Daily Archives: January 31, 2023

Ok, M. Night, let’s see what you’ve got

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Movie Preview: Sam Worthington sets his sites on an action “Transfusion”

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.

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Movie Review: A Crisis of Faith and War of Wills in “Godland,” Iceland

“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

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Netflixable? Thai Quintet go to Extremes to Recover “The Lost Lotteries”

“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

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Movie Preview: A Valentine’s Day serial killer if priests thriller, “The Nomad”

Odd timing for this indie tale of peril and priests.

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Classic Film Review: THE Wheelman movie — Ryan O’Neal is “The Driver” (1978)

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

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