Monthly Archives: May 2023

This looks rough and tumble, and a tad edgy. A Middle Eastern poet and med student who gets a rep as a “Dr. Feelgood,” thanks to his hipper-than-thou, gets-around girlfriend? As Paris Hilton would say in her day, “Sounds hot.” … Continue reading →

I could not WAIT to get to the Norwegian “Royalteen” sequel, “Royalteen: Princess Margrethe,” (he lied). I mean, what could top that soapy “going to high school with royalty and falling for a prince” fairytale with “real teen” sex and … Continue reading →

“Knights of the Zodiac” is an adequately-budgeted action fantasy about young warriors recruited to protect or attack the reincarnation of the Greek goddess Athena, warriors identified by their connection to an inner power/”Force” called Cosmos. No, it has nothing to … Continue reading →

Based on a video game, inspired by themed restaurant nightmare palaces like Chuck e Cheese and Showbiz Pizza, home of the Rock a Fire Explosion. Got to like the horror hooks built into this one.

“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.