Daily Archives: June 7, 2024

Netflixable? What happens “Under Paris” when the sharks swim up?

So this summer’s dumb, gonzo shark movie is French, and is about endangered sharks “evolving” and taking their “swim-eat-procreate” act up the River Seine to Paris. “Under Paris” lives down to that “dumb” label, with diver after diver suiting up, … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Freshman is the last to realize she’s on the “Edge of Everything”

There’s nothing novel or new about “Edge of Everything.” But for half a century, every generation has needed its cinematic essay on growing up in a heedless rush. Comedy or tragedy, cartoonish or cautionary, “Sixteen Candles” or “thirteen,” “Edge of … Continue reading

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Movie Review: A “Bad Boys” where “Ride or Die” are our only options

Gassed, winded and showing its/their age, those “Bad Boys” are back — wise-cracking, trash-talking, gun-slinging and coping with their own mortality for “Bad Boys: Ride or Die.” The franchise is almost 30 years old and its action stars are well … Continue reading

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