Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

“Ride” is a somber, tense Texas melodrama about a rodeo family faced with a sick daughter, a prodigal, substance-abusing son fresh out of prison and the bankrupting power of the American healthcare system. Director and co-star Jake Allyn gave good … Continue reading →

Well, isn’t just the most doggoned adorable kid-friendly adventure movie trailer we’ve seen in ages? “Illusionist” dad returns for the first time in a decade, tween daughter sets out with him in search of an elusive panther. New Zealand co-stars … Continue reading →

The movie that sealed John Woo‘s reputation, and the genre with which he’d be most comfortable in the years to come, was 1986’s “A Better Tomorrow,” a gangland shoot-em-up that featured his longtime muse, tall, cool action icon Chow Yun-Fat. … Continue reading →

Whatever intrigues, insights and darkly comic charms writer-director Savi Gabizon gave audiences for his oddball Israeli dramedy “Longing” are mostly lost in translation in a Richard Gere remake he filmed in Canada. A tale of a middle-aged man who learns … Continue reading →

This “true story” weeper is about a woman who chased her dream to London, only to get diagnosed with MS years later. “I want to go home” where there just might be an old flame willing to “Take My Hand.” … Continue reading →

An 18th century tale of the horrors of settling Terra Australis? Color me…intrigued. Shudder has this one, which will enjoy a brief theatrical release June 21, and stream thereafter.

Robert Parrish was a child actor, then one of the best editors in Hollywood before he became a film director. And while he was no David Lean, still the most famous editor to cross over into calling all the shots … Continue reading →

An engaging, accomplished cast and an insistently light tone recommend “Ezra,” another road trip bonding tale about autism and loved ones struggling to understand it. The audience is always in on the “teachable moments” in movies from “Rain Man” and … Continue reading →

Never much of a fan of these films. A few laughs, but not much beyond that. Slim pickings, even for a comic book adaptation. A few pronoun jokes, a little of the old ultra-violence, and then we get our Tom … Continue reading →

If you’re not old enough to remember the original, unadulterated opening credits crawl to “Star Wars,” I envy you your youth, and pity you not growing up in a cinematic era where the value inherent in the Latin phrase “In … Continue reading →