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Daily Archives: December 12, 2022
Netflixable? Young, Pretty and Living with anxiety in Sunny Southern Italy — “Jumping from High Places”
“Jumping from High Places” is a sugary sweet, lightweight take on living with anxiety, a movie that gets credit for tackling the subject and showing off pretty people in a very pretty place — Bari, in Apulia on the very … Continue reading
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Next screening? “Avatar: The Way of Water”
Let’s find out if James Cameron still has his “King of the world” mojo. Three hours +, in new immersive 3D, a long long delayed sequel in multiplexes starved for a blockbuster. Let’s hope it’s not all wet. This is … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Mother, Daughter and the local teens — Who is the most “Twisted?”
“Twisted” is a lukewarm, slow-walking thriller built around a co-dependent relationship between a widowed mother and her troubled, introverted teen daughter. It’s not helped along its merry way by clumsy plotting, slack direction and stiff performances, which seem more amateurish … Continue reading
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Netflixable? “Delivery by Christmas” gets a little lost along the way
A lot of charm and potential cuteness gets lost in the holiday shuffle and stumbling structure of “Delivery by Christmas,” a light and what could have been more amusing seasonal romantic comedy from Poland. A lot of packages get delivered … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Skarsgard, Mia Goth and Cleopatra Coleman get lost in the “Infinity Pool”
A trippy trip of a picture from Neon and directed by a Cronenberg, but not THAT Cronenberg. Check it out.
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