Monthly Archives: November 2023

For everyone who has been waiting waiting waiting for a dark and glib French take on “Les anges de Charlie,” here it is, a flippant and somewhat blood-spattered star vehicle for four French leading ladies titled “Wingwomen.” Director and star … Continue reading →

“Your Lucky Day” is a somewhat hackneyed B-movie about the violence that a big lottery ticket unleashes in a small New York convenience store. It stumbles into its inciting incident and drifts through some pitiless and bloody violence before taking … Continue reading →

Musical cliches are a rich part of any sports movie’s appeal, especially a formulaic comedy like “Next Goal Wins.” The chunky team needs to train to get in shape? A little Dolly Parton and “Nine to Five.” And then there’s … Continue reading →

Has the Marvel Studios team lost its mojo? Have comic book movies finally oversaturated the market (all over Disney TV, etc.) and jumped the shark? Run their course? Maybe. I liked Brie Larson as “Captain Marvel.” I’ve enjoyed Samuel L. … Continue reading →

“Next Goal Wins” is a scruffy, formulaic sports comedy that offers a Taiki Waititi take on a 2014 documentary about “the worst” soccer team “in the world” and the ill-tempered coach brought in to change that status. Even the titles … Continue reading →

“The Pigeon Tunnel,” a documentary built around the dark but playful the 2016 memoir and consisting of the last and longest interview the greatest spy fiction novelist David Cornwell, aka John le Carré, ever gave, isn’t an expose, a confrontation … Continue reading →

As we enter another deluge of “holiday” streaming movies, I’d be remiss in not catching on a title or two I missed from assorted streaming services LAST holiday movie season. “Something from Tiffany’s” comes with a Rotten Tomatoes critics seal … Continue reading →

The cornerstone of a good thriller is right there in the title to “Locked In,” a Famke Janssen star vehicle that loses track of the star almost as quickly as it tosses aside that essential building block. This British thriller … Continue reading →

Michael Fassbender doesn’t do much that’s comic. But this Taika Waititi production looks hilarious, and putting ABBA on the trailer just doubled down on the adorable. Last I checked, “Next Goal Wins” opens Nov. 17.

I’m hard-pressed to think of a screen role Aaron Eckhart didn’t commit to, heart and soul. A-pictures and B-movies, bit parts or leads, he’s present, prepped and accounted for every time somebody yells “Action!” For his latest, he’s hit the … Continue reading →