It should send a chill down your spine. When you see “The Ice Tower,” and acknowledge that it’s inspired by “The Snow Queen,” don’t expect Idina Menzel to show up. Expect a […]
The Ice Tower
The Smashing Machine
It gives The Rock a fighting chance to try something different with his acting career. It would make sense that Dwayne Johnson would reconnect with his wrestling days, back when he was […]
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 […]
Dead of Winter
Almost like a cousin to “Fargo.” “You had to pick the middle of nowhere” is the first line spoken by Emma Thompson’s character Barb. She’s driving with a map through Minnesota in […]
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 […]
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
It’s beautiful, but not big or bold enough. As I begin to watch “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey,” I see Colin Farrell as David finding out his car has been booted, and […]
Code 3
A working comedy that’s committed to its job. The poster for “Code 3” makes it look like a cheap, under the radar action comedy. But on the inside, it’s a funny and […]
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 […]
The Toxic Avenger
It’s not environmentally friendly, but it is theater friendly. “The Toxic Avenger” is a remake of the 1986 cult movie about a janitor who becomes the deformed superhero The Toxic Avenger, thanks […]
