Monthly Archives: March 2023

Tying a video Russian-born video game’s sale to the West to the fall of the U.S.S.R. may be a bit of a reach. But “Tetris,” the thoroughly engrossing new film about that, lacks nothing for ambition. At times, it’s as … Continue reading →

Shazad Latif, Sajal Ally, Shabana Azmil and Emma Thompson also star in this May 5 release. But about that title…

“Rimini” is a darkly-comic Austrian tale of a Lounge Singer in Winter, figuratively and literally. This Ulrich Seidl film is set in the Italian resort city in the off-season, when the snow blows and the water park is closed. That’s … Continue reading →

“Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” has a badass star…and Chris Pine (Sorry, nobody puts Michelle Rodriguez in a bad-ass back seat). And it opens next week.

The producers pulling together a long-expected sequel to “Twister” would be wise to take a look at “Supercell” before shooting starts. It’s a “Twister” sequel in everything but name. A kid grows up in Florida, where his blonde, ex-storm scientist … Continue reading →

“Shazam: Fury of the Gods” stumbles down the narrow line between “kid-friendly” and “just plain juvenile.” As the “Shazam” movies are engineered for a younger audience, Janie and Johnny’s first comic book movie, that isn’t a blanket condemnation. It rises … Continue reading →

It’s 2023. Maybe the world is finally ready for Little Richard and everything he unleashed April 21, from Magnolia and CNN Films.

The Beijing-based husband and wife team of Huang Ji and Ryûji Otsuka’s latest portrait of China’s Generation Xi follows a protagonist from their drama “The Foolish Bird” into college but unable to escape the rootlessness and grind that the country’s … Continue reading →

Big name guest stars, same jokey tone. Could be fun. Let’s see.

“John Wick: Chapter 4” is way cool, and way too damned long. It is the epic and epic-length installment in a franchise that’s served up “the same, only more of it” with each fresh outing, a lurid, violent, over-armed, over-designed … Continue reading →