As prudish as I can be about crudity and profanity and bad behavior in modern movies, which is sometimes pervasive, it is more often the style in which it is presented than the subject matter which bothers me. What I […]
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Asteroid City (2023) ☆
I think I am finished with Wes Anderson. The filmmaker who has become a cult favorite among both actors who love to work with him and audiences who adore his whimsical creations has never been more popular. But after a […]
Continue reading »About My Father (2023) ☆ ☆ 1/2
Familial comedies have been around since the beginning of cinema, and as this movie proves, the same themes are still being explored more than a century later. The main differences are the ways in which the stories are being told; […]
Continue reading »Mother’s Day (Dzień Matki) (2023) ☆ ☆
Action movies are not just an American institution. New from Poland is a martial arts-filled tale of familial distress which causes one woman to rampage her way across a dark city just like a young Jackie Chan or Steven Seagal […]
Continue reading »Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) ☆ ☆
This horror title garnered some acclaim last year, which I hope is solely due to its manner of working out the murder mystery it presents. I must admit that the final five minutes have a certain flair that puts an […]
Continue reading »Murder Mystery 2 (2023) ☆ 1/2
Although I like some Adam Sandler movies and performances, much of the time he just goes through the motions with stories that scream formula, insanely sexy actresses who pretend to love him and just enough human interest to keep things […]
Continue reading »Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 (2023) ☆ ☆ ☆
Like a lot of recent films I’ve seen, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 is all about friendship and maintaining contact with the people one loves. I’m thinking this is all related to the pandemic, and the forced isolation which kept […]
Continue reading »Book Club: The Next Chapter (2023) ☆ ☆ 1/2
I really enjoyed the original Book Club back in 2018, calling it the funniest comedy of the year. This one is not that one. It’s five years later and everyone is five years older and half of the men in the […]
Continue reading »Renfield (2023) ☆ ☆ 1/2
How do you return to and make relevant a story more than a century old that is familiar to all horror fans? In this case, focus on a secondary character and make him the protagonist, allowing the audience to view […]
Continue reading »Air (2023) ☆ ☆ ☆
Good movies can be made about just about anything. Shoes, for instance. A pro athlete who has yet to play a game. Executives at a company with financial concerns and low confidence. Jerky agents. All of these elements are present […]
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