Category Archives: previews

In his new film “Horns,” Daniel Radcliffe grows a pair. Playing a young man whose girlfriend was brutally murdered, that’s a magically realistic way of him becoming what his suburban Seattle neighbors think of him. “When they looked at me, … Continue reading →

“Missionary” is a lean, slickly sordid indie thriller about a Mormon missionary who goes bad. Really bad. Take away the not-so-saintly Latter Day Saint element and it would only occasionally rise to generic, a simple love triangle turned deadly. But … Continue reading →

Those heady late Thursday and all day Friday numbers for “Ouija” and “John Wick” were a mirage, it turns out. “Ouija” nows looks like it will hit $20 million, no more. Poor word of mouth? Bad reviews finally sinking in? … Continue reading →

Sometimes, the spark of a movie can come from a photograph. That’s the case with the new British comedy “Pride.” Screenwriter Stephen Beresford had already settled on telling the true story of gay activists reaching across a cultural divide to … Continue reading →

Bill Murray has his most adorable film role ever in “St. Vincent,” playing a cranky and embittered old drunk who becomes a father figure to the little kid who moves in next door. It takes every ounce of his disaffected … Continue reading →

Ryan Phillippe has lived his entire adult life in the public eye. A star since “Cruel Intentions,” he courted, married and divorced America’s Sweetheart, Reese Witherspoon. Always the object of paparazzi, you’re not going to get tears from Phillippe about … Continue reading →

They also serve who pour and observe.That’s Bob Saganowski’s modus operandi. He’s bartender-for-life at Cousin Marv’s on the cruel side of Brooklyn, a 30something loner living in the house his late parents bought and, from the looks of it, furnished … Continue reading →

   Regarding his new film, “The Skeleton Twins,” Bill Hader is the first to admit “I don’t get offered guys this serious or complex.”    The 36 year-old Tulsa native has been known for comedy — pretty much exclusively — thanks … Continue reading →

Kevin Kline is a failed American writer, broke and in Paris to collect his inheritance — an ancient two-story apartment with an accompanying garden in the center city Marais district.Maggie Smith is the 90something little old Englishwoman living in it.And … Continue reading →

It has always been just a bit out of the way on my every trek between Fla. and Va., where my family lives. And I always seemed to have people in the car who had no interest in Ava Gardner. … Continue reading →