Monthly Archives: May 2023

Memorial Day weekend always means WWII movie marathons on all your favorite classic movie channels. But I thought I’d get a jump on that by tracking down a favorite of mine from the ’80s and watching it for the first … Continue reading →

“Where the Tracks End” is an affectionate appreciation for the broke, small town schools that were the rule in much of Mexico much longer than they should have been, and the inspiring, intrepid women and men who made it their … Continue reading →

“Blood & Gold” is a sadistically funny German Spaghetti Western set in the last days of World War II. Suspenseful and violent, with brawls, booby traps, impalings and machine gunnings, it’s damned entertaining in the ways it finds to kill … Continue reading →

“Simulant,” the latest slice of cautionary sci-fi about “sexy replicants/androids/’simulants’” developing minds of their own points to one solution worth tossing into the current debate over the many forms and faces of AI — artificial intelligence. Make a rule that … Continue reading →

Not as many laughs in this trailer, and as this narrows the focus of this tale to broke barmaid/Uber driver who “dates” a young guy because her parents promise her a Buick Regal, that’s all on the star. Jennifer Lawrence … Continue reading →

When “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical” hit the road a few years back, two different women were cast to play the singing, dancing tyro from “Nutbush City Limits.” The producers weren’t stupid. What mere mortal could pull off what Turner … Continue reading →

Craftsmanship counts for a lot in the pristine, PG-13 frights of “The Boogeyman,” a polished and well-cast Stephen King adaptation. As spine-tingling suspense is a reflexive human response that can generated by shot-selection, lighting, music that sets a tone and … Continue reading →

Be honest. It’s the alliterative, titillating headline that grabbed you, right? Do yourself a favor. DON’T Google “movie with a talking penis.” There are a LOT more of those than you think, so no, it wasn’t invented with that “Pam … Continue reading →

A negotiator tries to keep himself and 200 disparate passengers Alice until they land. A late June Apple TV+ release.

Considering the stiff and static new version of “The Little Mermaid” runs some 50 minutes LONGER than the classic it is remaking, the only reason to leave this out is…the violence. If you’re giving us photo real (and emotionless) fish … Continue reading →