Monthly Archives: September 2024

This comical riff on “Beauty and the Beast” as the MFF (monster friend forever) who shows up to remind you that no WAY was he ever good enough for you. Get that self-esteem back, girl! Melissa Barrera, launched by the … Continue reading →

This drama about mourning that never ends is a two-hander, based on a play by Lot Vekemans. They stumble into each other years after they parted, a couple that never got over the loss of a child. Liuxembourg-born German actress … Continue reading →

The Brazilian thriller “Bandida,” dully-retitled “Outlaw” for North American consumption, is a generic “How I became a criminal” bio-pic with lots of violence but few genuine surprises. If it’s watchable — and it is — attribute that to a gritty, … Continue reading →

See if you can pick up why this MGM/Amazon production is going straight to “Prime Video.” JGL plays a detective — you can tell by the hat — summoned to a vacation isle where somebody rich has died and his … Continue reading →

The remake of “Speak No Evil” becomes a furious tour de force for James McAvoy at his most villainous, a bristling thriller that presents an unspeakable dilemma that a fragile and trapped family cannot reason or trick their way through. … Continue reading →

Say this for the action comedy “The Killer’s Game.” This eye-popping, gory cartoon of a movie should give stuntman/stun-coordinator turned-director J.J. Perry a helluva sizzle reel. The production values on this Dave Bautista star vehicle pop, with cities all over … Continue reading →

Uplifting. Inspiring.  Oscar bait. From Barry Jenkins and MHM/Amazon

“How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies” is a sweet, sad and sentimental Thai end-of-life melodrama titled and set-up like a greedy-family farce. A lazy, online gamer grandson (Putthipong Assaratanakul) sees an enterprising, mercenary cousin (Tontawan Tantivejakul) care for an … Continue reading →

It was “The Lavender Hill Mob” and “The Titfield Thunderbolt” that Monty Python’s John Cleese was remembering when he decided that well-past-70 Charles Critchon might be just the jolly sort to direct his screenplay for “A Fish Called Wanda.” Those … Continue reading →

Ok, the concept/conceit here is kind of LOL. Riley Dandy and Adam David Thompson, playing robber-siblings, hope we’re expecting great things in the thriller’s execution. Buzz is pretty good. Oct. 4.