Daily Archives: January 14, 2025

Movie Preview: DeNiro sits down with DeNiro, two mobsters, “The Alto Knights”

Bobby D. as Vito Genovese? And Frank Costello? In the same film? Bada BING. Debra Messing, Michael Rispoli and Cosmo Jarvis are in this Barry Levinson film, scripted by the veteran NYC crime reporter turned screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi, who scripted … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: What terror awaits from “The Woman in the Yard?”

The milieu is what’s most novel about this March 28 Blumhouse horror release. Rural, Southern, African American terror remembered in a child’s cryptic rhyme. The trailer is cut in ways sure to raise a hair or two on the back … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Teen Temptress, Femme Fatale, or Victim? “Nahir”

“Nahir,” a brooding, glamourized and sexed-up account of a notorious Argentine murder case, is a mystery thriller that aims for engrossing and immersive that never falls short of quite watchable along the way. Screenwriter Sofia Wilhelmi and director Hernán Gu … Continue reading

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