Daily Archives: May 10, 2023

I didn’t much care for “Giving Birth to a Butterfly,” although I can appreciate the attempt to meld elements of the Theatre of the Absurd, memory plays and magical realism into something odd, obscurant and quite out of the ordinary. … Continue reading →

Eva Longoria’s directing debut is about the “legend” of the real-life janitor who invents a popular snack food grabbed Dennis Haysbert and Tony Shaloub and Matt Walsh in support of Jesse Garcia and Annie Gonzalez for this June 9 Disney+/Hulu … Continue reading →

It looks…humorless. But the effects look rock solid and Paramount is hurling this bad boy against the cinema wall, and it will stream May 30. “I know a big-ass shark when I see one!”

“The Apex Predator” is back. And we ain’t talking “Barracuda,” either. Another Megalodon? “I just hope it goes better than last time!” Aug. 4. Megashark vs. J. Stath. Fair fight.

With women’s rights and leadership role in society under assualt in many corners of the world, the time seems right for a fresh look at Egypt’s “Queen Cleopatra,” an “iconic” woman “who bowed to no man,” as producer/narrator Jada Pinkett … Continue reading →

“The Wind and the Reckoning” is the poetic title of a modestly-budgeted but informative and sometimes moving historical thriller set during the days of The Republic of Hawaii. That was the government set up by an American-backed coup in the … Continue reading →