Monthly Archives: January 2024

The latest film from the Oscar-winning writer of “Dead Poet’s Society” is a sordid, torpid tale of violence and revenge set against the pulse-pounding (cough cough) sport of keno-pool, that oddball boardgame variation of billiards. “Double Down South” is a … Continue reading →

“Foe,” based on a novel by Iain Reid, is a dreamy and forlorn science fiction parable about the evolving nature of personality, the imperamence of relationships and the limits of science and technology. Set in a very near climate changed … Continue reading →

A little righteous payback for online predators, served up by our fave bald Brit bouncer? Pints all around, mate. “The Beekeeper” opens Thursday night, review posts Wednesday afternoon.

It’s taken a lot of intestinal fortitude to remain a Nic Cage Completist over the years. An Oscar winner for “Leaving Las Vegas,” great in films all over the spectrum — from “Raising Arizona” and “Peggy Sue Got Married” to … Continue reading →

What a delightful little French-flavored English bon bon this is. “Sleeping Car to Trieste” may be a corny, old-fashioned “Orient Express” rail-bound thriller, peppered with intrigues both deadly and quaintly silly. But by the time this sleeper hits the third … Continue reading →

Perhaps you run into the same reservation I do when considering Netflix’s latest version of the Andean survival epic “Society of the Snow,” a new retelling of the harrowing survival story immortalized in the non-fiction book “Alive,” the terrific 1993 … Continue reading →

The hiker’s come to the scenic desert around Joshua Tree to photograph a solar eclipse. But on his way back to his car, he spies a boy cowering in the shade. “I lost my parents,” the kid says. And Mr. … Continue reading →

A strike year following COVID years means that 2024 won’t generate the $9 billion the domestic box office pulled in for 2023. That’s foretold by the month of January, traditionally a slow month for new releases anyway, made more so … Continue reading →

Sometimes the all-star credentials of a vintage film draw you to it more than subject matter or a “classic” reputation. And occasionally, it’s the legend attached to it, the Hollywood lore surrounding it that piques your curiosity. Any film by … Continue reading →

There’s no sex or romance in “A Place of Our Own,” no hormone therapy, surgical consulations or discussion of “transitioning.” This simple slice-of-life/fly on the wall drama is about two transgender friends’ struggle to find a house or apartment they … Continue reading →