Daily Archives: November 29, 2023

What a maddening, convoluted and bizarrely complex comic thriller “I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me” is. Maybe it’s the passive “hero,” the muddled morass this Mexican college student in Barcelona finds himself trapped in, the holes in the narrative … Continue reading →

Like Elvis, Nicolas Cage is a pop culture figure who undergoes a revival every decade or so as a new generation rediscovers him, or new contemporaries find fresh reasons to appreciate the wonders of this sometimes forlorn icon of “out … Continue reading →

Beautifully-cast and well-acted, handsomely-mounted and comically topical, “American Fiction” strikes a precise blow at publishing culture, stereotypes of The Black Experience in America, expectations of The Reading Public and just what “they” let the African American “us” write about, sell … Continue reading →

This film festival darling might have awards buzz no one’s quite aware of, or perhaps was misguided. But the cast (Josh Charles included), the sadness that permeates the trailer — very much a “Fall” film and a “film festival” film … Continue reading →

Yeah, I’m late getting to this. And maybe it’s the memory of “Thanksgiving” that has me pondering the state of this particular horror project. Anybody get “This is another ‘fake’ trailer from ‘Grindhouse’” vibe from this one? Goldie and Kurt’s … Continue reading →