Monthly Archives: October 2022

At my favorite Regal Cinemas waiting for this Lionsgate picture in a pile. No previews for critics in Florida, so let’s see what we’re in for, shall we?

It’s really saying something when a Frenchman has been to Japan for “an electronic” penis implant, which you can “steer,” switch to “vibrate” and even has a penis-scope function “so you can see…inside,” and it’s not even the daftest thing … Continue reading →

I was utterly charmed by this Bronx Immigrant’s Tale when it first came out, a movie of vignettes, slices of life, people struggling and making sometimes good, sometimes desperate decisions. You might be, too, If you run across it streaming … Continue reading →

The Babys and Bad English front man is captured as he gets back to it after the enforced pandemic layoff. Unusual trailer for this Dec. 6 release. There’s pretty much no music in it to remind folks of who this … Continue reading →

This horror/sci-fi tale with dark comedy elements is from the folks who gave us “The Endless,” and it looks…OUT there. Moorhead & Benson, they go by. And with “Something in the Dirt,” they’ve given us something else to look forward … Continue reading →

The murders in “Holy Spider,” a Danish thriller about an Iranian serial killer, are some of the most disturbing ever filmed. There’s nothing pretty about strangling someone to death, and no avoiding the pathos in the victim’s eyes as she … Continue reading →

Oh my. Nov. 7 is when this bad garcon streams.

No one named Falwell or Trump, no evangelical “Christian Nationalist,” and no person associated with Liberty University or The Washington Examiner comes off well in “God Forbid,” the new documentary about “The Scandal that Brought Down a Dynasty.” But Tom … Continue reading →

There’s nothing worth getting worked up about over “A Chance Encounter,” so no sense wasting an “infuriatingly dull” or “tentatively tepid” over it. It’s never more than a senseless waste of seldom-filmed Sicilian locations whose view is blocked by the … Continue reading →

Quite a cast assembled for this Mark Pellington film based on a Dan Wakefield novel. Future Oscar winners Ben Affleck and Rachel Weisz, and Jill Clayburgh, Lesley Anne Warren, Amy Locane, Rose McGowan and Jeremy Davies assembled for a a … Continue reading →