Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

The Brazilian thriller “Bandida,” dully-retitled “Outlaw” for North American consumption, is a generic “How I became a criminal” bio-pic with lots of violence but few genuine surprises. If it’s watchable — and it is — attribute that to a gritty, … Continue reading →

See if you can pick up why this MGM/Amazon production is going straight to “Prime Video.” JGL plays a detective — you can tell by the hat — summoned to a vacation isle where somebody rich has died and his … Continue reading →

The remake of “Speak No Evil” becomes a furious tour de force for James McAvoy at his most villainous, a bristling thriller that presents an unspeakable dilemma that a fragile and trapped family cannot reason or trick their way through. … Continue reading →

Say this for the action comedy “The Killer’s Game.” This eye-popping, gory cartoon of a movie should give stuntman/stun-coordinator turned-director J.J. Perry a helluva sizzle reel. The production values on this Dave Bautista star vehicle pop, with cities all over … Continue reading →

Uplifting. Inspiring.  Oscar bait. From Barry Jenkins and MHM/Amazon

“How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies” is a sweet, sad and sentimental Thai end-of-life melodrama titled and set-up like a greedy-family farce. A lazy, online gamer grandson (Putthipong Assaratanakul) sees an enterprising, mercenary cousin (Tontawan Tantivejakul) care for an … Continue reading →

It was “The Lavender Hill Mob” and “The Titfield Thunderbolt” that Monty Python’s John Cleese was remembering when he decided that well-past-70 Charles Critchon might be just the jolly sort to direct his screenplay for “A Fish Called Wanda.” Those … Continue reading →

Ok, the concept/conceit here is kind of LOL. Riley Dandy and Adam David Thompson, playing robber-siblings, hope we’re expecting great things in the thriller’s execution. Buzz is pretty good. Oct. 4.

Yes, there’s a whiff — a tiny hint — of rival ex-child-star Selena Gomez’s TV hit “Only Murders in the Building” in this “Only Serial Killer on Our Floor, and he’s Rich” thriller. Blood and cleavers and Dermot Mulroney and … Continue reading →

Love the casting. This looks fun, Jekyll/Hyde twins tossed into a vampire salad. Oct. 4.