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Daily Archives: November 18, 2022
Movie Review: An Immigrant “Nanny” haunted by the child she left behind
“Nanny” is that rare sophisticated and cosmopolitan horror movie, a tale with chills and cross-cultural issues far beyond your usual nut-with-a-knife or demons menacing the kids in a cabin in the woods. Nikyatu Jusu’s debut feature, an award winner at … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Jewish Vampire goes all “Oy vey!” when he and a teen become “Blood Relatives”
In the indie vampire thrilleramedy “Blood Relatives,” the anti hero travels the blue highways of America in a Fire Blue ’69 Barracuda, mutters in Yiddish and is tracked down by a teen who might be his daughter. “I need to … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Second time strips the charm from Amy and McDreamy — “Disenchanted” with “Disenchanted”
Amy Adams couldn’t very well turn down a sequel to “Enchanted,” the 2007 Disney delight that made the “Junebug” breakout a bonafide Hollywood star. But seeing her soldier through “Disenchanted” makes one wish she had. She puts on her happy … Continue reading
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Netflixable? Don DeLillo’s “White Noise” makes it to the screen as a Noah Baumbach movie
The mind takes conditioning to get on the right wavelength to wrestle with post-modernist social satire. We’re decades removed from screen satire’s golden age, an era roughly bracketed by two Peter Sellers films, “Dr. Strangelove” and “Being There.” And getting … Continue reading
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