This B-movie with coyotes howls too much with cliches and pent up energy. The opening of “Coyotes” suggests that the California wildfires have basically sent coyotes to rural and suburban areas. That’s […]
Coyotes
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
41 years later, and they’re still not on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?! See this graphic above this review? Well, that’s Spinal Tap spoofing the Crosby, Stills & Nash debut […]
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 Paper
No Scranton Stranglers, just the wonderful, wacky world of journalism. Disclaimer: this is not a series remake of the Ron Howard comedy “The Paper.” 20 years ago, NBC gave us “The Office,” […]
Twinless
Twice as emotional and honest as you’d expect. The only twins I know personally are my cousins, and they don’t look alike, but they both have ambitious goals and free spirits. But […]
Griffin in Summer
On a small scale, we get a nice combo of sexual awakening, stage work, and possibly autism. As we start to watch “Griffin in Summer,” we see some tweens performing in a […]
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 […]
Pools
Let’s swim some funny and melancholy laps. The look of the independent comedy “Pools” is as bright in yellows as a Wes Anderson movie. It even has the zoom-in and zoom-out of […]
