Monthly Archives: April 2023

Let it never be said that Nicolas Cage doesn’t deliver fair value every time he pops up on screen. Challenging indie dramedy, chewy support in an A-picture or straight-up vamping as some devilish variation of himself in everything else, he … Continue reading →

Let’s hope it doesn’t bite. Or suck. In the wrong ways, at least. Opens Thursday night.

“De humani corporis fabrica” is a cinematic med school anatomy quiz, one which doesn’t necessarily provide direct answers to what it is we see being probed, sliced, removed, straightened or examined under a microscope. We can guess. Usually. If the … Continue reading →

A24 is home to high end horror, and this high-concept thriller — she just wants to talk to her dead Mom, and friends/peers know how that’s done — sure looks like it delivers. July 28.

“Country Gold” is a pulled-punch satire of country music stardom, a Garth Brooks send-up that arrives about 20 years too late to land. But give director, co-writer and star Mickey Reece credit for ambition. The Oklahoman Reece (“Anges” and “Corgis … Continue reading →

Law plays Capt. Hook, Jim Gaffigan is Smee, and a bunch of adorable Brit accented moppets flesh out the rest of the cast. April 28, Disney+, methinks.

An American summoned to Italy to be “The Boss” of “The Family.” Toni Collette has the title role, Monica Bellucci is her rival/advisor, etc. Atsa gotta be cute, capisce?

Get past the sometimes cool and properly sinister effects and “The 9th Precinct” is a very stupid movie — or at least a seriously silly one — trying to pass itself off as a serious thriller. A tale of ghosts … Continue reading →

Any doubt that the Chinese invented noodles is utterly erased in Donnie Yen‘s martial arts actioner, “Sakra.” He takes this sword-and-sorcery saga straight into Spaghetti Eastern — or Ramen Noodles Western, if you prefer — territory from the first bit … Continue reading →

In the small town where I grew up, in the BFE borderlands of Virginia and N.C., I lived within walking distance of a downtown cinema that opened and closed a few times in my childhood, giving up the ghost completely … Continue reading →