Daily Archives: September 9, 2023

Take any genre, any movie in any film series and add Tina Fey to it and the proceedings are always going to be more fun. Fey joins Kenneth Branagh‘s merry parade of Hercule Poirot period pieces for “A Haunting in … Continue reading →

A woman tries to reconnect with her estranged…and very rich French family in this Sébastien Marnier (“School’s Out”) thriller. Looks privileged and acrid. Sept. 22, this rolls out in select cities.

A fish-out-of-water thriller about two lasses taking work in the most sexist place on Earth. Hugo Weaving? Scarier as he gets older. Neon has “The Royal Hotel,” so the release date is TBD. Worth keeping an eye out for, though.

This looks cute and mean and comes out Oct. 27 on Netflix. But it’s directed by the guy who dragged Harry Potter over the finish line. It’s over two hours long, and sorry, but David Yates? Not a handler of … Continue reading →

You’d think restaurants would know better than to name a cheese dessert “Fromage a Trois.” A label like that can get couples thinking and talking about the other trans-national use of “trois. And one thing might lead to another, or … Continue reading →

Somebody on your movie-buff birthday or holiday shopping list is a Clint Eastwood fan. This luxe new pictorial with essays on the man and his films comes in its own box, a beautifully presented book that matches its author’s thesis … Continue reading →

“The Nun II” is pretty bad — worse than the original, in my book — and it’s usually up to opening (preview) night audiences to get the word out, along with critics (it wasn’t previewed for us). It’s basically a … Continue reading →