Yearly Archives: 2023

“Blood & Gold” is a sadistically funny German Spaghetti Western set in the last days of World War II. Suspenseful and violent, with brawls, booby traps, impalings and machine gunnings, it’s damned entertaining in the ways it finds to kill … Continue reading →

“Simulant,” the latest slice of cautionary sci-fi about “sexy replicants/androids/’simulants’” developing minds of their own points to one solution worth tossing into the current debate over the many forms and faces of AI — artificial intelligence. Make a rule that … Continue reading →

Not as many laughs in this trailer, and as this narrows the focus of this tale to broke barmaid/Uber driver who “dates” a young guy because her parents promise her a Buick Regal, that’s all on the star. Jennifer Lawrence … Continue reading →

When “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical” hit the road a few years back, two different women were cast to play the singing, dancing tyro from “Nutbush City Limits.” The producers weren’t stupid. What mere mortal could pull off what Turner … Continue reading →

Craftsmanship counts for a lot in the pristine, PG-13 frights of “The Boogeyman,” a polished and well-cast Stephen King adaptation. As spine-tingling suspense is a reflexive human response that can generated by shot-selection, lighting, music that sets a tone and … Continue reading →

Be honest. It’s the alliterative, titillating headline that grabbed you, right? Do yourself a favor. DON’T Google “movie with a talking penis.” There are a LOT more of those than you think, so no, it wasn’t invented with that “Pam … Continue reading →

A negotiator tries to keep himself and 200 disparate passengers Alice until they land. A late June Apple TV+ release.

Considering the stiff and static new version of “The Little Mermaid” runs some 50 minutes LONGER than the classic it is remaking, the only reason to leave this out is…the violence. If you’re giving us photo real (and emotionless) fish … Continue reading →

As this review is publishing, Hollywood screenwriters are still on strike, hoping to acquire better compensation for all the platforms their work appears on and unionized protection from all the things that AI-generated writing could take away. Watching a strictly-formula … Continue reading →

Sebastian Maniscalo is a bouncy, animated stand-up comic who uses his Italian-American background in his act. So when he whipped up a screenplay with some of that material as a star vehicle, who’s he get to play the title character … Continue reading →