Monthly Archives: February 2024

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“Ashes” is a slick and sleek Turkish thriller about a woman who falls in love with an unpublished book, a romance based in reality but enveloped in romance novel fantasy.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 →

A truly transcendent figure is music, an iconic spokesman for the oppressed whoever and where they might be, and a guy who was a lot more than his mellow, uplifting persona. I had higher hopes for this, a holiday rollout … 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 →

Alfred Hitchcock’s peak years were the 1950s, when he was utter master of his craft and he was privileged to make use of Hollywood’s best and brightest with the budgets to do them all justice. From “Stage Fright” and “Strangers … Continue reading →

More urban, the shock of the assault on noisy cities, different family unit, different director, same jolts. A tent pole picture for the summer of 2024.

Giving Diablo Cody’s “Lisa Frankenstein” a wide release was as good an idea as anybody had for this movie-going weekend. No other titles — almost all January releases– are still drawing, the WGA and SAG strikes cut down on production … Continue reading →

God help me, but I laughed a few times at “Down Low,” a glib, nasty and triumphantly transgressive comedy about a dying gay man’s off-the-bucket-list last big adventure. Zachary Quinto plays that dying gay man, whom we don’t know is … Continue reading →