Monthly Archives: May 2023

Charlie Day made his bones as a funnyman as the guy with the fingersnails-on-a-chalkboard voice. The screeching star of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “Horrible Bosses” and “Fist Fight” takes his shot at mime with “Fool’s Paradise,” a making-movies comedy … Continue reading →

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 →

“Velvet Jesus” is an indie melodrama that tumbles into the obvious trap, the one symbolized by its title. It’s so slow it’s static, like watching the paint dry on a paint-by-numbers “velvet Jesus” kit that a little boy, seen in … Continue reading →

It seems so long since I’d reviewed a new Woody Allen film that I had to look up to see whether this was related to his long-time-coming “cancellation,” or the fact that his days of having decent distribution passed sometime … Continue reading →

Cillian Murphy gets his Big Deal Big Screen star vehicle with this haunted turn, with Emily Blunt and Matt Damon and Branagh others in support in Christopher Nolan’s second historic epic about a history-shifting event. July 21. I can hardly … Continue reading →