Monthly Archives: January 2024

An over-the-top, violent and campy prologue sets us up for the all-star action romp that is “Argylle,” an espionage comedy from the fellow who unleashed the “Kingsman” franchise, Matthew Vaughn. Brawls and epic shoot-outs break out, droll action heroes and … Continue reading →

A cast of promising and young things flip the cards and flip out at what follows May.

A lot of people warned about what might happen. But most of America shrugged those warnings off, only to turn on a TV and gape, in shock, at the attack on the United States capital by right wing extremists on … Continue reading →

Two hours and 19 minutes of all star action comedy. Ready or not, here we go.

One could swap the title to “Phobias” and change the studio branding to “Pixar” and Dreamworks’ “Orion and the Dark” would fit (somewhat) neatly into that Disney studio’s recent obsession with the metaphysical. A movie about being afraid of the … Continue reading →

Lionsgate has this “true story” (Perhaps merely inspired by?) Action epic. They’ve had good luck with WWII films, so we’re keeping our fingers crossed.

“Deep Fear” isn’t a straight-up “Dead Calm” knockoff, despite the similarities in these waylaid-at-sea stories. It’s still about a sailboat hijacked by a person or persons the skipper stopped to rescue. The nautical props and “weapons” are going to be … Continue reading →

A martial arts period piece set during the Sino-Russian tensions of the early ’70s. This looks…nuts. Feb. 23, Kino Lorber does what it can for US/Estonian relations. Russia mocking? One can only hope.

A body can go months at a time without seeing a crime thriller that DOESN’T have an obligatory “strip club scene” where a malefactor hangs out, where the cops, a detective or a relative of a missing person goes to … Continue reading →

There are a few things I really appreciated about “Suncoast,” writer-director Laura Chinn’s memoirish remembrance of the slow, wasting death of a sibling. Characters live through story arcs, reminding us of the hope that even the most lost among us … Continue reading →