Season 2 continues to slay us with laughs and a new murder mystery. If you recall in “Only Murders in the Building,” Steve Martin and Martin Short joined forces with Selena Gomez in a Hulu true crime comedy series about… Read More ›
Crime
The Man from Toronto
A run-of-the-mill hitman comedy that runs out of ideas. Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson both could have been funny in “The Man from Toronto,” a would-be action comedy on Netflix about a case of mistaken identity regarding a screw-up and… Read More ›
Spiderhead
An overdose of a drug thriller. Fresh off his success with “Top Gun: Maverick,” director Jospeh Kosinski has another movie also with Miles Teller in the cast. It’s called “Spiderhead,” and unlike that amazing movie, this one is released on… Read More ›
There Are No Saints
This B-movie action film is more like a C-movie. I’m told that “There Are No Saints” was filmed in 2012, and took years to find a studio to try to sell it. Saban Films is the only one willing yo… Read More ›
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Nick Cage red rocks this self-parody. When word got out that Bruce Willis is through with acting because of a serious medical condiction of his, it broke the hearts of millions, including myself, who voted “Pulp Fiction” as my all-time… Read More ›
The Bad Guys
This cute cartoon has a Tarantino and Soderbergh style. “The Bad Guys” begins with a “Pulp Fiction” inspired diner scene when Mr. Snake tells Mr. Wolf he hates birthdays, and claims he can taste air. And as they leave the… Read More ›
Ambulance
Let the ambulance pass. Michael Bay’s latest action movie “Ambulance” is basically like “The Fast and the Furious” mixed with “Heat,” “Gone in 60 Seconds,” “Bullitt,” and “Speed,” as we get bank robbers hijacking an ambulance with the paramedic and… Read More ›
Windfall
A wickedly funny and well-intended B-movie of a Netflix thriller. Jason Segel plays a criminal who crashes into a vacation home, urinates in the shower, eats oranges from the orchard, and steals money. Much to his surprise, Jesse Plemons as… Read More ›
The Outfit
A crime drama that’s tailor-made as it is clever. If you can try your best to follow a gangster plot regarding bugs and rats and betrayals, the least you can do is be absorbed by its execution, style, and cleverness…. Read More ›
The Batman
Riddle me this, riddle me that, who won’t enjoy this big, black, bat? From Adam West to Michael Keaton to Val Kilmer to George Clooney to Christian Bale to Ben Affleck, Batman has been an iconic DC hero finding himself… Read More ›