Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

Maybe an hour or an hour and a half into “Big Gold Brick,” the thought struck me that somebody must really love actor-turned-first-time-feature-director Brian Petsos. But who exactly loved him enough to let him make this pointless, aimless, endless indulgence … Continue reading →

Veterans of the Honk Kong martial arts movie scene star in “Time,” a tale of martial arts assassins in retirement, a comedy that has ties to “Kung Fu Hustle” and “Shaolin Soccer” and enough promising ideas passing in front of … Continue reading →

No self-respecting werewolf movie would be caught undead without its silver bullets, a torchlit search for “the monster” through the gloom, with survivors gathered in a church that doesn’t offer nearly enough protection. Writer-director Sean Ellis, whose real-history WWII thriller … Continue reading →

“Fresh” is a nasty, satiric swipe at the predatory nature of dating and how ill-advised any “Just go for it” ethos is for a single woman in the America of today. Screenwriter Lauryn Kahn and director Mimi Cave take a … Continue reading →

Samuel Goldwyn has this “You’ve no idea who yer dealin’ wit” thriller, which opens March 18. Michael Smiley, Annes Elwy and Iwan Rheon are the stars.

Every generation has its own tolerance level for grossout, antic comedy, and the farce “Mother Schmuckers (Fils de plouc)” takes a stab at pushing that boundary on behalf of Gen Z. The Belgian siblings Lenny Guit and Harpo Guit start … Continue reading →

Sure, you can hire an Italian Robert Pattinson look-alike as your “recruiter/groomer” for “undead” fresh blood in your “Romeo & Juliet rise from the grave” romantic thriller. Doesn’t mean you have to lay on the fairy dust glitter and what … Continue reading →

“Potato Dreams of America” is a giddy gay fantasia on Russians leaving for the Promised Land, a romp bubbling with wit, wry commentary and visual DIY visual invention. That’s how it begins, anyway. Writer-director Wes Hurley (born Vasili Naumenko) turns … Continue reading →

Make way for 87 minutes of generally excruciating action garbage from Norway. “Last Man Down” is an apocalyptic pandemic vengeance thriller of the “I’m not sure this is helping” variety, about government mass executions, the search for the “immune” so … Continue reading →

A March 4 release, lowdown and dirty French slapstick of the “Jackass” as directed by John Waters variety? Zut alors!