Monthly Archives: April 2024

Horror movies are, as John Carpenter once broke down for me, a teachable series of practical effects and learnable basic knowledge of human psychology. So sure, somebody who is the child of a famous director who is still a big … Continue reading →

The chief appeal of a “Calendar Girls,” “Poms,” or “80 for Brady” movie is the chance to see venerable and venerated film stars taking themselves on a trip down memory lane, and us along with them. Such movies are an … Continue reading →

“Blueberry” is a drab indie “film festival movie” about a young gay woman who meets someone who might get her out of BFE, Indiana, and the conflict this creates with her sister, who sees the newcomer as a bad influence. … Continue reading →

Sterling Brown and Mark Strong are among the co-stars in this topical, FX-laden but possibly empty-headed actioner slated for release on Netflix May 24. It looks slick and really dumb.

“Boy Kills World” is a gonzo, video-game-violent/splatter-film-bloody “Hunger Games” for fanboys. It is “Oldboy” meets “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” pandering and slaughtering in equal measure, a movie with jaunty, genre-spoofing possibilities that descend into into lethargy and wind-up in … Continue reading →

Tatum stars as a tech tycoon with his own private island, Naomie Ackie is a cocktail waitress with gold digging on the brain. Oscar winner Geena Davis, Kyle MacLachlan, Christian Slater and Haley Joel Osmebt also star. This MGM/Amazon comic … Continue reading →

Looks cute. Ish. Neon has this one, which means it opens May 31, closes June 1. Or maybe June 2.

July 26, as surefire a hit as any comic book movie to ever come down the pike hits theaters. Shawn Levy directs our heroes teaming up to “fight a common enemy.” “Superfriends” eat your hearts out.

“We Grown Now,” the third feature of writer-director Minhal Baig, is a sentimental coming-of-age tale, a period piece nostalgic for Chicago’s stigmatized and long-gone Cabrini Green high-rise housing project. That’s just the first way this lovely and intimate film upends … Continue reading →

South African writer-director Brad Katzen puts extra effort into trying to make his stoner comedy “Soweto Blaze” look and sound new and “fresh.” The setting is a post-Apartheid Soweto, more affluent and generally unrest-free, with nicer homes and just a … Continue reading →