Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

There’s usually a “took me right out of the movie” moment in a thriller that might have worked, but doesn’t. And there are a few of those in the Scottish tale of an abusive father and his three vengeful sons … Continue reading →

“Matewan” is a classic film that looms large in the memory and does not disappoint upon the second, third or fifth viewing. This may be the greatest indie epic ever, a documentary-real historical film of scope, high stakes and great … Continue reading →

Lee Daniels’ “The Deliverance” is lumbering and lurid long before it shows its African American-styled exorcism hand and turns ludicrous. It’s a sordid wallow in working poor Black poverty, and the presence of Glenn Close as the white matriarch of … Continue reading →

A Sinister slice of between-the-World Wars sci-fi about German scientists,a ski lodge, jealousy, murder and their version of “The Theory of Everything.” “The Universal Theory” isn’t history, but a thriller about Big Science, Evil Schemes and such. Black and white, … Continue reading →

Lionsgate finally found a place for the 2022 thriller “1992” to be released, the last weekend of summer, traditionally a dumping ground for films that can’t find a theatrical home. But that allows this solid if unsurprising Tyrese Gibson star … Continue reading →

Movies likes “Reagan,” a new screen hagiography of actor turned politician and conservative icon Ronald Reagan, exist in the sort of alternative reality that George Orwell warned us about. It’s a sanitized, whitewashed love letter to “The Man who Brought … Continue reading →

There’s rarely a tuxedo to be seen in your average American casino. The ones a long way from Vegas have a distinctly down market air. The first few I visited on the Ohio River or the Gulf Coast reinforced the … Continue reading →

“One Fast Move” is several scenes of solid if unspectacular motorcycle racing and stunt driving footage in search of a plot. Actor turned writer-director Kelly Blatz (“Senior Love Triangle”) never rises above banality with a sentimental story of fathers and … Continue reading →

Kind of a woodlands virus zombie movie? Perhaps. Oct. 18.

Dystopian sci fi is just the best.