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Daily Archives: December 31, 2022
Netflixable? Tyler Perry serves up the soap as “A Jazzman’s Blues”
Tyler Perry turns his melodramatic eye on the recent past for his latest, a jazz-and-blues in 1940s Georgia tale titled “A Jazzman’s Blues.” It’s about race relations under Jim Crow, when miscegenation was a multi-syllable word even the trashiest rednecks … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Are we amped up for “M3GAN” yet?
Here’s a featurette for the killer doll movie that emphasizes the technology “that’s already here” that could make this “Twilight Zone” nightmare Jan 6, “M3GAN” becomes the first major release of the new year, and I’m guessing…the first hit.
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Movie Preview: The Casablanca Records Saga, KISS and Donna Summer, “Spinning Gold” for Mr. Bogart
Late March, a more modestly–budgeted musical bio-pic comes our way. We recognize the ’70s disco and glam rock era icons Casablanca Records signed and rode to glory. The cast of the picture? Aside from Michelle Monaghan and Dan Fogler? Maybe … Continue reading
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Anthony Hopkins wishes one and all a Happy, and perhaps more sober New Year
How cool is it that Sir Anthony Hopkins is “47 years” sober, that he’s 85, and that he shares his New Year’s Eve birthday (TODAY) with Sir Ben Kingsley? This message reminds us that the Great Drunks of British Acting … Continue reading
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