Daily Archives: February 5, 2024

Movie Preview: Are we ready for “Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2?”

Sequel to a viral “Winnie’s in the public domain, let’s do a horror riff on it” straight-to-video production. No word on the release date for this bloody-minded bear yet.

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Netflixable? A Grim WWII Tale of Policing Occupied Belgium under the Nazis — “Will”

The late historian David McCullough told me something once in an interview that I’ve applied to most every historical drama I’ve reviewed ever since. “The people living through” historical events, McCullough noted, “don’t know how any of this will turn … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Vietnamese Martial Artists face “The Foggy Mountain” beat-down

The fights are furious enough, but the script for the Vietnamese martial arts thriller “The Foggy Mountain” (Dinh Mu Suong) is as weary a collection of cliches, trite tropes and recycled Eastern “wisdom” as one could imagine. And having seen … Continue reading

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