Monthly Archives: June 2024

The days when the Rising Sun of the Japanese economy could make the world listen whenever an economic sage from Tokyo spoke are long gone. Remember “Gung Ho” and “Rising Sun?” Those were the days before economic stagnation, population collapse … Continue reading →

Truth be told, most of us figured we didn’t need another “origin story” take on The Day the Aliens Who Hear Dropped In on “A Quiet Place.” John Krasinski & Co. covered that in a small town urban and suburban … Continue reading →

The stunning “Barbie” meets “Super Mario Bros” box office domination by “Inside Out 2” continues on this last weekend before July 4, as Pixar’s animated world-beater (Closing in on a $billion, maybe by July 6?) roared through Friday and looks … Continue reading →

The first Spanish film I remember seeing was “The Spirit of the Beehive” by Victor Erice. Catching that 1973 gem at a college film society was an eye opening experience, as it was a movie about a child transformed by … Continue reading →

Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace are the U.S.Marshal and key witness/prisoner trapped in a small plane with Markie Mark. Their reaction is our reaction. Good trailer. http://youtube.com/post/Ugkx1g9d_trEDdCdY09SzEesUZX7DsgQFhq_?si=NBDujAb9ijlU8uno

Back before he made “Dances With Wolves” and in all the years since, Kevin Costner has spoken of his life-changing experience in the cinema, going to see “How the West Was Won” as a child in 1962, a Western in … Continue reading →

“Mother, Couch!” is an allegorical drama cryptic enough to confuse, cringy enough to put-off but thanks to its cast, inviting enough to make you want to puzzle it out. Based on a novel by the Swedish writer Jerker Virdborg, it’s … Continue reading →

Robert Zemeckis was always a sort of sneaky effects innovator. “Back to the Future” to “Polar Express” “Cast Away” and “Forrest Gump” all had innovative approaches to practical effects, and digital ones. Making his “Gump” co-stars Tom Hanks and Robin … Continue reading →

A new acquaintance picks up on Cora’s Achilles heel right off the bat. Or does he? Is her problem really just “You can’t read the room?” Strangers and old friends alike cannot help but ask the obvious of singer-songwriter — … Continue reading →

“Church of Jesus Christ,” maybe of “Latter Day Saints” or maybe not, door-knocking and handing out tracts. But this dashing older chap might not be the open-to-religion-minded convert that he seems to be. He will test them, “study” them. This … Continue reading →