Monthly Archives: August 2023

“Marry My Dead Body” is a daft and somewhat slow-footed Taiwanse action comedy about a homophobic cop who learns tolerance by marrying a ghost, who then helps him Crack the Big Case. It’s a tad obvious, a bit dated, as … Continue reading →

A college-bound teen is falsely accused, and her future unravels when it does. “Marisol” is undocumented. Sept. 1.

Gothic horror period pieces, even violent R-rated ones, prove a hard sell as the low-star-power “The Voyage of the Demeter” didn’t make it to the $1 million mark on in Thursday night previews. A $750K take points to an opening … Continue reading →

With those darting eyes, sinister glare and a voice that could cut leather, Patrick McGoohan was an actor born to play Iago. But the only time the American-born, British-and-Irish-raised star of “Danger Man” (“Secret Agent Man” in the States), “The … Continue reading →

Another month, another bloated but watchable big bang of a Netflix action movie. Gal Gadot stars in “Heart of Stone,” a sort of “Kingsmen” riff on all-knowing/all-powerful off-the-books secret agents and their secret agency menaced by even more secretive evil … Continue reading →

What late summer crumpet of cute is this? “Bank of Dave” is an adorably plucky feel-good story from Across the Pond, a “true-ish” tale of hidebound, class-divided Britain and small town neighborliness and compassion confronting a literal “Old Boy’s Club” … Continue reading →

Comedy is a quick, and that goes for romantic comedies as well. “Match Me if You Can” is an indie rom-com that just isn’t — quick or romantic. There are funny lines and a cute moment, here and there. And … Continue reading →

Rory Kinnear has the title role, that of a bloke who wants to charter a small town bank to “help” his friends and other customers. Lock! Him! Up! the conservatives shout. Phoebe Dynevor, Paul Kaye, Naomi Battrick, Jo Hartley, Angus … Continue reading →

That broken record that hits the turntable almost every time I have to review a thriller is skipping again, this time all the way through “The Engineer.” “PACING,” skip. “PACING,” skip. This inspired by “true events” picture is about the … Continue reading →

Regular readers of movie reviews will recognize the words “beautifully-designed” and “handsomely mounted” as film critic speak for “The blind date we’re setting you up with has…a great personality.” So it is with the lovely-to-look-at, well-cast old school horror tale … Continue reading →