Monthly Archives: May 2024

A good gimmick goes a long way in a romantic comedy, because basically, there’s been nothing truly “new” in the genre since “Much Ado About Nothing.” Writer, director, actor and composer Rudy Mancuso borrowed the musical commentator on the action … Continue reading →

Capaldi plays a guy who figures out that his girlfriend “has a very PARTICULAR personality” in this thriller. Psychopath? Lambert, showing his mileage, is the father who sets out to find “what have you done to my son?” June 25

One of the most popular musicals of the last 25 years comes to the screen this Thanksgiving, a fairytale spun off of L. Fram Baum’s “The Wizard of Oz.” Ariana and Cynthia Erivo and Michelle Yeoh and Bowen Yang with … Continue reading →

Maybe you’ve seen a nature program that tells the story of the long migration of the Monarch butterfly, those beautiful, delicate orange and black lepidoptera that amazingly make their way over vast distances from all over North America, from as … Continue reading →

Savi Gabizon remakes his Israeli mystery drama of the same title with an international cast including Gere, Kruger and Jessica Clement. A summer release? Feels more like a fall title.

Taylor Russell and Lara Flynn Boyle also in this Film Movement oddity, built around Ewan McGregor, Rhys Ifans and Lara Flynn Boyle dealing with Mother Ellen Burstyn’s furniture bound meltdown.

“Adagio” is a classic 100 minute thriller in a 126 minute package. Director and co-writer Stefano Sollima takes his sweet time setting the scene — which he never identifies as greater Rome, Lazio — and takes even longer letting us … Continue reading →

You can’t say the dark Spanish comedy “The Coffee Table” isn’t dark enough. It involves the tragic, accidental and bloody death of an infant. But considering the subject matter, maybe the “comedy” could have gone a little further. Director and … Continue reading →

One long ago gave up any hope that Hollywood would give up any “hit” intellectual property without wringing the last drops of value out of it. But the news that there will be a third “Downton Abbey” movie, with Paul … Continue reading →

Writer-director Sarah T. Schwab’s “A Stage of Twilight” is a somber melodrama about a couple facing an end-of-life decision with despair and as much grace as either can manage, under the circumstances. It makes a fine showcase for its venerated, … Continue reading →