Monthly Archives: October 2023

Yeah, he plays the father figure to three dorks searching for a treasure. But still, it’s an NBC-U-Peacock project. And he’s in it. A November 17 release on Peacock.

Amazon is streaming this Deal with the Holiday Devil comedy Dec. 1.

Filmmaker Ashley Avis made a pretty good modern American West version of the classic children’s novel “Black Beauty” for Disney a couple of years back. One thing she figured out adapting Anna Sewell’s novel is that it’s not really a … Continue reading →

Darin Scott directed, co-wrote and cast himself as the pre-Joseph Smith prophet Moroni from Smith’s “Book of Mormon” in a fourth century tale of white chosen people settling Pre-Colombian America, part of Smith’s 19th century religious text and historical thesis. … Continue reading →

A cast of aces, a playful turn by Jamie Foxx, Bill Camp‘s volcanic villainy and the mere presence of Tommy Lee Jones make “The Burial” a courtroom drama well worth your time. A true-ish account of a battle with everybody’s … Continue reading →

“Desperation Road” is a Southern Gothic tale of blood, family, a debt that may never be repaid and the debtor who is determined to change that. Actress turned director Nadine Crocker’s cast gets the little things right as their director … Continue reading →

Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Blues fan Martin Scorsese must have had fun selecting the string band music, jazz and blues for his long period piece about the nearly erased history of “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Some of the … Continue reading →

The odd lovely moment slips into “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Martin Scorsese’s grim and epic treatment of a systemic mass murder of Osage Indians for oil rights in 1920s Oklahoma. But then, when you’re Martin Scorsese and you put … Continue reading →

You can’t really call it a preview when it’s the night before opening. But I missed it on the festival circuit and had to see it in a theater, no matter what my kidneys might say. Three hours and 24 … Continue reading →

The Czech and Slovak joint production “Nightsiren” is a witchy tale about superstition, ritual and the function of witchcraft in an age-old patriarchy. Director and co-writer Tereza Nvotová has conjured up an obscure, opaque thriller of symbolism and violence, old … Continue reading →