As fun as rusted metal. I’m told that the new Netflix movie “The Electric State” cost $320 million to make. And after getting a look at the film in a New York […]
The Electric State
Seven Veils
There are symbols in everything that one sees. It almost makes the film full of terrors. I read in the press notes that filmmaker Atom Egoyan directed a stage production of the […]
Queen of the Ring
There are matches to be fought here thanks to strong womanhood. Professional wrestling dramas come in different formats. There was “Unstoppable,” which was about the one-legged wrestler Anthony Robles; there was “The […]
Daredevil: Born Again
An entertaining Disney+ series where Daredevil tries to handle crime the legal way but goes back to vigilantism. I’ve heard the Marvel superhero Daredevil through the 2003 Ben Affleck movie, and I […]
Last Breath
An underwater rescue thriller with plenty of oxygen. “Last Breath” is the remake of the documentary of the same name, which focused on saturation diver Chris Lemons, who survived the bottom of […]
My Dead Friend Zoe
A consistent dramedy about a solider who lost her wisecracking friend. So we start off with two army friends serving in Afghanistan who sing to Rihanna’s “Umbrella,” have some fun being themselves, […]
Cleaner
Like “Die Hard,” but in London and with window cleaners. Now, here’s an action thriller with much better appeal than “Love Hurts.” It’s called “Cleaner,” and it’s actually an action movie on […]
The Unbreakable Boy
Half of this drama is inspiring, and half of it is annoying. Autism has its benefits and challenges. Not all us can talk, not all of us can be flexible, and not […]
Ex-Husbands
These boys need some family therapy, and we do care about them. We start at a movie theater when the dentist Peter (Griffin Dunne) finds out that his father Simon (Richard Benjamin) […]
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
This lovable sequel brings Renee Zellweger’s character back on track. The last “Bridget Jones” film “Bridget Jones’s Baby” was on my list of the Worst Films of 2016 for being so desperate […]
