Yearly Archives: 2023

Bill Camp, Pamela Reed, Alan Ruck and Jurnee Smollett star in this serio-comic courtroom “true story” about little men sticking it to The Man. Oct. 6.

There’s something about Rhys Darby’s quick, quizzical-voiced Kiwi cadences in “Relax, I’m From the Future” that remind me of the performances in the BBC Radio series (broadcast on NPR in the US) “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” I love the … Continue reading →

As a critic, I’ve been listed with the online movie review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes since the day it went “live” in 1998. Because, as every ageist troll who disagrees with a review I’ve written likes to point out, I’ve … Continue reading →

Every turn towards the bizarre and amusingly complicated gives away director and star Fares Fares‘ intentions in his “true story” hostage thriller “A Day and a Half.” He’s aiming for something like a Swedish “Dog Day Afternoon.” There’s a member … Continue reading →

Sandra Oh plays the loopy sister in this dognapped farce set for Nov. 3 on Hulu. I laughed a couple of times. Got to be a good sign for the “Quiz Lady.”

“Just keep driving” that Ute, mate. Yeah, it’s Australian. Vague “crime in the Outback” vibe. Trapped in that Ute, frantically on the phone, rising threat levels, a panicked dad who “Didn’t know.” Oct. 6, we’ll know.

She already got two movies and a TV series out of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding.” And Nia Vardalos even put a Greek travel comedy into theaters, “My Life in Ruins.” But it’s pretty obvious that the only thing Hollywood … Continue reading →

What a random, almost plotless debacle “The Nun II” turns out to be. Three screenwriters — one assumes (this is AI-generated bad) — took characters created by James Wan and Gary Dauberman, and sort of half-assed their way into giving … Continue reading →

Part of “The Carnage in the Convent” universe. Let’s have a good fright in Regal 4DX this Thursday afternoon, eh?

There’s one line from the chorus of the nautical anthem “Rule Britannia!” that always makes me cringe. “Britons never will be slaves.” Anybody who remembers reading of the 150 years of “press gangs,” rounding up civilian men in seaports or … Continue reading →