Monthly Archives: January 2023

A Special Forces vet must take on the underworld when his little boy is threatened in this thriller, which also stars, Phoebe Tonkin, and the film’s writer-and-director, rugby star turned actor and now actor-director Matt Nable. Mar. 3.

“Godland” is an Icelandic fable of faith and cultures clashing and colonialism told as the story of a Danish Lutheran priest sorely tested when he’s sent to minister to an unserved corner of the sparsely populated volcanic rock. Hlynur Pálmason, … Continue reading →

“The Lost Lotteries” is a seriously slap-shticky farce from Thailand, another version of “We need to get back that LOTTO ticket,” this one co-starring a famous Thai kickboxer. It’s not all that original, but it’s as screwy as can be, … Continue reading →

Odd timing for this indie tale of peril and priests. https://vimeo.com/788715956

It’s an iconic set up, a “Show us what you’ve got” moment common to a whole lot of movies about “wheelmen,” the guys who drive the getaway car. The hoods have shown up in a little old lady Mercedes, an … Continue reading →

Dave Bautista and Co. test a gay couple and their kid in this “Sophie’s Choice for All Humanity” moral thought experiment. Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rupert Grint, Abby Quinn, Jonathan Groff and Ben Aldridge also star. Shyamalan has gone all in on … Continue reading →

Don’t want to get too carried away about how much this new Brit zombie movie “Alive” sucks, but the “doctor” in a painfully amateurish opening scene gives “bad news” by putting on and taking off his glasses half a dozen … Continue reading →

Not every actor in his position, once more famous than he is now and a long time between hit films or must-see series, gets the parts that Ryan Phillippe does. Even the B-movies have possibilities, and if not high-mindedness, at … Continue reading →

An Indian wedding, a kidnapped maharajah and Mark Strong as “a real detective” feature in this March 31 action comedy that is the third teaming of Sand Man and “Jenn.” Could be fun. Probably not, but let’s see what we … Continue reading →