Monthly Archives: October 2022

There is no “concrete” evidence that what happened in January of 1996 in the city of Varginha, Brazil was caused by an alien spacecraft. Well, none that’s presented in director James Fox‘s latest UFO documentary, “Moment of Contact.” There are … Continue reading →

They’re very old men, now — all in their ’90s — and very few in number. The world war killed almost one in two airmen from their ranks, and the 75 or so intervening years have taken almost all those … Continue reading →

Auguste Rodin was the subject of a biopic that came out in 2017, which no one saw, and a character in many films about French art of the late 19th and early 20th century, the various accounts of the life … Continue reading →

What a sad and sappy seize-the-day satire “The Loneliest Boy in the World” turns out to be. A candy-colored zombie comedy set in the bubble-gummy ’80s, it’s about a guy who grew up so sheltered he can’t connect to the … Continue reading →

March 23, that’s a wrap on the one guy you don’t want to mess with.

Yeah, sleeplessness makes you crazy. Not getting much else from the trailer for a Nov. 1 indie release.

One of the bloodiest “island hopping” fights across the Pacific is recreated in miniature with Casper van Dien, Louis Mandylor and Jeff Fahey. A fictional account set during the struggle for the island, “Battle of Saipan opens Nov. 24. Not … Continue reading →

I’m not being flippant when I refer to the gritty, soulful urban drama “Signs of Love” as very much “a family affair.” It’s about drugs, dealing and addiction and how that weighs on one neighborhood and one family, and the … Continue reading →

There’s a grandeur to the finest moments in David Gordon Green’s “Halloween Ends,” a film meant to wrap up the saga that made Jamie Lee Curtis famous. Green, an indie film mainstay before “Pineapple Express” made him famous, finishes up … Continue reading →

A little Aviation Gin/Funny or Die soaked spin on Mister Scrooge’s Big Night. Just in time for the holidays, early Nov. from Apple.