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Daily Archives: October 12, 2022
Movie Review: Stephen Lang is a scary “Old Man” interrogating a “visitor” in his Cabin in the Woods
Stephen Lang has “Avatar 2,” “3” and “4” coming up. So he’s got that going for him. Meanwhile, he’s got at least two more C-pictures of his post-“Don’t Breathe” thriller career slated to arrive before “Avatar: The Way of Water” … Continue reading
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Movie Review: The Rich find their World Turned Upside Down in the “Triangle of Sadness”
You know, you don’t need to take two and a half hours to do a funny, modern riff on Lina Wertmüller’s class-warfare-among-castaways classic “Swept Away (1974).” Even if you’re that Swedish slice of wry, Ruben Östlund. But if cutting “Triangle … Continue reading
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Next screening? “Halloween Ends,” at long last
Nothing ever “ends” any more. Everything is drawn out, from film and TV franchises to criminal investigations. But 45 years or so after “Halloween,” which launched Jamie Leigh Curtis as a star, she says goodbye to the story that made … Continue reading
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Movie Review: A Too Timely History Lesson provided by the death of Emmett “Till”
“Till” is a period piece that reminds us of a time when an image could shock the conscience of a nation. It’s an object lesson that chills when we realize this isn’t ancient history, that this happened within living memory, … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Apple TV has Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry in an A24 Louisiana drama — “Causeway”
A combat vet comes home after suffering a brain injury in this intimate drama. A nice change for Lawrence, who seemed to be settling into all star epics or attempted blockbusters. Stephen McKinley Henderson also stars. Nov. 4. https://youtu.be/j307q8zMD3Y
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Next Screening? Captain Woody Harrelson and a ship of clueless swells trapped in the “Triangle of Sadness”
Been dying to see this bad boy, opening wide Friday. Satire of the “Swept Away” school?
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