Monthly Archives: March 2024

In our celebrity-obsessed culture, the work of creative people is often overwhelmed by the pathos or drama of their personal stories. That’s long seemed the case with the great Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. Notorious for her iconic, attention-grabbing “look,” her … Continue reading →

This sentimental “amazing dog” story — inspired by true events — looks to be sweet and uplifting, unless Mark Wahlberg screws it up. Guessing that won’t happen. “Arthur the King” opens Friday.

“The Passenger” is a cinematic product of a different age, when movies could be geared for a more patient audience, one willing to embrace a mystery for mystery’s sake. Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1975 Hollywood outing, a Jack Nicholson star vehicle distributed … Continue reading →

Hate mail. Nothing like it. This Olivia Colman/Timothy Spall cuss-a-thon from “finest hour” or nearabouts Jolly Olde opens March 29. Looks a stitch, it does.

A terminally ill hit-man decides to go out with a bang — a couple of bangs — by executing the guys above him on Taiwan’s “Most Wanted List” in “The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon,” a new thriller from … Continue reading →

Montana’s Bitterroot Valley provides the striking locations of “Trail of Justice,” an over-ambitious and amatetuerish Western with a few decent sequences that stand out amidst the clumsy plotting, bad to indifferent acting, stilted dialogue and mixed messaging. It traipses from … Continue reading →

Because fans do not live by movies alone.  Oscar night, Twins spring training baseball afternoon. Pretty good seats, thanks to StubHub.  Modelo beer, because it triggers the MAGA Fort Myers locals.

James Marsden co-stars in this familiar twist on the hit man-hired killer thriller. With Oscar winners Marcia Gay Harden and Al Pacino. March 15.

A paranoid survivalist paranoid thriller? Or a riff on life in “A Quiet Place” with a father protecting his twin sons? The plot description alone could give away the game of this April 12 release.

Denzel Washington will have the title role and that sketchy Jake Gyllenhaal will take on the venomous Iago in what is sure to be THE hot ticket on Broadway in 2025, a new production of “Othello.” Brian Anthony Moreland is … Continue reading →