Daily Archives: November 2, 2023

Movie Review: “The Marsh King’s Daughter” is tested by her upbringing in this wilderness thriller

Karen Dionne’s Crimson Scribe-award winning, best-selling novel “The Marsh King’s Daughter” earns a sturdy, suspenseful big screen treatment by the director of “The Illusionist” and “The Upside.” Neil Burger benefits from having a compelling lead — Daisy Ridley — and … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling LOL “The Fall Guy” to the Big Screen

I HATE Bon Jovi. Just…hate. But there’s something kinda right about using a Pop Hair Metal (shudder) Hall of Famers’ tune to score this action comedy reboot of the ’80s TV series about a stunt man who hustles a little … Continue reading

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Movie Review: A Morose Romance tested by “Fingernails”

“Fingernails” is a romantic curiosity with a touch of sci-fi, a film that puts The Observer Effect in a human relationships context. That’s the physics phenomenon/theory that you change something merely by the act of studying or “observing” it. This … Continue reading

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