Monthly Archives: June 2025

The “tell” in this trailer is Scott Eastwood’s presence, front and center, in a thriller that pits two Oscar winners on opposite sides of a…revolution? Leguizamo and Rita Ora also star in this, which supposedly got a limited release in … Continue reading →

You can see, hear and feel the strain in the Brazilian comedy “Cheers to Life (Vida a Vida),” the great effort expended to achieve “cute.” It’s sweet enough, and sweetly sentimental. But for a “finding your (living) roots” story that … Continue reading →

Vicky Krieps and Dacre Montgomery star in this New Zealand-set thriller, playing two mourning souls haunted by the ghost of his mother/her wife. It premiered last fall, and now it’s heading for release/streaming, etc. in the rest of the world, … Continue reading →

Uh, Mel Brooks — who turns 99 June 28th — announcing a new “Spaceballs” movie…in 2027? No sense waiting around, I guess. A script? A Rick Moranis appearance? Bill Pullman? (Yes and yes, apparently). Mel himself? (Of course). He’s also … Continue reading →

Meg Eloise-Clarke stars as a sister who figures out going camping in search of her (Cult joining/dead?) brother just isn’t a good idea in this one. Brainstorm landed this title, not seeing a release date as of the moment.

There’s a bracing cynicism to “Materialists,” the latest anti-rom-com from the writer-director of “Past Lives,” Celine Song. “Dating is a risk,” her heroine, the professional matchmaker Lucy declares. And marriage? “Marriage is a business deal. And it always has been.” … Continue reading →

Pierce Brosnan and Samuel L. Jackson seem delighted at the prospect of filming a B-Western together in “The Unholy Trinity,” a mediocre genre piece with the occasional entertaining sequence or moment. Well, I’m pretty sure they share the frame together … Continue reading →