Daily Archives: August 8, 2023

Decades of “Twilight Zone” episodes and movies from “Primer”” and “Timecrimes” to “Safety Not Guaranteed” have demonstrated that you don’t need a huge budget to tell a time travel story. The best films of the genre are intellectual exercises, and … Continue reading →

This looks fascinating, a “hack” that hit the weakest link in a banking/Federal Reserve chain. “Billion Dollar Heist” comes out Aug. 15.

Writer-director Roderick MacKay’s “The Furnace” is a solid if somewhat slow Australian variation on the “gold fever leads to gold madness” “Treasure of Sierra Madre” theme. MacKay’s debut feature is about a blood-stained quest to get stolen gold out of … Continue reading →

I was traveling Monday when word came down that the great action director William Friedkin died. I only interviewed him once, about one of his lesser titles, “Blue Chips,” which brought him to Orlando where he and Shaquille O’Neal held … Continue reading →

This looks like a great production values period piece that ably mimics old school Universal horror fun.

“Jules” is a bland comedy about aging and an alien, of little consequence save for its impressive and whimsically-engaged cast. Oscar winner Ben Kingsley, Emmy winner Jane Curtin and always-amusing Emmy nominee Harriet Sansom Harris take their shot at this … Continue reading →