Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

I was working in Tennessee near the end of the Ernest P. Worrell fad and got to interview this serious actor turned famous bumkin goofball. He’d come into town to help talk actors into joining acting unions, make appearances plugging … Continue reading →

Éanna Hardwicke (Vivarium (2019) stars as Roy Keane, who had a very public bust up with his World Cup manager Mick McCarthy, something the Irish weren’t quick to forgive. Kind of the anti “Ted Lasso?”

Tabitha and Porshia Zimiga star in this newly-widowed, hardnosed horse trainer who provides shelter to wayward teens and her daughter, fighting to ride, to save the dream and save the ranch from guys like Scoot McNairy, who has the perfect … Continue reading →

James and Dafoe are joined by Joe Keery and Rachel Sennott in this Italian job build around a Plain Jane played by Rebecca Antonaci. Saverio Costanzo wrote and directed this love letter to the movies and what they used to … Continue reading →

A Film Fest horror movie that didn’t grab the interest of a major, every cineplex across the country distributor, a major motion picture director whose “Thirteen Lives” didn’t do well, and who might be facing the inevitable fade in influence … Continue reading →

“Sovereign” is a movie whose politics have kind of flipped this year, which is why it’s going straight to streaming. A guy who’s got his own interpretation of The Constitution, raising his son to fear, resist and fight back against … Continue reading →

An awards season (October release) contender, or is The Academy a tad “over” Yorgos Lanthimos? Not likely. “The Favourite” and “Poor Things” still have some currency when fall arrives. Aidas Delbis and Alicia Silverstone also star in this dark comedy/environmental … Continue reading →