Monthly Archives: May 2024

“Innocuous, predictable and well-cast” is about all the praise “Mother of the Bride” warrants, unless you consider another movie featuring the lovely scenery of Phuket, Thailand a deal-maker. Looking for laughs in this Brooke Shields comedy is like panning for … Continue reading →

The phrase “spectacularly pointless” hangs over the tenth “Planet of the Apes” movie, a stand-alone sequel to “War for the Planet of the Apes,” which came out seven years ago. Granted, I was thinking “umpteenth” in terms of the actual … Continue reading →

An AMC multiplex in Durham, N.C., close enough to shout “Dook SUX” to the children of entitlement  who attend. I’ve been going to these movies based on the Pierre Boulle parable since Roddy McDowell and Jim Hunter mastered the prosthetic … Continue reading →

Sienna Miller, Danny Huston, Giovani Ribisi, Sam Worthington, Luke Wilson, Michael Rooker, JEna Malone, Abbey Lee, Isabelle Furhman, Owen Crow She, Will Patton and Tatanka Means join Costner in his take on “How the West was Won.” Looks a tad … Continue reading →

This one’s all country music and “try that in a small town” vs. “city girl” and “yer fancy tech” “You don’t face your fears, you ride’em” swagger. Yeah, they rednecked up and dumbed “Twister” down for “Twisters.” Oklahoma “never had … Continue reading →

Oh yeah. That’s the ticket.

Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”) plays a hustler whose sister goes missing, even though she’d be the last one “to miss a pow-wow.” The Feds and the State keep kicking the case back and forth. Shea Whigham plays the … Continue reading →

One hesitates to label the latest thriller from Nicholas Tomnay (“The Perfect Host”) “yummy” or “delicious.” Sure, it’s a culinary tale on the order of “The Menu.” But this most certainly isn’t “The Bear.” “What You Wish” is a thriller … Continue reading →

Historically, “Machine Gun Kelly” is about as accurate as the proverbial “two dollar watch.” The movie about the infamous 1930s Memphis gangster was shot on the cheap in Southern California, with nothing that looks like Tennessee, not a trace of … Continue reading →

“Black Panther” star Leticia Wright turns off any hint of glamour or “extrovert” in “Aisha,” a sublimely-understated drama of a young woman struggling with her past, her family obligations and “the system” as she tries to obtain emergency “self protection” … Continue reading →