Yearly Archives: 2023

The first time I heard that Britishism disguised by the clever British acronym “Cee YoU Next Tuesday” was right around the first of October, 1980. And because it came out of the plummy, posh Oscar-winning mouth of the late Glenda … Continue reading →

“My veins no longer pump the blood of life,” Gus purrs to Irene, when he finally gets her to agree to go out with him. “We NEED you to nurture me back to life, Irene. An ETERNITY awaits us!” Irene? … Continue reading →

Sorry, if you’re OK with this faster and faster cycle of recycling, and Chalameting — in this case — of this worn out Roald Dahl story — you’re part of the problem. Hugh Grant as an Oompa Loompa? Sure. Seeing … Continue reading →

The right viewer in the proper frame of mind, in the mood for a gloomy, symbolic and supernatural dip into the psyche, might get more out of the Aussie thriller “Run Rabbit Run” than I did. A slower-than-slow slide into … Continue reading →

Dame Maggie, Oscar Queen Kathy Bates and always-a-contender Laura Linney make their way from Ireland to a famous French shrine. Wonder if the cinema’ll serve a decent pint for the occasion? Harp or Guinness I’m thinking. (Updated: My review of … Continue reading →

“The Channel” is a super-violent cops-and-robbers shoot-em-up set in the Irish Channel neighborhood of New Orleans. It’s built around “Heat” scaled shootouts between Tac’d to the max ex-military bank robbers, and New Orleans PD, SWAT and an FBI bank robbery … Continue reading →

“Two Tickets to Greece” kicks off like too many other Grecian idylls, with a woman in need of getting her spark, zest for life, belief in love or “groove” back setting off for sunny Greece. But this variation on a … Continue reading →

The first trailer for this sweeping saga of the rose and fall of Bonaparte features Vanessa Kirby and Ian McNeice (thought it was Rupert Everett as the Duke of Wellington, or is he George III?)…and a performance that I guess … Continue reading →

July 28, this John Magarro/Chasten Harmon star vehicle hits. Looks pretty good, played a lot of festivals.

“The Modelizer” is a sex-comedy masquerading as a wish-fulfillment fantasy romance, sort of a “Crazy Rich Womanizing Asians,” and pretty much as insufferable as that sounds. Veteran supporting player Byron Mann — “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “Little Fires Everywhere,” “The Big … Continue reading →