Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

A filmed-in-Georgia comedy about two parents steamrolling a rural inn/venue on behalf of their respective ready-to-marry children, this one has Geraldine Viswanathan, Meredith Hagner, Jack McBrayer, Wyatt Russell, Bobby Moynihan and Celia Weston. Jan. 30, hear come the brides! Love … Continue reading →

A suburban sitcom — Alicia Silverstone co-stars — turns into a comic nightmare of slaughter, splatter and revenge. Guaranteed to offend someone — EVERYone? Finishing its festival run, “coming soon” to theatrical and streaming?

“His Three Daughters” is an awards-bait drama about three quarreling adult children gathered for a death watch for their father. A drama-savvy reader will recognize that as the plot to Anton Chekhov’s “Three Sisters,” even if the writer-director doesn’t credit … Continue reading →

Nell Fisher’s a precocious kid who’s grown up without a Dad. Then, her children’s magician for celebrity parties dad from America shows up. And they set out on an adventure. Looks sweet, cute and juvenile, all one could want in … Continue reading →

Is he cheating? What will she do about it? Why’s her baby crying all the time? Oct. 25, we find out.

Before making his global reputation with epic period pieces from Japan’s samurai past, Akira Kurosawa made movies for domestic consumption in a Japan recovering from the trauma and ruin of fascism and the world war that their militaristic state started. … Continue reading →

“Twelve Years a Slave” filmmaker Steve McQueen, a Brit, saw a photo of a Black child on London’s streets during the darkest days of World War II and was inspired to make this film. Saoirse Ronan is the big name … Continue reading →

Life and life and life and life prolonged,and cloned a sci-fi comedy about “multiples” and how they’re dealt with, even when they look like Robert Pattinson. Naomi Ackie also stars. Dino makes every “Edge of Tomorrow” death amusing in the … Continue reading →

Fitfully amusing and unfailingly sweet, “All Happy Families” is a rom-com that pleasantly passes the time to a sitcom beat. It’s also topical — sexual harassment and gender dysphoria come up — and it’s sensitive, which reflects the baggage of … Continue reading →

As the sun rises over Hollywood today, there are creeps who look like Harvey Weinstein, D.J. Qualls and Steve Buscemi passing judgment on the appearance, sexual allure and filmic “fertility” of young women from all over the world who come … Continue reading →