Daily Archives: July 25, 2023

Oh to be a tweenage girl with access to Disney+ this weekend. “The Slumber Party” is a brisk, breezy and often-amusing riff on that old fashioned teen and pre-teen ritual, the last sleepover of summer. Well-cast, with some properly snarky … Continue reading →

Fans of the famed Disney “Haunted Mansion” will pick up on all sorts of easter eggs and visual nods to the theme park attraction — sets, gimmicks, props, etc. — in the new film based on a beloved piece of … Continue reading →

The great character actor Ron Perlman has his best big screen role in many years in “The Baker,” a thoroughly satisfying two-fisted B-movie carved out of classics of the genre and carried on the broad, brooding shoulders of “The Perl.” … Continue reading →

“Love Tactics” was a Turkish rom-com that borrowed from a lot of Hollywood films of the “Failure to Launch” variety for a showcase of some of the most beautiful actors in Turkish cinema. You know the drill — the guy … Continue reading →

A D-Day veteran and “90 year old coffin dodger” leaves his nursing home and great love for a trip to Normandy to pay tribute to fallen comrades. A true story — you might remember this sidebar inspired from when President … Continue reading →

One, two three four…slash-mark to denote “five.” That’s what a B-movie shoot-em-up often invites you to do, just keep track of the body count. Six, seven, eight, nine, another slashmark — “TEN.” “Shrapnel” is a straight-up “They’ve taken my daughter” … Continue reading →