Monthly Archives: December 2022

March 10, the masked murderer takes the subway.

“I Used to be Famous” is a sweet little nothing of a feel-good comedy, a sometimes cloying wish-fulfillment fantasy about a pop music has-been and his new drummer, an autistic prodigy with the sticks. It’s built around a winning turn … Continue reading →

Heartfelt, animated to look like a comic book in motion, zany, trippy and multiverse. The dot matrix style of animation gave some folks vertigo and headaches (me among them). Same deal, you think?

Here’s a movie that opens a theme park in every 3D cinema in the world. James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Way of Water,” is a stunning and immersive big screen experience pretty much without peer in cinema history. Its beautiful, digitally-realized … Continue reading →

As the world girds itself for the next-level immersive experience cooked up by “Avatar” impresario James Cameron, now would be a good time to remember “how we got here.” In this digital effects world, Cameron may be the reigning king. … Continue reading →

I’m all for everyone working as long as they’d like, doing whatever they love so long as they can still get the job done. But Nick Nolte as a DEA field agent, fighting the drug wars along the border? The … Continue reading →

The Ukrainian Olga Kurylenko is in on the joke in “High Heat,” a glib, action-packed and surprisingly-amusing riff on the time-honored “I am NOT a person you’re gonna want to f— with!” thriller. It’s a straight-up B-movie, and like a … Continue reading →

Billy Eichner came close to killing the gay rom-com back in September with “Bros.” Which was at least funny, even if nobody saw it. Now, here’s Jim Parsons driving a stake through the doomed gay romance. Quite the fall. Pun … Continue reading →

“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 →

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 →