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Daily Archives: October 19, 2022
Movie Preview: Kristen Bell and Allison Janney bond over “The People We Hate at the Wedding”
This November film release on Amazon Prime promises a lot of Ugly American behavior in the UK for Bell’s half-sister’s posh nuptials. Cynthia Addai-Robinson (“Lord the Rings: Ring of Power,” “Chicago Med”) is the sister, Black and British. Ben Platt … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Mel Gibson as a talk show host named Elvis with a murderer “On the Line”
Nov 4, let the caller and host cat-and-mouse game begin.
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Movie Review: Robbers are “Hunted” in this Brit thriller about class, privilege and “the most dangerous game”
As long as there are movies to be made, there’ll be fresh versions of the hoariest thriller plot of all, the one based on a short story with a pun in the title. Man/human beings are “The Most Dangerous Game.” … Continue reading
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Movie Preview — Cary Elwes broadcasts underground radio defiance — “Resistance: 1942”
Is the setting France? The character names are French, so probably. Jason Patric and Judd Hirsch also star in this WWII drama. Nov. 11 this streams and hits VOD.
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Movie Review: Remembering the Good/Bad Old Days with “My Policeman”
There’s a stately, old-fashioned gentility to “My Policeman,” a period piece romance from the days when homosexuality was “The love that dare not speak its name” in the United Kingdom. It’s the sort of tragic gay melodrama that stood out … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Roberts and Clooney cash their “Ticket to Paradise”
Julia Roberts and George Clooney wring every last drop of good will and good humor out of their long friendship and screen personas as estranged exes who join forces to stop their daughter from marrying too impulsively and too young … Continue reading
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Next screening? “Black Adam” — here’s a scene from it
Promoter, wrestler, actor and producer Dwayne Johnson swoops in to give DC and struggling cinemas a hand with a super hero movie this weekend. Let’s see if it’s worth any hoopla, shall we?
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