching Tsou co-directed a gem about … Continue reading →

Nothing like catching a picture going down for the third time, drowning in a s–tstorm of bad buzz. Olivia Wilde, still getting Vanity Fair puff pieces after being exposed — repeatedly — as a faithless lover and liar. Olivia Wilde … Continue reading →

New Orleans at its most demented. Stranger than fiction. But not stranger than science fiction. Sept. 30.

The pop star of the moment stood on a quiet, dimly-lit stage behind lit candles and performed a Bob Marley song, “War,” a cappella. When it was ending, she held up a photo of Pope John Paul. She tore it … Continue reading →

“Pearl” was the aged, sex-obsessed psychopathic matriarch and villain of Ti West’s satiric, social commentary slasher picture “X.” She was played by actress Mia Goth, who also played the libidinous teen whose Texas family farm has been rented by a … Continue reading →