High class with grace and lots of blood, but no story. As “Victorian Psycho” begins, Winifred Notty (Maika Monroe) is introduced to the audience with her head leaning towards the right and […]
Victorian Psycho
Ebenezer
It needs a little more Christmas cheer. The story of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” has been transitioned ever since he published it in 1843. The earliest surviving film version was a […]
How to Rob a Bank
A crime movie that goes broke trying to go for broke on the internet. “How to Rob a Bank” is a crime comedy that channels the crimes that become popular in the […]
Club Kid
A gay father-son drama that knows how to party. There’s a lot of gay pride, drama, humor, and DJ music in “Club Kid,” and it delivers with creativity by Jordan Fistman, who […]
Bitter Christmas
Both well-acted time periods don’t have the pay-offs they deserve. I’ve been to the Chicago International Film Festival last month, and I have seen Pedro Almodovar’s last two entries there. In 2024, […]
Paper Tiger
James Gray delivers a gritty family crime drama. “Paper Tiger,” James Gray’s latest take on the American Dream in the 1980s, is a major improvement on his last film “Armageddon Time.” It […]
The Cat in the Hat, Godzilla Minus Zero, Mouse, Wild Horse Nine, and I Play Rocky Podcast Reviews
CJ reviews movies about iconic characters and new characters in pairs on my website and on the air. I’m part of a radio station known as NEWHD Radio, which not only hires […]
La bola negra
Three gay main protagonists, one fabulous movie. “La bola negra” is an odyssey of a three gay men-two of them in the 1930s and one in the 2010s, and all of which […]
Hen
Almost like “Au hasard Balthazar,” but with a chicken. Why did the chicken cross the road? To dodge that hungry fox and because the local gas station wouldn’t protect him. And I […]
The Cast and Crew of Mouse
Great talents talk about a great movie. I spoke with Katherine Mallen Kupferer and Sophie Okenedo, the leading actresses of “Mouse,” and real-life couple and filmmaker Alex Thompson and Kelly O’Sullivan, who […]
