Monthly Archives: September 2022

Well, that headline’s something of a bait and switch. “Major motion picture” doesn’t really fit this meek kiddie horror tale, a thriller that still has its training wheels on. But what more could we expect from a movie that took … Continue reading →

The latest horror tale from the director of “Valentine DayZ” is about a cargo ship with a vampire in its hold — “VampyrZ on a Boat.” It is badly acted, with a mostly high-mileage cast that for the most part … Continue reading →

Movies about the early career of stage and screen “wunderkind” Orson Welles are, by definition, for fans. And one thing fans are always going to insist on is casting a convincing version of the charismatic, sonorous stage and radio tyro … Continue reading →

The leather gives them away — the tattoos, the piercings, the black boots and wristlets and matching Flying Vee replica guitars. This here is a metal band, and judging from the “Enter Sandman” era hair, they’re all about the thrash. … Continue reading →

“Project Wolf Hunting” is “Con Air” on a cargo ship — psychopathic convicts being transported by sea. And there’s something even more monstrous on ice in the hold! Boy, Hollywood’s going to have to put the work in to catch … Continue reading →

The life of a shoemaker to the stars. Some folks are going to really be into this, I dare say.

“Railway Children” has more hugs in it than any British movie this side of “Love, Actually.” So much for chilly, oppressed English reserve — then or now. This treacly trifle is the latest version of an E. Nesbit novel from … Continue reading →

Peter Farrelly’s luck had to run out. The director who made his name with farces, who got Oscar glory for turning sentimental, serious and only occasionally silly with “Green Book,” gives us his take on Vietnam with another dramedy inspired … Continue reading →

It’s a Vietnam War movie, so of course there’s a soundtrack packed with 1960s pop and rock — “Cherish” (badly used) to “Let It All Hang Out,” it’s not “Good Morning, Vietnam,” but “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” does blow … Continue reading →

There’s a sweet twist to this sad news, that James Earl Jones has retired. Vanity Fair makes it official, the great man with the singular voice is hanging it up at 91. But Lucasfilm is passing a last big check … Continue reading →