Monthly Archives: March 2024

Tough urban youth “reformed” by bicyling one of the toughest places to bike in America. Leslie David Baker from “The Office” is here for comic relief, Sean Astin for moral support. “Hard Miles” has good festival buzz, a crew of … Continue reading →

Donnie Yen gets his ass kicked in one scene in “Polar Rescue,” titled “Sou jiu/Come Back Home” when it opened in China. And frankly, it’s not a good look for the martial arts icon, who has been more at home … Continue reading →

Apple TV+ has this bad boy who calls himself “one of the good guys.” He finds missing people. And busts the heads of those who would stop him. John “Sugar” drives a “car with character (’60s ragtop Corvette), keeps his … Continue reading →

Last year saw a Bille August mini-series based on the famous Alexandre Dumas novel. Jeremy Irons was featured in that. This new theatrical take stars Pierre Niney of the Yves St. Laurent biopic of a few years back as Le … Continue reading →

Alec Guinness brings a deft twinkle to G.K. Chesterton’s venerable saintly sleuth “Father Brown” in his only big screen outing as the Catholic crime solver, titled “The Detective” when it showed in the United States. And while I can’t say … Continue reading →

“My Name is Loh Kiwan” is a downbeat Korean melodrama peppered with violence and victimhood and adorned with too many trials and tribulations for its own good. Writer-director Kim Hui-jin stuffs a TV soap opera season’s worth of over-the-top challenges, … Continue reading →

Memorial Day Weekend, Sony Animation takes another shot at turning “Garfield” in a franchise. Samuel L., Chris Pratt, Cecily Strong, Ving Rhames, Hannah Waddington, Nicholas Hoult, Bowen Yang (of course) and Snoop Dogg? Whose idea was it to cast Bowen … Continue reading →

“Outlaw Posse” is a scruffy, old school blaxploitation Western from Mario Van Peebles, son of iconic African American filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, who put the “Black” in blaxploitation, back in his “Sweet Sweetback’s BADASSSSS Song” day. Mario V. P. charmed … Continue reading →

“Unfriending” is a deadpan Canadian comedy with “film festival darling” engrained in its DNA. It doesn’t quite come off, but being dark and droll, it might play to the right audience, a forgiving film fest crowd willing to ignore how … Continue reading →

The coming-of-age teen sex comedy genre goes younger and supposedly edgier in “Snack Shack,” which tells the story of randy Xennials in 1991 Nebraska City, Nebraska. The follow-up to writer-director Adam Rehmeier’s quirkier “Dinner in America” is a transgressive, tedious … Continue reading →