Daily Archives: February 12, 2024

Impressive effects and a general light-hearted tone give “Dr. Cheon and the Lost Talisman,” a Korean sword, sorcery and ghost-busting action comedy, a fighting chance. It doesn’t quite come off as it cannot avoid the trap of so many comic … Continue reading →

Cynthia Erivo is the witch Elphaba, Arianna Grande is Glinda the “Good Witch,” with Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum. No Dorothys are necessary in this version of Mr. Baum’s Oz, remember. Jon M. Chu of “In the Heights” and “Crazy … Continue reading →

“Ashes” is a slick and sleek Turkish thriller about a woman who falls in love with an unpublished book, a romance based in reality but enveloped in romance novel fantasy. The latest from filmmaker Erdem Tepegöz (“In the Shadows”) begins … Continue reading →

Your short flight from LAX to Cabo San Lucas goes down. Way down. You’re trapped in an air pocket in the fuselage some distance below the surface. There are sharks outside, a limited air supply inside, and help may or … Continue reading →

July 26. Angus MacFadyen classes up this tale of “Marvel Jesus.” Looks fun, and yeah they’re out of ideas.

A Climate Changed, specially effected reboot of 1996’s “Twister.” That Glen Powell (“Maverick,” “Anyone But You”) is having himself a moment. With Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sasha Lane, Anthony Ramos, Katy O’Brian, Maura Tierney and Kiernan Shipka. Riding the wind and its … Continue reading →