Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

Sometimes, you keep adding photos to top of a review just to avoid having to write it. Because I’ve been a fan of Judd Apatow, and I just knew his turn towards indulgent, overlong, nepotism-laced “comedies” in recent years wasn’t … Continue reading →

You never think of how integral doors are to a “door-slamming farce” until you run into a screen comedy that leaves them out. “French Touch,” aka “An Artist with the Ladies” and titled “Coiffeur pour Dames” in its native France, … Continue reading →

I figure I’m the last one to get around to noticing this trailer (seen before “Morbius” in a theater), and the news that this cult-following TV show has generated a big screen movie. The reason for that? It pegs my … Continue reading →

Some of the best vampire “transitioning” effects ever are wasted on “Morbius,” perhaps the least interesting and certainly the least consequential action picture ever to wear the Marvel badge. Jared Leto isn’t awful in the title role. But aside from … Continue reading →

He single-handedly turned America into an Olympic swimming powerhouse, competing in four Olympiads. And while touring with that Olympic fame, he brought Hawaiian surfing to the world. There are statues to Duke Kahanamoku in countries where he first dipped a … Continue reading →

This all star murder mystery comes to HBO Max May 5. Interesting to hear the Oscar winning Firth’s latest take on an American accent.

The setting is unfamiliar, the language spoken is Arabic, the violence unexpected and the plot — “Who is framing me for the famous man they had shot in my rideshare?” well-worn. The slick, confusing and yet somehow familiar Egyptian thriller … Continue reading →

The viewing event of the spring isn’t some streaming series on Hulu, Amazon, Disney or Netflix. It’s a an eye-popping motion picture event that demands to be seen in a cinema, preferably IMAX, to get the full overwhelming and immersive … Continue reading →

Cute concept, and then they throw in a twist…a PUN on “Dual,” as in “duel to the DEATH.” This is the gonzo conceit that the director of “The Art of Self-Defense” came up with — sci-fi with a “we can’t … Continue reading →

Documentaries are a great way of getting a quick summary of the history of this or that corner of the culture, subcultures we know little about. “Girls Can’t Surf” has that going for it, and if we’re not careful, we … Continue reading →