Monthly Archives: January 2026

Movie Review: Butler is back for “Greenland 2: Migration”

Posted on January 9, 2026 by

Filmgoers looking for a little escape from the more-horrific-than-fiction daily news out of America will be hard pressed to find it in a movie with “Greenland” and “Migration” in its title. The sequel to the surprise post-apocalyptic Gerard Butler hit … Continue reading →

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“Greenland (2) Migration” time

Posted on January 8, 2026 by

Wonder if they take refugees fleeing Nazis?

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Movie Review: An Austin Odyssey in Search of a Record Deal — “Band on the Run”

Posted on January 8, 2026 by

“Band on the Run” is a sweet little nothing of a roadtrip comedy where the “nothing” overwhelms the “sweet.” It has its moments. Just not that many. Writer-director Jeff Hupp set this tale at the end of the golden age … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Linklater revives Truffaut, Godard, Seberg and Baby Belmondo for “Nouvelle Vague”

Posted on January 7, 2026 by

France’s great re-invention of cinema, pioneered by the “New Wave” of French filmmakers who started writing and directing in the 1950s, is charmingly remembered in Richard Linklater’s affectionate homage “Nouvelle Vague.” The director of “Boyhood” and more tellingly “Me and … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Home Invasion turns into a “Relentless” Grudge Match

Posted on January 6, 2026 by

I’d call the title “Relentless” truth in advertising, althought “Pitiless,” “Endless” and “Senseless” work just as well. This new thriller from the sarcastically surnamed writer-director Tom Botchii (real name Tom Botchii Skowronski of “Artik” fame) begins in uninteresting mystery, strains … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Why should anyone care what means “Everything to Me?”

Posted on January 6, 2026 by

“Everything to Me” is a coming-of-age dramedy so inconsequential as to make one question how it ever got financed and shot. Skipping past the still rarish nature of such tales told from the point of view of girls and young … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Warmongers in 1920s Japan face the wrath of “Revolver Lily”

Posted on January 5, 2026 by

A dynamic and charismatic action heroine gets lost in “Revolver Lily,” a ponderous and repetitive period piece about a lady assassin indirectly trying to head off WWII by protecting a kid who has documents incriminating the Japanese Army in an … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Is “Run Lola Run” (1998) still a breathless sprint?

Posted on January 5, 2026 by

It’s hard to recreate the cold slap and jolt of adrenalin the German thriller “Run Lola Run” delivered when it sprinted into theaters back in 1998. Primal right down to its blunt-instrument title — “Lola Rennt” in German — the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “I Was a Stranger” and You Welcomed Me

Posted on January 4, 2026 by Roger Moore

Just when you think that you’ve seen and heard all sides of the human migration debate, and long after you fear that the cruel, the ignorant and the scapegoaters have won that shouting match, a film comes along and defies … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Comfort Food Film is Always in Season, “Goodbye June”

Posted on January 3, 2026 by Roger Moore

Oscaar winner Kate Winslet directed and stars in “Goodbye June,” a sentimental and sharply-observed dramedy in which terrific performances and a couple of deeply emotional scenes overcome the glum predictability of it all. Because everybody knows the holidays are a … Continue reading →

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