Julia Roberts’ first collaboration with Luca Guadagnino is a misfire. Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt” opens with Woody Allen styled credits, especially with the casting in alphabetical order (Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, […]
After the Hunt
Play Dirty
This crime caper doesn’t play fair. The opening of “Play Dirty” looks and sounds like it wants to enter Quentin Tarantino and Steven Soderbergh territory with the thieves talking about how the […]
One Battle After Another
PTA has done it again! Viva La Revolution! I saw “One Battle After Another” in Vista Vision yesterday, and I think that’s how all of Paul Thomas Anderson’s movie should be seen […]
Only Murders in the Building (Season 5)
A fun fifth season with gangsters and doormen. When we last saw Charles-Haden Savage (Steve Martin), Oliver Putnam (Martin Short), and Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez), Oliver has been married, the doorman Lester […]
The Thursday Murder Club
A cute whodunit in the old folks home. While Hulu gives us “Only Murders in the Building and while Rian Johnson gives us “Knives Out” and “Poker Face,” Netflix gives us the […]
Caught Stealing
Take me out to Darren Aronofsky’s ball game of a crime comedy. Darren Arnonosky is a filmmaker who specializes in surreal, dramatic, and psychological films. His lists includes “Pi,” “Requiem for a […]
Highest 2 Lowest
A Spike Lee Joint that raps and speaks its mind. We begin with a cover version of “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning” and a montage of New York City. And then we […]
Honey Don’t!
Honey, I Don’t give a damn about this movie. We begin with the aftermath of a car crash, and a woman with a short hairstyle takes the dead driver’s ring, which has […]
Eenie Meanie
Not much of a heist movie. Samara Weaving has given herself a game changing career with movies like “Ready or Not” or “Three Billbaords Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” but her latest action comedy […]
Lurker
Friend or foe in the music world. “Lurker” is miles and miles ahead of “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” which was about The Weeknd dealing with bad choices, including his relationship with his mother […]
