Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

Oscar winner Nic, a workaholic who makes a lot of bad movies just to keep on the road, in characters and out of his own head (he told me as much once) has a real plum, here. He plays a … Continue reading →

This prequel is about the punative birth of The Hunger Games, and the last gasp of humanity of the infamous Snow who aged into Donald Sutherland decades later. Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage and Jason Schwartzman join the Young and Beautiful … Continue reading →

Ben Burghart and Jacob Burghart’s “Head Count” has enough wit, smart thriller problem solving and action to make one pass along a hearty “Let’s keep an eye out for what they do next.” The movie, an expansion of a short … Continue reading →

An oddly-dated, obvious and overwrought melodrama about gender roles and the toxic masculinity of Wall Street hedge funders, “Fair Play” is practically a parody of decades of women in the workplace romantic thrillers. It’s got Phoebe Dynevor of the sexy … Continue reading →

“Cutesie” does battle with “sentimental” in the feather-light romance “Love at First Sight,” basically a Netflix-financed 90 minutge excuse to pair up Haley Lu Richardson with Ben Hardy and have them lose each other in rainy, wintry London. It’s a … Continue reading →

Asante Blackk plays an artist of the Bronx streets who might find a more productive outlet for his efforts thanks to a stranger. Luis Guzman has been one of the finest character actors of his generation, and it’s always nice … Continue reading →

Context is everything when it comes to “political thrillers,” especially “controversial” ones. “The Prisoner” is a war-of-wills tale set and filmed in the early days of The Cold War. Lauded by the British Film Academy (BAFTAs), banned at Cannes and … Continue reading →

It probably wasn’t on New Zealand journalist and filmmaker David Farrier’s mind as he tumbled into a story about narcississtic Kiwi name-caller, pathological liar and “in his own reality” con man named “Mister Organ” that he might have an American … Continue reading →

Smaller distributor, as is Nic Cage’s lot these days. Looks existential and dark and prophetic.