This party has more drinks and paparazzi than narrative. Willem Dafoe has a better drama out in theaters now called “Late Fame,” which has him playing a former poet finding his words […]
The Birthday Party
The Bend in the River
There’s plenty of fresh water in this river. I didn’t know what to expect in “The Bend in the River,” other than it being a river movie before I saw it. And […]
Tony
Dominic Sessa assembles the right ingredients as a young, troubled Anthony Bourdain. Five years ago, we got a great documentary on the late chef Anthony Bourdain called: “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony […]
Union County
Will Poulter delivers as a drug addict trying to get clean. The first film I watched from this year’s Sundance Film Festival was “Union County,” which deals with drug addicts, especially in […]
I Want Your Sex, Ice Cream Man, One Night Only, Super Troopers 3, and Late Fame Podcast Reviews
CJ reviews movies about sex, murder, weddings, and poetry on the air. I’m part of a radio station known as NEWHD Radio, which not only hires people on the Autism spectrum, but […]
Cookie Queens
This doc earns the informative badge. The opening of the documentary “Cookie Queens” mentions that Girl Scouts sell over $800 million in cookies in six weeks, and each of them sets their […]
Late Fame
A low key and passionate haiku with Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee. There are sequences in “Late Fame” where the former poet wanders around Lower Manhattan, he sees different people, signs, and […]
Super Troopers 3
911! My emergency is this bad sequel! When I was in my early teens, I’ve enjoyed watching the first “Super Troopers” with my dad at a friend’s house. And I’ve been quoting: […]
One Night Only
Sex laws get overshadowed by likable leads. Just as all crime was legal for one night in “The Purge” and drugs and alcohol were legal for one night in “The Binge,” premarital […]
Ice Cream Man
I scream, you scream, we all scream at this melted slaughterhouse. I like to think that Eli Roth’s latest gore fest “Ice Cream Man” is partly inspired by the kids in “Weapons.” […]
