Daily Archives: January 10, 2024

We’ve all had that fantasy. Some Russian creep or organized group of creeps zaps your computer or that of a loved-one. They try and blackmail you to get control of it back, or get into your data and start looting … Continue reading →

“Miss Shampoo” is an unhappy blend of goofy comedy, wish-fulfillment fantasy and bloody violence, a lumbering farce that never quite finds the sweet spot in any of the genres it mashes up. It opens with violence, ends with violence, and … Continue reading →

This Berlin Film Fest darling looks intriguing — immigrant joins Foreign Legion, but what he gets mixed up in down in Africa makes his question his service and who is doing what to whom. Feb. 2.

There’s a lot to sort out and take in from this trailer to what’s obviously a B/C movie thriller, coming from Quiver. Some recognizable faces — Laurie Fortier of “The Walking Dead,” “To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday” and decades … Continue reading →

Those “Mean Girls” are back, still lording over North Shore High, still cruel and cutting as only high school girls can be, still trying to make “fetch” a thing. Tina Fey‘s greatest girl-on-girl teen take-down returns in triumph, a sometimes … Continue reading →

Idyllic 1950s lives and child-rearing, an accident and “blame” and “guilt” tear apart two friends and neighbors and mothers. Two Oscar winners go toe-to-toe — literally. Looks chilling.