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Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace are the U.S.Marshal and key witness/prisoner trapped in a small plane with Markie Mark. Their reaction is our reaction. Good trailer. http://youtube.com/post/Ugkx1g9d_trEDdCdY09SzEesUZX7DsgQFhq_?si=NBDujAb9ijlU8uno

Back before he made “Dances With Wolves” and in all the years since, Kevin Costner has spoken of his life-changing experience in the cinema, going to see “How the West Was Won” as a child in 1962, a Western in … Continue reading →

“Mother, Couch!” is an allegorical drama cryptic enough to confuse, cringy enough to put-off but thanks to its cast, inviting enough to make you want to puzzle it out. Based on a novel by the Swedish writer Jerker Virdborg, it’s … Continue reading →

Robert Zemeckis was always a sort of sneaky effects innovator. “Back to the Future” to “Polar Express” “Cast Away” and “Forrest Gump” all had innovative approaches to practical effects, and digital ones. Making his “Gump” co-stars Tom Hanks and Robin … Continue reading →

A new acquaintance picks up on Cora’s Achilles heel right off the bat. Or does he? Is her problem really just “You can’t read the room?” Strangers and old friends alike cannot help but ask the obvious of singer-songwriter — … Continue reading →

“Church of Jesus Christ,” maybe of “Latter Day Saints” or maybe not, door-knocking and handing out tracts. But this dashing older chap might not be the open-to-religion-minded convert that he seems to be. He will test them, “study” them. This … Continue reading →

“Daddio” is a cinematic seminar in the value of movie stars. A variation of the “Night on Earth/Taxicab Confessions” formula, it puts Sean Penn behind the wheel and lets Dakota Johnson hold her own with him from the back seat. … Continue reading →

Jason S. plays a temple cantor who has kind of lost the plot, when lo and behold, his former music teacher (Carol Kane) shows up and wants Bat Mitzvah classes. Oy? Don’t forget the “vey.” Kane and Schwartzman have made … Continue reading →

Sweet and ever-so-slight, “Confessions of a Wandering Saint” is a dark, deadpan Argentine comedy about a “miracle” and the faithful Catholic who’s willing to risk her fast pass to heaven to “prove it.” The debut feature of Argentine filmmaker Tomás … Continue reading →

A sweet turn by Amy Smart, Judd Hirsch trotting out another version of “curmudgeonly” and a sensitive take on childhood anxiety are what the kids baseball dramedy “Rally Caps” has to recommend it. It’s a limp noodle of a “family” … Continue reading →