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 […]
Play Dirty
Anemone
Daniel Day-Lewis’ return to acting needs a little more ambition. In 2017, Daniel Day-Lewis announced his retirement from acting with Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Phantom Thread” being his last movie. I did mention […]
Eleanor the Great
Hear June Squibb tell someone else’s Holocaust tragedy. June Squibb converted to Judaism in the 1950s, and Scarlett Johansson is Jewish, so it should be wise if Johansson directs Squbb in a […]
All of You
A love affair that switches on and off between these two. Maybe “All of You” is something I wanted out of “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey,” but never got. It’s a drama […]
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 […]
The Lost Bus
Get on the bus, and watch McConaughey and Ferrera fight fire with fire. Paul Greengrass’ latest movie “The Lost Bus” takes place during the 2018 Camp Fire, which was the most destructive […]
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 […]
Waltzing with Brando
Billy Zane has the looks of Brando, but the film doesn’t make an offer you can’t refuse. I met Billy Zane last August at Terrificon, and I told him my mother and […]
The Senior
Michael Chiklis scores some nice touchdowns. This week, we have two football movies: the surreal horror movie “Him” with Marlon Wayans as a quarterback legend mentoring a young player with dark results, […]
The Summer Book
A gorgeous and somber missed opportunity. I saw “The Summer Book” at the Boulder International Film Festival with my cousins last March, and I wasn’t really sure what to expect, other than […]
