Monthly Archives: February 2026

Luc Besson’s “Dracula” is pretty much like everybody else’s “Dracula.” Our Eastern European prince — played by Caleb Landry Jones — is dolled up in the style of Francis Ford Coppola’s ’92 take on “Bram Stoker’s Dracula.” There’s a Mina … Continue reading →

“Solo Mio” is a mild-mannered comedy of the “Left at the Altar/Honeymoon Goes Wrong” school. It’s a little “Runaway Bride,” a lot of “Honeymoon Crasher” or “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” but without any of the edge or many of the laughs … Continue reading →

The gone-too-soon passing of the great Canadian funnywoman Catherine O’Hara last week had an added touch of pathos about it that other great comedians could appreciate — the timing. O’Hara went to that great Second City Alumi Reunion in the … Continue reading →

How do you screw up a “ticking clock thriller,” the surest among the sure-things in the action picture genre? You mess around with the “clock” too much, for starters. In “96 Minutes,” set mostly aboard a couple of bullet trains … Continue reading →

Long before he became “The Boy from Oz,” and just as he was considering growing his sideburns for the role that made him, Hugh Jackman co-starred in a featherweight rom-com from Oz that established his sweet and “sensistive” credentionals on … Continue reading →