Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

I was lukewarm on “Wonder Woman,” a bit bored by the plot and effects. We’re all root-root-rooting for Warners and DC to make a game of it with Disney’s Marvel juggernaut, and but come on. Got to Rotten Tomatoes. It’s … Continue reading →

All genre pictures pander, serving up conventions and cliches that faithful horror, romance, comic book or “Furious” fans relish and devour like comfort food. So why not a European travelogue about a lonely wife “seeing” France for the first time? And … Continue reading →

Love Kenneth Branagh and all that, always impressed when a movie rounds up Dame Judi, Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Michelle Pfeiffer, Johnny Depp and…Josh Gad for the cast. Derek Jacobi, Branagh’s Hector Elizondo, is here. But this looks like a … Continue reading →

Adults sentenced to sitting through yet another animated film with their kids look for one thing in the experience — a hint of anarchy, a taste of Looney Tunes mayhem and wit. Kids? They’re waiting for the pooped-my-pants, teacher humiliated … Continue reading →

They meet by accident — literally. Vincent (Emile Hirsch) is purposefully motoring across town in his vintage ’70s Chevelle, Roxxy (Zoey Kravitz) is in the car in front, T-boned at an intersection. When the offending car empties and the enraged, … Continue reading →

In her origin story, a world at war throws bullets, bombs, poison gas and tanks (literally throws) at Wonder Woman. There’s hatred and slaughter enough to shock anyone. And yet, she persists. “The future is female,” the pundits keep telling us. … Continue reading →

Finding something appropriate for international acting treasure Judi Dench, all but retired, with failing eyesight, cannot be easy. It’s got to be a role with stature and gravitas, a role worthy of her. No more “Best Exotic Marigold Hotels,” oh … Continue reading →

Actress (“Arranged,” TV’s “New Girl”) turned actress-writer Zoe Lister-Jones becomes an actress-writer/director with “Band Aid,” a frothy romantic comedy about marriage and miscarriage. Yeah, it’s dark. It starts sarcastic, bends towards sardonic and ends up downright deep in its observations … Continue reading →

When it comes to making a vampire movie that will stand out from the crowd, these days, the bar’s been set pretty high. Some of us–MOST of us — have seemingly seen it all. What’s new under the sun, which … Continue reading →

You read it here, first. There will NOT be another “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie. There’s a project listed on IMdb, supposedly Johnny Depp is on board. But “Dead Men Tell No Tales” should be the finish line or the … Continue reading →