Daily Archives: April 18, 2025

Series preview: Remaking Alan Alda’s “The Four Seasons” with Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Colman Domingo and Will Forte?

TBH, there was no LOL at the news this had come to pass. I kind of cringed, truth be told. “A series?” As if that 1981 feature film wasn’t interminable enough. Yes, that early 2000s generation of TV funnyfolk are … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: The Horror Movie that an NFL Career puts players through — “HIM”

Marlon Wayans and “Atlanta” alumnus Tyriq Withers star in this horror allegory about “What are you willing to sacrifice” for the fleeting fame of an NFL career? Aside from CTE, wrecked joints, shortened life span, etc? Great timing, with the … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Ambitious “Sinners” fails to transcend genre

“Black Panther,” “Creed” and “Fruitvale Station” director Ryan Coogler sets his sights on horror with “Sinners,” a sprawling Depression Era tale of race, religion and “The Devil’s Music,” the blues. Coogler immerses us in the early ’30s South where a … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Animating a footware farce about talking “Sneaks” turns out as you’d expect

The last thing you want to sense in an animated movie for children is cynicism, filmmakers and financiers who make no effort to hide their desire to turn over an easy buck by selling something to kids. The “Space Jam” … Continue reading

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Movie Review: “A Wedding Banquet” remake shows us Just How Far We’ve Come

More charming than amusing, chosing sentiment over “edge,” the Andrew Ahn remake of Ang Lee’s 1993 queer cinema classic “The Wedding Banquet” gives the viewer time to reflect on just how much American and world culture have changed in the … Continue reading

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