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In the dozen years since his non-starter first feature film, “Virus X,” writer-director Ryan Steven Harris has found his muse. It is his little girl, Haven Lee Harris. He’s made a short with the redheaded moppet, “Every Child is a … Continue reading →

There’s a secret language shared by filmmakers and critics, words and phrases that connect an “I’m not sure what I meant” with “I really don’t what know to make of it” when it comes to movies. The code phrases turn … Continue reading →

Yowza. Nicholas Hoult, Janet McTeer and John Leguizamo also star in this fine dining fall thriller with a horror pedigree.

Of all the promising places “Frank & Penelope” hints at or threatens to take us, how’d they end up at a murderous “sin eater” cult at a combo tow truck service, garage and motel — complete with a tunnel and … Continue reading →

Lorraine Bracco, Keegan Michael Key and Luke Evans also star in this Robert Zemeckia (Remember him?) film. Sept 8.

Pierce Brosnan heads the supporting cast in this comic book adaptation, part of the DC Shazam thread of comic book storylines. Oct. 21.

Digital aerial combat has come a long ways since “Red Tails” and “Flyboys,” judging by the trailer of this October release. “Midway” raised the CGI bar. Those are F4U Corsairs, WWII vintage fighter-bombers, flying missions in the Korean War of … Continue reading →

I had to look up this Dutch translation after taking in the tense, suspenseful World War II drama “Riphagen,” retitled “Riphagen: The Untouchable” for its Netflix release. “Nagelbijter” is the only Dutch word for it — “nail biter.” It’s a … Continue reading →

Glib, aged mercenaries face off with an Army patrol trapped with them in an Afghan tunnel in “The Prey: Legend of Karnoctus,” a C-movie that wants to embrace the campy cheese, but never gets closer than arm’s length. Starring cigar-chomping … Continue reading →

A dystopian, political, topical and fantastical musical from Africa, “Neptune Frost” is as unusual a film as you’ll see this year. This Rwandan musical is cryptic and meandering, and easier to decipher than it is to follow. But like an … Continue reading →