Monthly Archives: February 2023

As you can tell from her photograph, actress Nell Barlow exudes Big Mary Elizabeth Winstead energy in “Sweetheart,” a light British rom-com about coming of age when you’re gay, confused and in your teens. It’s a pity her character April, … Continue reading →

This looks like a real Rod Serling/Stephen King freakout. And in a good way. Feb. 10

There are dramatic moments, stretches of action and snatches of pithy dialogue that suggest there’s a half-decent thriller inside the ungainly, frustrating mess of “Among the Beasts.” But it goes wrong, right from the start, in an unnecessary, uninteresting story … Continue reading →

It feels like the sort of film where you keep an eye peeled for light switches on the walls in every interior scene. Didn’t see one, though. Well done! Feb.21.

Sure, you can give your movie a rapacious Viking prologue to a modern day werewolf story. But it’s not until the new-to-town cop meets the grizzled, loony one-armed werewolf hunter whose name is Lars and not Quint, and the young … Continue reading →

“Poppy” is a cute Kiwi comedy about a teen with Down Syndrome who refuses to let it slow her roll or limit her life. Poppy wants to learn to drive. Poppy wants to be able to drift when she drives. … Continue reading →

The most lovable heavyweight of the modern era gets a bio pic starring Khris Davis, with Oscar winner Forest Whitaker as his trainer, manager, corner man and Sullivan Jones as Muhammad Ali. April 28, this one hits theaters. Yes, the … Continue reading →

I saw just enough of the “Pam & Tommy” Hulu series to think, “Yeah, about what I expected” and “Nooo, not for me.” Salacious and lowbrow, yes. Emmy winning it might have been. But if you commit to avoiding “Baywatch” … Continue reading →

Stately. Sentimental. Bit of a departure for Guy Ritchie. Dar Salim co-stars as the interpreter a soldier decides he must save, thanks to “Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant.” Yes, that’s its full title. April.

“Rye Lane” has all the ingredients of a classic romantic comedy. All of them. It starts with a “meet cute,” introduces a morose, just-dumped guy to a Manic Pixie Dream Girl, compresses time into (mostly) a magical single day walking-and-talking … Continue reading →