Top Posts & Pages
- Movie Review: An "Angel and the Badman" in which Tommy Lee Jones plays Neither
- Netflixable? Polish Rocker Rebels and Resists as "Less of a Stranger"
- Are Youtube Environmentalists "Dr. Edmund Hale" and "Ambrose Wild" AI Phonies?
- Documentary Review: The Canadian Who Cooked Up "SNL" -- "Lorne"
- Movie Review: A Brad and his Dog -- "Heart of the Beast"
- Movie Review: The Sad Aftershocks of "Obsession"
- Movie Review: Djimon's the Shuttle Bus Driver, Kodi's "The Passenger" with a Bomb
- Netflixable? Can "Animals" Stick the Landing?
- BOX OFFICE: Pre-Halloween "Other Mommy" opens Big, "The Social Reckoning" is Unfriended
- Movie Review: "Der Tiger" ("The Tank") Lumbers down a Too-Familiar Path
Find a Movie Review
Like Movie Nation on Facebook
Daily Archives: January 10, 2023
Movie Preview: “Three Day Millionaire,” a Brit heist picture with a whiff of Guy Ritchie about it
Feb. 21, we see if these Grimsby wankers score, right? Oy!
Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news
Comments Off on Movie Preview: “Three Day Millionaire,” a Brit heist picture with a whiff of Guy Ritchie about it
Movie Preview: A tragedy about the AIDS epidemic as it hits Brazil, “The First Fallen”
If you think of the fascist conditions in Brazil at the time this was made, you have to appreciate the guts it took to get “The First Fallen” made. Seems tougher minded than most Hollywood looks back at that epidemic. … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news
Comments Off on Movie Preview: A tragedy about the AIDS epidemic as it hits Brazil, “The First Fallen”
Movie Review: Feel-good French Bon Bon for foodies? “Kitchen Brigade”
Feel good movies are a universal language, a cinema lover’s comfort food whose formula crosses borders and language barriers. I dare say “Kitchen Brigade” would amuse, tickle and touch in most any language. But the year’s first winner in this … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news
Comments Off on Movie Review: Feel-good French Bon Bon for foodies? “Kitchen Brigade”
Movie Preview: A Drama about the Fight Over the Keystone Pipeline — “On Sacred Ground”
David Arquette, Amy Smart, Irene Bedard, Frances Fisher, Mariel Hemingway, and Tom Cruise’s actor/screenwriter brother William Mapother are the stars. This politically-environmentally charged drama, scripted by Mapother, comes out Friday (Jan. 13).
Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news
Comments Off on Movie Preview: A Drama about the Fight Over the Keystone Pipeline — “On Sacred Ground”
Movie Review: Iceland’s Oscar hopes are pinned to teenaged “Beautiful Beings”
“Beautiful Beings” is a rough and harrowing coming-of-age drama in the tradition of “Kids,” “Thirteen” and “My Own Private Idaho.” Any hint of “Stand by Me” romanticized boy bonding is smothered where we fear these unparented, impulsive 13-year-olds will end … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news
Comments Off on Movie Review: Iceland’s Oscar hopes are pinned to teenaged “Beautiful Beings”
Movie preview: An insane trailer, a very dark comedy — Joaquin Phoenix stars in “Beau is Afraid”
Mr. “Midsommar/Hereditary” Ari Aster has a paranoid new comedy opening April 24. Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan, Patti Lupone and Parker Posey star in this hallucinogenic hostage farce. It looks nuts.
Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news
Comments Off on Movie preview: An insane trailer, a very dark comedy — Joaquin Phoenix stars in “Beau is Afraid”
Netflixable? An Italian slapstick revival — “Watch Out, We’re Mad”
Once upon a time, at the tale end of the Golden Age of the Spaghetti Western, a couple of canny Italian producers and directors figured out that at home and abroad, a big chunk of the audience for those oddball … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news
Comments Off on Netflixable? An Italian slapstick revival — “Watch Out, We’re Mad”
