Daily Archives: April 3, 2024

Two 2-hour movies, previewing back to back. “Omen” and “Monkey Man.” It’s early April, so we’re not getting our hopes too high. But somebody’s gotta be good enough to get that pre summer money. Here we go.

Golf, an elitist sport long identified with “white privilege,” is challenged in “The Long Game,” a feel-good dramedy about a plucky team of Mexican-American kids who took on racist Texas and racist Texans in the 1950s and integrated golf in … Continue reading →

Twentieth Century Studios takes a shot at rebooting their classic “Omen” property, and Universal acknowledges that Indian cinema is an increasingly important draw at the U.S. box office with their “Monkey Man” Dev Patel action pic. Both are opening Friday, … Continue reading →

The world’s most popular sport is bound to produce scads of formulaic sports dramedies about plucky underdogs and the challenges they face mastering or at least embracing “The Beautiful Game” in pursuit of some higher um, “goal.” “Next Goal Wins,” … Continue reading →