Monthly Archives: December 2023

It was a blockbuster when it opened on the Subcontinent. But as in North America, being a big box office hit isn’t necessarily a qualifier for Oscar glory. India’s submission for this year’s Best International Feature competition is a sentimental, … Continue reading →

Hey, it was the ’80s. Axel was the Name of the Decade, amIright? Paul Rudd and Joseph Gordon Levitt, along with Judge Reinhold and a few survivors from the Glory Days of “Beverly Hills Cop” are back on the job … Continue reading →

The comforts, traumas and shortcomings of “Memory” make for a poignant if somewhat melodramatic romance and star vehicle for two of the best in the acting business — Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard. It’s a story of two damaged people, … Continue reading →

Martin Freeman plays the Tennessee high school teacher and mentor who is challenged by a talented student who decides to tease, test and maybe even ruin him.

A bracing, trippy thriller that lets technique overwhelm a simple story, “NAGA” is like no Saudi film we’ve ever seen before. Writer-director Meshal Al Jaser’s tale of young female (limited) rebellion and a quest to escape a posh party in … Continue reading →

A divided country with a “Florida Alliance” and “Western” forces of Texas and California at war with the central government? Sounds far-fetched but cautionary and not exactly the kind of “escape” people will be looking for next April, in an … Continue reading →

Filmgoers will have two sides of Mulroney available this Christmas. He’s in that Australian-set romance “Anyone But You,” starring Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell and Alexandra Shipp. That was supposed to come out in January, but Sony is smuggling it into … Continue reading →

One hair-raising moment in the Korean thriller “The Ghost Station,” a tale of people having subway”accidents” that look like nothing of the sort, involves cell phone tech. Someone points their cell camera down a tunnel. The focus framing outline pops … Continue reading →

This looks indie and non traditional, as far as Westerns go. We are… intrigued. Jan. 12.

Hand it to Warner Bros. for their approach to their favorite piece of Roald Dahl intellectual property. They didn’t just remake “Charlie” or “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” They took a stab at giving us a back story about … Continue reading →