Daily Archives: May 17, 2023

“Faithfully Yours” is a Dutch thriller about wives who cheat and what the almost-as-dishonest mistrusting men who married them might be capable of if they find out. It’s a subtly-acted slow-starter, with a fine, flashy finish, a “solid” genre piece … Continue reading →

Are you sold on this dark horror comedy with a “Get Out” racial edge? Here’s your deal closing trailer. June 16.

That epic motorcycle stunt Tom Cruise was showing off last year? It’s here. Lot of names in the cast, aside from the usual suspects. The villain? He’s an anti-vaxxer. Not the character, the actor. Used to follow him on Twitter. … Continue reading →

Aspiring novelists start and abandon many a book about a writer trying to write her or his first novel. Aspiring filmmakers do the same. But as movies cost a lot more than a simple word processing program, those that are … Continue reading →

The best sports movie director of recent times, Ron Shelton, who gave us “Tin Cup,” “Bull Durham” and 1992’s “White Men Can’t Jump,” developed one rule for casting such films after the efforts it took to make a certain future … Continue reading →

Lovely to see these blokes again, Tom Wilkinson, Robert Carlyle (I thought he was dead.) and Mark Addy star in an FX series picking up the Sheffield Steel (strippers) story 25 years later.

Jason Momoa IS “The Greatest Showman!” Who knew? With his every peacocking gesture, every grand spreading of his epic arms and epic smile, every flounce, prance, steely-eyed threat — “You want to control the world, I just want to punish … Continue reading →