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Thora Birch (“Ghost World”) and Chris Klein (“American Pie”) are pretty far removed from their ’90s teen cinema heyday. But “The Competition,” a rom-com that pairs them up, has a hint of that era about it, even if it is … Continue reading →

Whatever the title suggests, this is a classic “January thriller.” There’s revenge and conspiracy, stars but not “box office” stars. Mark Wahlberg used to own January with pictures like this, action and violence as counter programming to the “awards season” … Continue reading →

“Good villains make good thrillers,” Hitchcock supposedly declared. And if there is better proof of his thesis in a world where Alan Rickman is no longer with us than “Villains,” I can’t think of it. Jeffrey Donovan of “Burn Notice” … Continue reading →

What an odd place Sly Stallone has taken John Rambo in his dotage. In “Rambo: Last Blood,” the traumatized VietNam vet, always reluctant to fight, efficient quasi-psychotic killing machine never daunted by the odds, is a retiring horse farmer on … Continue reading →

Saw this attached to a Neon release last summer. Could not track a copy down to share. Until now. Awards buzz for the Great Alfre Woodard?

Maika Monroe’s in it? I am so… there.

A diverse workforce at an “edible cutlery” start-up are trapped in a cave during a “team building” spelunking expedition in the dark farce, “Corporate Animals.” As it’s a comedy scripted by the Brit who wrote “4 Lions,”  there is a moment … Continue reading →

There was a moment, back in the dark ages, when “60 Minutes” cut to the chase at the climax of decades and decades of science, reports, government ad bans and warnings about cigarettes. Smoking, the evidence showed in a famous … Continue reading →

Animated or live action, the twee films of Wes Anderson have been onnan Howard trajectory with audiences after years of being “citical darlings.” A serio comic love letter to journalism” is his next project, and “The French Dispatch” has distribution … Continue reading →

When the mind wanders during a comedy, or any film that isn’t quite working, the only constructive place to let it wander is to one question. “Why did these attractive, talented people (the cast) decide to do it?”‘ Sometimes the … Continue reading →