Monthly Archives: February 2024

This is the nuttiest promotion for a movie since a studio sent out boxes of plastic tomatoes to create buzz for “Fried Green Tomatoes.” But it’s different. Check it out. There’s a LOT of Jack Black in this and no, … Continue reading →

Excellent production values and solid special effects were squandered on the Korean blockbuster “The Moon,” maybe the dumbest space flight picture since we learned, for certain, that the Moon isn’t made of cheese. It’s a space disaster movie of the … Continue reading →

Seems to me I’ve started watching “The Entertainer” several times over the years, got one look at Lord Olivier in greasepant and gloves, tap dancing and singing, and thought “Well, not tonight.” A melancholy tale of a dying art form … Continue reading →

Minimalist, paranoid, journalistic, an actor’s opportunity for a tour de force.

“Land of Bad” is a solid-enough B-movie combat thriller with the cast and production values of an A-picture. It’s got Oscar winner Russell Crowe as an Air Force drone pilot guiding commandos played by Luke and Liam Hemsworth, Milo Ventimiglia … Continue reading →

Netflix International’s economy of scale scheme that sees the streamer financing remakes of films that were a success in one culture in another country continues with the new Polish comedy, “Kill Me If You Dare.” “Zabij mnie, kochanie,” as it … Continue reading →

There’s a laugh-out-loud meltdown in the third act of “Five Blind Dates” that makes up for some of the tedium that’s come before and almost atones for all that doesn’t amuse or charm about the finale to come. It’s a … Continue reading →

Oscar contender Bening is the wife and mom who goes missing from her country club set family, alarming the adult kids and casting suspicion on her husband (Neill). It’s based on a novel by Liane Moriarty of “Big Little Lies,” … Continue reading →

A hitman with brain cancer, “like a curtain coming down.” Unfinished business, threats, and blowback. The usual stuff you face when you murder people for a living. James Marsden and Joanna Kulig are also in the cast of this thriller, … Continue reading →

In the mood for a “Shaolin Soccer/Kung Fu Hustle” martial arts comedy, a Soviet era period piece reminding the world of the Bad Old Days when Russia was even more repressive than it is today? Well, so was I. But … Continue reading →