Daily Archives: July 14, 2023

I drive a lot. A LOT. I’m totally down with the idea of a road picture capturing the spiritual disconnect between where you left and where you’re going, a journey that changes you as you’re making it. This looks lovely. … Continue reading →

One can think one has a handle on all every cheese-making nook and cranny of Europe, and then something like “Operation Napoleon” rolls in and makes you realize “Iceland can be cheesy, too!” “Operation Napoleon” a lumbering B-movie about a … Continue reading →

This looks real-world gritty, a side of French life not often captured on film. August 11, we sample what it’s like to live “Between Two Worlds.”

There doesn’t seem to be much in the way of “true events” that this B-movie was “inspired” by. An integrated Marine unit fighting the Japanese in 1942? The heck you say? August 11.

The second film Neflix has made out of Josh Malerman’s dystopian thriller novel “Bird Box” has two veterans of the viral/zombie thriller genre, the Spanish Pastor brothers (“Carriers”), behind the camera, and not the Emmy winning Danish director Susanne Bier, … Continue reading →

There’s always movie money to be made by pandering to a particular audience, be it comic book and sci-fi fanboys and fangirls, foodies, this under-represented race or that disrespected cult. Back when it was called 20th Century Fox, somebody thought … Continue reading →