Dumb characters drag Disney+ musical down. “Better Nate Than Ever” is a made-for-Disney plus so committed to the studio that it decides to alter the novel’s set-up by switching the Broadway musical […]
Better Nate Than Ever
Mothering Sunday
This period drama has more passion than literature. When you step inside a British period piece, distributed domestically by Sony Pictures Classics, you want to be relaxed by the ambiance, you want […]
Moon Knight
Isaac delivers as the action hero and the cowardly Brit he puts his soul into. “Moon Knight” is the next MCU show on Disney+, and it’s an ambitious one, especially when Oscar […]
Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood
Richard Linklater’s 3rd animated feature is a nostalgic wonder. There’s a little bit of “A Christmas Story” inside “Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood,” as we get Jack Black narrating the […]
Infinite Storm
The Naomi Watts survival picture that has more danger than substance. I’m sitting in an empty theater at an evening showing of “Infinite Storm,” and as the film begins, I either hear […]
Wood and Water
A peaceful retirement film that’s more relaxing than structured. This is a short review, because “Wood and Water” is a short movie, running for nearly 80 minutes. It’s a German import written […]
Windfall
A wickedly funny and well-intended B-movie of a Netflix thriller. Jason Segel plays a criminal who crashes into a vacation home, urinates in the shower, eats oranges from the orchard, and steals […]
The Outfit
A crime drama that’s tailor-made as it is clever. If you can try your best to follow a gangster plot regarding bugs and rats and betrayals, the least you can do is […]
Deep Water
An erotic thriller you wish would drown. Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas are two of the best talents around, but not even they could survive “Deep Water,” an erotic thriller from […]
Alice
Keke Palmer explodes, while the story of racism implodes. Keke Palmer has made a name for herself with a number of movies from “Akeelah and the Bee” to “Ice Age: Continental Drift” […]
