Daily Archives: October 25, 2023

He went for grandeur, the artist as emotionally needy being, and “larger than life” with this trailer for the holiday release/Oscar contender “Maestro.” Cooper’s got the voice, the walk, the bravado down pat. Maybe people will stop talking about the … Continue reading →

I’d lost touch with “The Ring” universe, assuming, like most Western filmgoers, that 2017’s failed reboot “Rings” was the end of the hairy horror harpy from the well tale. Silly me. The “cursed video” whose viewers die mysterious deaths within … Continue reading →

Erivo is a refugee who has made it to a Greek island, Shawcat is a tour guide she meets and befriends in this film festival darling, a February release.

Boudica, the wronged-woman turned warrior queen heroine of Roman era British history, has been featured in lots of movies over the decades, pretty much all of them B-pictures. “Boudica: Queen of War” doesn’t break that curse. But as B-movies go, … Continue reading →