Monthly Archives: June 2023

A child of “the projects,” she has grown up immersed in tragedy. Drugs, pan-generational poverty and guns saw to that. “I heard my Mom’s heart stop beating when I was eight,” Vicaria narrates. “Death is the disease that broke my … Continue reading →

One cannot help but marvel (cough cough) when pondering how far popular culture has come and how much more visually sophisticated the “Transformers” franchise has grown over the decades. Generations have literally never outgrown this. Toys that first inspired a … Continue reading →

Warner Brothers and DC are all in this version of “The Flash,” throwing Keaton, Affleck and others into the cast alongside problematic star Ezra Miller. Sasha Cole, Kiersey Clemens, Michael Shannon, and they landed “It” director Andy Muschietti from Argentina. … Continue reading →

Every night this week, it seems, something else is previewing that’s expected to dominate at least its opening weekend.

“Operation Mayfair” is an Indian serial killer thriller set in London, a film meant, no doubt, for domestic consumption on the Subcontinent and never really intended for prying, judging, non-Hindi-speaking eyes and ears. It’s dreadful by most any measure — … Continue reading →

Pasquale Marrazzo’s “The Neighbor,” titled “Hotel Milano” in Italy, is a melodramatically tragic gay romance about two lovers kept apart after one is beaten into a coma by gay bashing skinheads. The comatose Luca (Jacopo Costantini) has no idea his … Continue reading →

The most daring thing about “Missed Connections,” a chaste social media romance from the Philippines, is the conclusion it comes to. Maybe social media isn’t the cure for dating ills and loneliness that it’s made out to be. No, it’s … Continue reading →

A one night-only horror event? “Mad Heidi” stars Alice Lucy, Max Rüdlinger, David Schfield and Casper van Dien. Swiss-timed to play at a theater near you on June 21. Don’t forget the chocolate!

This June 30 Dreamworks animated coming-of-age action comedy is anti-mermaid, and arrives after “The Little Mermaid,” and not Pixar and shows up after “Elemental.” Seems like a bit of a comical reach, but you know kids. Maybe they’ll connect with … Continue reading →

You take one look at these kids, and your first thought might be “Does the orphanage have anybody else we could adopt?” They’re albino-pale, white-haired blondes with eager-to-please smiles. But golly, who wouldn’t say, “Childrens of the Damned” the moment … Continue reading →