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Daily Archives: January 12, 2023
Classic Film Review: An Oscar winner re-visited, “My Left Foot” (1989)
I had to return to Daniel Day Lewis‘ Oscar acceptance speech from the spring of 1990 — God Bless Youtube — to make sure I was remembering it right, that he saluted the Academy for “providing me with the makings … Continue reading
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Netflixable? The Mother of a “Disappeared” Mexican learns to join those making “Noise (Ruido)” about this crime
The grey-haired woman whose daughter disappeared is as startled to run into the third prosecutor/investigator assigned to her daughter’s case while out hunting for her child herself. What’s he doing here? “Fixing other people’s mistakes,” he buck-passes. And her? “Doing … Continue reading
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Producers Guild Award Nominations narrow the field
What the Screen Actors Guild Award nominations are to the Acting Oscars, a good indicator of what the Oscar nomination field will look like, the Producers Guild Awards are to Best Picture, Best Documentary and Best Animated Film. Looks like … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Allison Brie, Jay Ellis and Kiersey Clemons, reconnecting with.. the groom? “Somebody I Used to Know”
Dave Franco directed, and he and Brie co-wrote this oddball rom-dramedy. Coming soon, Feb. 10. Looks cute.
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Netflixable? Vampires enroll at a Catholic School in the Spanish Farce “Hollyblood”
Here’s a slice of vampire-vamping Spanish Manchego that may be a little late to the whole “Vampire movies are silly” parade. But give the cast and crew of “Hollyblood” props for taking their best shots, which land almost often enough … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Ashton Kutcher is still a thing? Ashton and Reese star in “Your Place or Mine”
A Feb 10 Netflix Valentine’s Day rom-com about “old friends” swapping coasts and apartments and maybe finding love…with someone. Each other? Taking bets on that. Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher and a rom-com about finding love in your…40s?
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Movie Preview: Jim Gaffigan is a science show host with a mad dream of building his own rocket — “Linoleum”
Rhea Seehorn, Tony Shalhoub and Michael Ian Black also star in this odd, dreamy comedy. Feb. 24 this one comes to theaters.
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Movie Preview: A fresh terror of WWI underground — What’s in this “Bunker” with us?
This paranoid thriller with a supernatural twist has a shot at showing us WWI on a budget. Feb. 24, we find out if it works. As if there wasn’t enough to be terrified of in the trenches.
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