Monthly Archives: April 2023

I wasn’t nuts about this German drama when I reviewed it, but it’s interesting and well intentioned and stars the great German actor Jurgen Prochnow. And it’s harmless, something I have to worry about when donating DVDs to public libraries … Continue reading →

Mesmerizingly beautiful diving footage, a drifting narrative and some solid performances recommend “Blueback,” a sweet but somewhat squishy eco-parable set Down Under and starring native Oz daughter Mia Wasikowska. It manages to tell the story of a young woman’s lifelong … Continue reading →

Fernão Mendes Pinto was a 16th century Portuguese explorer, adventurer, memoirist and fabulist whose life reads like a conflation of the quests of Cabeza de Vaca or Marco Polo and the picaresque invented misadventures of Baron Munchausen or Harry Flashman. … Continue reading →

It wasn’t the news that 20th Century Studios is bringing a straight-to-Hulu remake starring those household names Sinqua Walls and Jack Harlow next month that had me settle in and rewatch “White Men Can’t Jump” last night. It was the … Continue reading →

“Nefarious” is a simple two-hander about a psychological/theological debate between a condemned mass murderer who says he’s possessed by a demon and the atheist psychologist sent to determine if he’s sane enough to execute. If the dialogue is compelling, the … Continue reading →

Sophie Wilde and Patrick Gibson are the youngsters on hand for this slick looking period piece about magic and manipulation, based on the Tom Holt novel. Miranda Otto is also here for good measure.

One of the cardinal rules of any sports film is that the actors portraying players need to be convincing in that sport, and the that filmmaker must know how to storyboard, block and edit surfing or soccer, golf, baseball, football … Continue reading →

Look at all the famous faces and voices in this farce about a mental patient “dead ringer” for an actor who has to navigate making a movie and the fame that comes with that “Fool’s Paradise” of a life. Day … Continue reading →

Collectively, they were called “The Hepta Group,” and during their peak years — the late ’80s and early ’90s — they were Spain’s three “witch” answer to “Ghostbusters.” Got a haunted house or antique store, poltergeist trouble or some other … Continue reading →

I did not expect to like May Pang’s latest remembrance of her time with her former employer, then lover, John Lennon. The question tossed at her in some of her many TV interviews over the years, asking if she feels … Continue reading →