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“The Return of Tanya Tucker” isn’t a documentary for people who don’t like triumphant comeback stories. If you can’t get choked-up at “I survived fame and its excesses and lived-to-tell-the-tale” stories, just mosey along. And if you think Tanya Tucker … Continue reading →

De Niro and Huston are local lawmen on the front lines of the Oxy crisis. John Malkovich and Willa Fitzgerald also star in this one, due out Dec. 2.

A two hour and thirty-eight minute deep dive into the life and downfall of an exacting, mercurial lesbian classical music conductor might be the motion picture definition of “a hard sell.” But you miss “Tár” at your own peril. Consider … Continue reading →

The effects are decent, the acting desultory in “Prey for the Devil,” a School for Exorcists thriller that promises more than it delivers. Consider the setting of Robert Zappia’s script, based on a story by Todd R. Jones and Earl … Continue reading →

Mike Colter and Yoson An co star in this January thriller about a jetliner that crashes in the civil war torn Philippines and passengers are taken hostage. Looks very Gerry and opens in January. Damn, that’s a lame title. (My … Continue reading →

I think I cackled four times watching this trailer to a tale of a would-be rapper/ditched by his girlfriend, rounding up a crew for a heist, to impress that girlfriend and solve a few other problems. “Four Samosas” has that … Continue reading →

The writer director of “Belle Epoch” looks adapts a novel about a father’s principled efforts to help the less fortunate and impart his values in this drama. “Memories of My Father” opens Nov. 16 in New York and Nov. 18 … Continue reading →

He’s billed by his real name, Colson Baker, and he co stars with Maddie Haason, Ruby Rose and Scott McNairy among others in this Nov.18 release. Looks overfamiliar, but intense and realistic.

It’s really saying something when a Frenchman has been to Japan for “an electronic” penis implant, which you can “steer,” switch to “vibrate” and even has a penis-scope function “so you can see…inside,” and it’s not even the daftest thing … Continue reading →

I was utterly charmed by this Bronx Immigrant’s Tale when it first came out, a movie of vignettes, slices of life, people struggling and making sometimes good, sometimes desperate decisions. You might be, too, If you run across it streaming … Continue reading →