Monthly Archives: February 2023

My stars and garters, I lost COUNT of the number of times I muttered “They did NOT just go THERE” while watching “Cocaine Bear.” I haven’t seen this many cocaine jokes since “Saturday Night Live” in the ’80s. And the … Continue reading →

A daughter comes home to be at her aged, ailing father’s side to hear his lasdtbrewuesr. That she help him end his life Look for this one in mid April.

It’s worth applying the Hippocratic Oath when considering the quality, veracity and messaging of any “faith based film.” “First, do no harm,” Hippocrates preached. The angry, divisive tone of “God’s Not Dead,” “Left Behind” and too many films that ride … Continue reading →

OK, a movie made in Morristown, Tennessee, birthplace of “Evil Dead” and the careers of Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell, one with a nasty pun for a title. “Welcome Villain” is the distributing company? March 3, “Hunt Her Kill Her” … Continue reading →

Steve Martin’s “Number One is Walking: My Life in Movies and Other Diversions,” is the sort of book that airports should buy in bulk and sell at a discount, so that passengers can give them a quick read and leave … Continue reading →

Neve wants to believe it when she says it. She especially wants the person she’s talking with to buy in. “I’m a proud Black woman,” she says, not even convincing herself. “PROUD.” But we’ve already seen her immersion in white … Continue reading →

The director of “Grabbers” serves up this tale of family property and a blood covenant of some sort that comes with it. Part of the deed. Or tradition. A curse? Maybe a bit of all three. March 10, “Unwelcome,” starring … Continue reading →

The job of “High Commissioner” of a set of islands in French Polynesia has to be any bureaucrat’s dream posting. Wear lots of white linen suits, make the occasional speech, sit down with local politicians and opinion leaders over fresh … Continue reading →

This is a Knoxville TV station’s account of the story that is the basis for “Cocaine Bear,” a little archival footage homework before my next screening, Ms. Banks’ stoned bear horror comedy.