A ping pong match that bounces off the table and wins. I just had an interview with a newcomer named Luke Manley, who jokingly told me not to disrespect the table tennis […]
Marty Supreme
Is This Thing On?
Bradley Cooper’s third directing job puts Will Arnett on the mic tonight. Will Arnett and Bradley Cooper have collaborated before in lesser known comedies like “The Comebacks” and “The Rocker,” which both […]
The President’s Cake
A rich movie about a poor girl getting cake ingredients. “The President’s Cake” is an Iraqi film that won the Directors’ Fortnight’s Audience Award and the Camera d’Or at the Cannes Film […]
Dust Bunny
Hippity-hoppity, the Dust Bunny on its way. The NYC apartment complex the hitman and girl live in has yellow walls and aqua stairs with snakes painted on them. That’s in the daytime, […]
Ella McCay
A comedy made by James L. Brooks should be jolly, but this one is too jolly. James L. Brooks’ latest comedy (and the first one he has directed since “How Do You […]
Dead Man’s Wire
The entertaining story of a man vowing revenge on a mortgage company. Gus Van Sant’s latest film “Dead Man’s Wire” is inspired by the true story of how Tony Kiristsis (1932-2005) came […]
Atropia
No ticket to stardom for this docudrama. I saw “Atropia” virtually from the Sundance Film Festival, and I haven’t really thought much about it since. I may have liked the leading lady […]
La Grazia
This Italian President has my vote. Last February, I disliked Paolo Sorrentino’s “Parthenope” for being cynical, and having the title female character with more beauty than personality. I always knew he was […]
The Secret Agent
The only place Wagner Moura is safe is in this great review. Don’t let the title “The Secret Agent” fool you. This isn’t a spy movie. It’s a Brazilian drama about a […]
Eternity
A smart love triangle in the afterlife. We begin with an elderly couple arriving at a gender reveal party, only for the old man played by Barry Primus to suddenly die and […]
