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Hell, who can keep these straight? “Final trailer,” I mean. Pratt and Saldana and Cooper and Dave and Vin Groot and this week’s villain? OK. May 5. Hard to top this one, tho. It’s got period-appropriate fanboy service pop in … Continue reading →

Writer-director David Helling introduces and adds a filmed postscript to his first feature film, “His Only Son,” something not wholly unheard of in mainstream cinema, but not that unusual in faith-based films. He talks down the film’s budget and talks … Continue reading →

“On the Fringe” might be the most stressful film on Netflix right now. A great cast makes this Spanish drama of desperation and quiet heartbreak not so much hard to watch as unhealthy to internalize. These are portraits of interconnected … Continue reading →

Is “Murder Mystery 2” worse than 2019’s “Murder Mystery?” Tough call. Mainly because I don’t remember anything about the original save for the reunited of Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler, that “Just Go With It” version of Tracy and Hepburn, … Continue reading →

Whoa, did NOT see that coming. I mean, it only took 75 minutes for something, ANYthing to happen in this 93 minute picture. And when it did, boy oh boy. Just kidding. That was a letdown, too. “Stalker” is a … Continue reading →

This May 16 release from Magnolia adds another credit to Schrader’s starling third act “comeback” of a career. Sigourney Weaver also stars. We also hear there’s an anti-vaxxer in the supporting cast. Just judging from that person’s tweets.

Boris Becker — Wimbledon Champion at 17, retired tennis idol at 29, broke and tossed in a British prison at 54. That’s the story the world’s greatest investigative documentarian, Alex Gibney, sets out to tell and the subject he tries … Continue reading →

The director of “Wendy & Lucy,” which starred Michelle Williams and a missing dog, now has this small stakes art world dramedy slated for April 7 in LA, NYC, wider later in the month. Michelle Williams, Hong Chau and Judd … Continue reading →

“A Good Person,” which earned a token, desultory release from MGM, is more than its novelty of being a film that Florence Pugh made for her then writer-director beau, Zach Braff, prior to breaking up. It’s a see-saw of emotions, … Continue reading →

“Air” is a beautifully featherweight triumph of “on-the-nose” casting. Need a guy to play a folksy spinner of anecdotes, a gambler and maker of speeches who converts the Non-Believers? Matt Damon, who has spent his career (“Good Will Hunting,” “Rounders,” … Continue reading →