Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

Again with the bunnies? As if Jordan Peele’s “Us” wasn’t the Easter present nobody asked for. “Rottentail” is a wisecracking C-movie creature feature that lets us in on the joke. The jokes. All of them. It’s an under-funded, gory goofball … Continue reading →

A cop buddy comedy, where the scary hulk with a badge (Dave Bautista) basically takes an Uber driver (Kumail Nanjiani of “The Big Sick”) hostage. A few one-liners, some gunplay and ultra-violence, and a couple of laughs — just in … Continue reading →

Full disclosure, stop-motion animation is my favorite form of animated entertainment. Yes, “Isle of Dogs” was the best animated film of 2018, I don’t care who they gave the Oscar to (the blurry “Spider-Verse,” how soon we forget). The tactile, … Continue reading →

A touchy, liberal-guilt-ridden riff on Richard Wright’s “Native Son,” this stars Ashton Sanders as the young man hired by an affluent family to serve as chauffeur. Bill Camp is the “NAACP supporter” patriarch, and Margaret Qualley pegs the townhouse rich … Continue reading →

“Ash is the Purest White” is a sweeping Chinese crime saga that’s more interesting for what it shows than what it’s about. The story is a routine mob moll melodrama, a devoted woman’s life of tests once she’s taken up … Continue reading →

If there had been an Internet and fangirls and fanboys back in Stephen King’s film and TV adaptation heyday — the 80s to early 90s — he never would have had the chance to fall out of favor. Over-exposed, with … Continue reading →

“Satan & Adam” chronicles a famous odd-couple blues duo who made their name on the streets of Harlem, earned fame by appearing on a U2 concert album and found a little success and a little heartache in the years that … Continue reading →

The cinema’s great, mad visionary Terry Gilliam has longed to film a tale called “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” since the 1980s. Talk about maddening. The man has had stars and money lined up (sort of) more than once … Continue reading →

A little “Purge,” a hunk of “Lord of the Flies,” that’s “The Society.” This series streams May 10.