Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

“I don’t know much about art,” the old joke goes. “But I know what I like.” That settles in for a pleasant, gloriously inconsequential run around the cinematic block with the latest from Kelly Reichardt. In “Showing Up,” the “First … Continue reading →

French filmmaker François Ozon’s “Everything Went Fine” is a fact-based drama that details the moral quandary and legal and logistical obstacles family members face in France when a failing relative asks them the ultimate favor. “I want you to help … Continue reading →

I’ve told friends, who ask questions about people I’ve interviewed, that the only time I’ve ever gotten up from an interview, and stopped at the hotel suite or restaurant entryway and turned around, considering the question, “Wanna grab a beer?” … Continue reading →

Pretty much every movie that comes out has me going, “Why isn’t Shailene Woodley in this?” It’s been a while since we’ve seen that villain’s villain Ben Mendelsohn on the big screen, too. Maybe he was tired of playing bad … Continue reading →

There’s a lot more editing in the stunts — jumps, tumbles, fights, mounting and dismounting a horse. For the first time in his movies, we can guess where we’re seeing the stunt man and when we’re seeing the “star.” Yes, … Continue reading →

“Praise This” is a cheerful Gospel music “praise team” variation on every singing and/or dancing competition movie, from “Bring it On” to “Pitch Perfect.” It’s a star vehicle built around Georgia singer, composer and actress Chlöe, aka Chloe Bailey, and … Continue reading →

Whatever “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” does at the box office, and it’s projected to open big, Illumination wants to tease us into getting ready for their big holiday cartoon. “Migration.” Not enough here to see how good it might … Continue reading →

He’s officially waaaaaay past “boyish,” and he no longer has that cop show set in Hawaii. But here is high mileage Scott Caan, Hawaiian shirt open to show off his still cut abs, playing a first time hit man in … Continue reading →

The plastic kiddie toy production design, the cheesy innocence, the embracing and mocking of all the different races/looks with the same name and vapid personality — “Barbies” all — except for the gender neutral “Kens” — the winking innuendo, Greta … Continue reading →

“Paint” is a deadpan comedy that takes its best shot at sending up the magic, the mellowness and the messiness of a PBS icon. Mister Rogers was the only true rival to Bob Ross as a mainstay of early public … Continue reading →