Monthly Archives: August 2024

Chiwetel Ejiofor‘s “Rob Peace” surfs the ebb and flow of one life in making an age-old point about race and life in America. Simply put, it underscores the message of generations of TV ads for The United Negro College Fund … Continue reading →

“The Greatest Surf Movie in the Universe” is nothing of the sort. But give it to the stoners who sat around a barbie and dreamed-up this daft would-be-romp. Mixing live-action surfing footage in with a loopy sci-fi story “acted” out … Continue reading →

The couple can’t miss them, a bearded old man and a small boy eating street food, then curling up under cardboard when night falls just on the other side of the gate that guards the couple’s middle class bungalow. They’re … Continue reading →

Ayo Edebiri, Carlos Jacott and Harris Yulin also star in this improbable tale of trying to become the person you always meant to be Via time travel and “a black hole growing in the middle of her body.” Sept. 20.

Bullied for her weight until she meets someone who shows her how to “own” it, this uplifting comedy stars Mia Kaplan as the teen designer/dressmaker and Jemima Yevu as the classmate who opens her eyes. Missy Pyle, Jolene Purdy and … Continue reading →

This trailer is gloom and doom and dark and bloody. With fanboy/fangirl fave Aaron TJ in the title role, and Russell Crowe playing the father who taught him violence, this should be quite the holiday…treat. Ariana DuBose is Calypso, Alessandro … Continue reading →

Well doesn’t this look plucky and heart warming? I bet Greg Kinnear cries. Or makes us cry. This opens August 30

It’s almost always funny when the subject of a surprise party belts the person who planned the party in the eye the moment they’re shocked with the shout of “SURPRISE!” “I guess those cardio kick-boxing lessons paid off!” another guest … Continue reading →

“The Beast Within” is a stylish, allegorical werewolf thriller that toys with its mysteries but can never escape the absurdity that clumsy plotting built into it. Alexander J. Farrell’s British woodslands tale is seen through the eyes of a child. … Continue reading →

One of the under-appreciated Kings of Film Comedy, Blake Edwards did “Pink Panther” movies, and “10,” “Victor/Victoria” and the pretty good skewering of Hollywood, “SOB.” The Panther movies are a grand thing to be remembered for, kid-friendly slapstick “sex farces” … Continue reading →