Monthly Archives: January 2024

They filmed this one in S.C., and it looks sweet and just soft and squishy enough to not merit a theatrical release. Hulu has this Searchlight release, starting Feb. 9. Here’s a link to my review of it.

Once and always “Iron Man” and possible Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee Robert Downey Jr. is holding a sweepstakes/fundraiser, offering five of his electric-modified classic cars to lucky winners. You don’t have to buy or donate anything to win, but … Continue reading →

What makes a “classic” film is what it leaves in the memory — sympathetic, lost or loathesome characters played by gifted actors, stunning visuals, seamless editing, a relatable or vicariously thrilling plot, pithy, quotable dialogue, or perhaps a couple of … Continue reading →

Real life father and daughter in a road trip dramedy about recovery and addiction and parenting when “You got that from me.”

Daniel Kaluuya, the British star of “Get Out,” “Nope” and “Judas & the Black Messiah,” steps behind the camera for “The Kitchen,” a story of underclass unrest in the face of official indifference, and one young man’s conflicted efforts to … Continue reading →

As an apocalyptic “can’t we all get along” parable set in space, “I.S.S.” can be poignant and even pulse-pounding. But a promising lift-off, chilling set-up, dazzling production design and good effects can’t overcome a “more impressive than entertaining” label. Oscar … Continue reading →

Which seems the bigger stretch, skinny stoner MF Snoop Dogg as a former NFL “legend,” or the foul-mouthed pothead Snoop as a guy whose “community service” is coaching a peewee league football team? Watch your mouth. Kal Penn, Tika Sumpter … Continue reading →

“Cult Killer” is a most peculiar Irish spree-killer thriller about the trauma of abuse, the monstrous sins of the super rich and some bizarre quirks of the Irish criminal justice system that one suspects are just clumsy inventions of the … Continue reading →

I nagged and nagged Bleecker St. to hook me up with an “I S.S.” screener, and “the witness protection program of film distribution” didn’t do so much as pass on the courtesy of a reply of “No.” Lack of faith … Continue reading →

Tom Shales, the witty and biting longtime TV critic for The Washington Post and puckish NPR film critic for a stretch has died. He was 79. And he will be missed, as many of us have missed his cutting, Pulitzer … Continue reading →