Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

There are classic films, and among them are quintessential classics, the “life list” movies that every film fan has to know to be cineliterate. Among the latter, I’d list “Lawrence of Arabia,” “La Strada,” “The 400 Blows,” “The French Connection” … Continue reading →

If “The Gray Man” does nothing else, Netflix’s latest blank-check action thriller is going rock the worlds of legions of Marvelettes, those fanatics who have been whining about the latest “Doctor Strange” and “Thor” on Twitter because, as one wag … Continue reading →

Variety must be worried worried about inflation. They’re publishing sketches of what actors are commanding for acting in movies, what Netflix is paying Hemsworth and Millie Bobby Brown, what Paramount spends to keep Tom Cruise happy. $20 million for Joaquin … Continue reading →

This is what privilege looks like…on drugs and dealing drugs in high school. The pretty boy/buzzed boy title character in “The Runner” was in “House of Gucci.” This one comes out Aug. 19.

Perhaps the writer-director of a film about a teacher having an affair with an unstable student (“Blame”) wasn’t the right choice for turning out a light-with-thoughtful-moments Zoey Deutch comedy about Internet fame-whoring and its consequences. “Not Okay” wants to be … Continue reading →

Lost memories, abductions and an odyssey to find an abducted mother, all in this dreamy Aug. 12 release from Juno Films.

French music video veteran and sometime feature filmmaker (“Our Day Will Come”) Romain Gavris brings Netflix a French (subtitled) caper comedy with a mean streak, “Le monde est à toi” aka “The World is Yours.” It’s a “one last job/score” … Continue reading →

The title “The Last Movie Stars” conveys a certain Hollywood mystique and history. And there’s little doubt that however they broke the mold, whatever their longevity as a couple, their acting reputations and charitable contributions, Oscar winners Joanne Woodward and … Continue reading →

You’ll recognize a face or two in this Aug 12 release from Well Go USA.

Into horror? Getting your horror fix the horror streamer Shudder? Here’s a teaser for an Aug. 16 release there.