Monthly Archives: December 2023

This looks like a grand curtain call of a sort for an actor who’s played a lot of hard men in recent decades. IFC has “American Star,” which co-stars Fanny Ardant and Thomas Kretschmann and Nora Arnezeder, slated for Jan. … Continue reading →

Sad news from South Korea today. Lee Sun-kyun, one of the standouts from the Oscar winning parable “Parasite,” has died. He was 48, and the cause of death was suicide, as he was caught up in a drug abuse/drug trafficking … Continue reading →

Adam Driver isn’t miscast in the title role of “Ferrari,” Michael Mann’s trek through a month or so of 1957, a make-or-break year for the racing institution supported by a bespoke Italian performance sports car company. Driver is tall enough … Continue reading →

Danville, a small Virginia city on the state line with North Carolina, is a place I’m very familiar with as it is near where I grew up. And one thing I’ve noticed about it, returning from Alaska, Florida, and everywhere … Continue reading →

Oh not, not ANOTHER “pretend we’re getting married” rom-com, tricking the relatives so that somebody can fake his way to an inheritance. A “bet” is sure to be involved. The lies will pile on top of lies, as more and … Continue reading →

Ernest Hemingway was famously grumpy about film adaptations of his novels, and the mere brevity of the first screen version of “A Farewell to Arms” must have raised his ire. But Frank Borzage, the first two-time Best Director Oscar winner, gives … Continue reading →

Eve plays the protege of a famous private eye who is murdered in this Jan. 19 release. Strictly B-movie, from the looks of it. But we all love B-movies, right? And Banderas? And Ms. Eve?

I’m not sure when the Big Holiday Movie Event became a thing, although “To Kill a Mockingbird” made its bow on today’s date, and “The Godfather” certainly claimed that Christmas Day opening “event” in its time. “Les Miserables,” the Downey/Jude … Continue reading →

What a wonder “The Adventures of Robin Hood” must have been to the Depression Era moviegoers who first saw it. A jaunty Errol Flynn swashbuckler splashed across the screen in the still-new and rare Technicolor, capturing glorious locatations, with Oscar … Continue reading →

Best product placement in “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom?” The brew of choice our King Arthur sips with his lighthouse keeper Dad. I didn’t care for the movie. But Momoa always does his best to deliver fair value. And drink … Continue reading →