Monthly Archives: August 2023

The new “Blue Beetle” embraces its heritage — the proud Latino one and not-too-proud to not have a laugh at its checkered DC comics and TV history . It’s representational, emphasizing its Spanishness with Spanglish and has laughs at North … Continue reading →

For a filmmaker who came from the world of editing to create a string of visually striking films, several of them epics and more than a couple regarded as masterpieces, “Madeleine” stands out as a venture that wasn’t as “David … Continue reading →

“Eye of the Storm” is a Taiwanese disaster movie built around a pandemic and set inside a hospital. The coronavirus of this outbreak was SARS –Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome — which burst out of Asia in the spring of 2003. … Continue reading →

The true story of a pig farmer who killed hired hands and fed them to her hogs becomes an amateurishly awful thriller in the hands of first-time feature director Adam Fair, as “PigLady” fails in pretty much every way a … Continue reading →

The f-bomb is dropped 15 times before the opening credits of “Strays,” a raunchy new talking-dogs comedy that’s sort of “The Incredible Journey” without Disney, an “Incredible Journey Through Profanity and Every Vulgar and Gross Thing Dogs Do.” Will Forte, … Continue reading →

This looks good and damned timely, I must say, an appreciation of a pioneer in his field, Dr Lonnie Thompson, who documented climate history via ice core samples Sept 15, this comes to NYC and LA. Sept 20, it comes … Continue reading →

You don’t have to have ever been in a Home Owner’s Association (HOA) to be triggered by Jirí Havelka’s “The Owners, (Vlastníci),” a cynical and dark Czech comedy about “democracy” in action. Basically a real-time nightmare of an HOA meeting … Continue reading →

“Madeleine Collins” is an utterly fascinating spin on the “He/She’s living a double life” dramatic trope, and another fine showcase for the wonderful French actress Virginie Efira, of “Revoir Paris” and “Benedetta.” Her character in this Antoine Barraud drama is … Continue reading →

This looks good, but has just a hint of Netflix “blank check” indulgence filmmaking. Cooper got the externals right, although the fake nose is drawing some unwanted attention. I noticed it, but it doesn’t scream “inaccurate” to me and doesn’t … Continue reading →

But we’ll see and hear for ourselves shortly. “Strays opens Thursday night.