Monthly Archives: February 2024

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 →

Rudy Pankow has the title role in this oil patch comedy, which also stars Bruce Dern. Looks good, and that combo has comic promise. Love that THC. March 8.

One reason that funny filmmakers obsesses about “pacing” is their knowledge that, slow-burn comedies aside, speed overcomes many a sin when it comes to generating laughs. You never go far wrong, comically, when everything in your play/movie/sitcom happens at a … Continue reading →

Laugh-out loud moments pepper the fight scenes and random child-mishandling moments of “Bogeyman,” an Egyptian action farce that serves as a star vehicle for veteran character actor Amir Karara. Bearded, burly and in on the joke, Karara (of “Mousa”) is … Continue reading →

Dirk Bogarde makes a devilishly vile, eyebrow-arching villain in “Cast a Dark Shadow,” a tasty tale in that most British of genres, the murder mystery. Not that there’s much “mystery” to who our murderer is. But as dastardly as Mr. … Continue reading →

It would be hard to understate how intensely lovable “Scrambled” is. Writer, director and star Leah McKendrick has made a scruffy, raunchy, rough-and-ready comedy about a Millennial whose biological clock has been sped up to the point where she puzzles … Continue reading →

A tale of growing up on the mean streets of Chicago, a loving family at home and family that you make when you make a great friend, this Minhal Baig drama is the embodiment of an Indie Spirit Award nominee. … Continue reading →