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The title “Where’s the Money” leans into the “plot” of this Andrew Bachelor comedy about trying to get cash from a bank robbery stashed in a flophouse that has been turned into a frat house. Oldest “caper” comedy plot in … Continue reading →

Nazi rage against the rest of the human race lives on after death in “The Hatred,” a leaden horror film that takes more than its sweet time getting to whatever “terrifying” point it wants to make. A war criminal (Andrew … Continue reading →

Jessica Barden writes a “sex column with no sex,” a hopeless romantic nostalgic for “romantic comedies of the ’90s” (Seriously?), picky, about to be unemployed. Then she discovers the Sugardaddy/Sugarbaby phenomenon — a re-branding for the #MeToo era of young … Continue reading →

A politically charged comedy from producers who have “Get Out” in their credits, families divided by politics and the holidays, that’s “The Oath.”  Tiffany’s character is married to Ike Barinholtz, Nora Dunn’s his mom and John Cho is a friend … Continue reading →

“It’s the crackle I love,” the record collector narrates to his son, who shares his passion. “We can disappear into it.” That’s where “The Song of Sway Lake” lives — an elegiac, playful wallow in the crackle of pre-vinyl shellac … Continue reading →

Good casting. Not perfect, but good. A David Hyde Pierce/Oliver Platt (or John Goodman) pairing 20 years ago might have been more on the nose. Does the world remember Laurel and Hardy? Aside from film buffs?’ Because this one looks … Continue reading →

    “Stephanie” begins as a supernatural mystery, flirts with “Quiet Ones” thrills and fizzles into the sentimental, enervated horror that is exactly what we expected — only more boring — in those opening scenes. The fact that it barely … Continue reading →

“Painless” is a thoughtful, lightly-affecting drama about a lonely man’s search for feeling in a life without pain. It has an affecting gimmick, but lives on its engaging performances, good actors playing lived-in, flawed and realistic characters. It’s a breakthrough … Continue reading →

Space is lived-in, worn, not polished and pristine in “Prospect” — more “Outland” and “Alien” and “The Martian” than the Apple Store design showpieces in shades of white that are Hollywood’s preferred way of transporting humans through the void. And … Continue reading →

I just reviewed this movie on Netflix, right? “Nightworld” it was called — ex cop takes job as night watchman in a haunted apartment building. Oh, right. In “The Super” the guy (Patrick John Flueger) is…a SUPER. The frights appear … Continue reading →