Daily Archives: October 8, 2025

Movie Preview: Kevin James strikes again! “Playdate”

Alan Ritchson’s the dad out-of-work Kevin James should never set up a you-know-what date with. Sarah Chalke, Alan Tudyk, Isla Fisher and Stephen Root star in this No. 12 comedy coming to Amazon Prime. The director of “Let’s Be Cops” … Continue reading

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Movie Review: New York “Neighbors” and Theatre “Types” collide in “The French Italian”

“The French Italian” is a dizzy comedy that loses its fizz when it wears out the possibilties of its original premise, but gets some of it back by finding a few other screwy directions to take us. Writer-director Rachel Wolther’s … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: The Fascist Wet Dream that is “King Ivory”

Masked and murderous commando cops fight drugs and drug lords in the hellhole of Tulsa. Wonder why the National Guard hasn’t been called into Oklahoma? James Badge Dale and Ben Foster star in what turned out to be Graham Greene’s … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Faithful to the End, and Beyond — Who’s a “Good Boy?”

“Good Boy” is elemental horror — a tale of a sick man under natural and supernatural assault — and his dog. And the marvel of this movie is the performance by that real live dog. Director Ben Leonberg picked up … Continue reading

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