Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

That darned Brian Cox has been busy. “Succession” wraps up, he had that fly fishing movie in the can (“Mending the Line“). And now this drama about a terminally ill ex-con coming to stay with his daughter and do some … Continue reading →

A good cast and some impressively played, staged, filmed and edited basketball come together in “Shooting Stars,” an over-familiar feel-good sports drama about the relationships, influences, missteps and triumphs of the formative years of LeBron James. It covers much the … Continue reading →

It’s important to know when to “drop the mike.” Know when to say “when,” don’t spoil a peak moment by trying to top it, and don’t clutter up your finale so badly it spoils the effect of the stand-up set, … Continue reading →

A teenage girl gives in to her hormones and to tempation and faces the fundamentalist consquences in “The Starling Girl,” an evocative, gripping and revealing drama about a strict upbringing and how it can backfire on the person being groomed. … Continue reading →

Well, children aren’t watching these guys any more, are they? So why not throw Seth Rogen and his partner in the profane Evan Goldberg at this material. Because there’s just not enough “dark” and edgy fanboy content in the movies … Continue reading →

Sony’s effort to wholly blur the line between “comic book” and “comic book movie” comes to something like full fruition with “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” a mad cinematic jumble of comic book imagery, comic book mimicry, multiverse plotting and ponderous, … Continue reading →

This may start on time. Or not. Apparently, 24 locals somehow went to the wrong theater. “Tampa” in a nutshell.

June 9, a little “Dark Crystal,” a bit of “Narnia,” a taste of “The Never Ending Story,” and a lot of reptilian CGI critters

I found an AMC “classic” (an old theater where they don’t fix that which is broken) near me and a matinee showing of comic Bert Kreischer’s “The Machine” that cost me a whopping $5.19. No, I’m not asking for my … Continue reading →

It’s titled “The Year I Started Masturbating,” it stars “Sleepy Hollow” hottie Katia Winter and it’s SWEDISH. What’s not to love in this made-for-Netflix sex comedy? A lot. There’s a lot not to love. It’s a tepid tease of a … Continue reading →