Daily Archives: June 19, 2023

Movie Preview: “Bottoms” is not about what you think..but the trailer is RED BAND

A fight club for girls, pushed around and bullied and reaching that point where yeah, “Let’s go f—up some football players!” Bad girl Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri, Marshawn Lynch, Havana Rose Liu, Kaia Gerber, Dagmara Dominczyk and Ruby Cruz are … Continue reading

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Movie Review: A Bronx “Bodega” owner makes his mark as Instagram’s Star Drug Dealer

I think it took me maybe 10 minutes — OK possibly 15 –– before I figured out that “Bodega,” a film about an Instagram-obsessed/Instagram-famous bodega-owner and drug dealer, is a mockumentary and not a DOCumentary. There’s nothing all that far-fetched … Continue reading

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Next screening? J Law Promises “No Hard Feelings”

We know she can be flip and funny and make sex and sexuality amusing, just from her chat show appearances and little radio stunts for YouTube. Playing a woman willing to do anything to get out of debt? Well, almost … Continue reading

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Netflixable? Demented Indonesian Bloodbath — “Para Betina Pengikut Iblis”

A demon makes mischief in an Indonesian village and the result is a bloodbath, with feuding locals under that demon’s influence and a little cannibalism thrown in for um, flavor. That’s “Para Betina Pengikut Iblis,” whose title appears to translate … Continue reading

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Movie Review: High School is Hellish during “The Crusades”

I have never seen a “last party” teen romp as violent at “The Crusades,” a would-be coming-of-age comedy that drowns in a hot tub of toxic testosterone. It opens with a teen-planned/teen-featured cage fight and climaxes wtih a gang brawl … Continue reading

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