Liam Neeson needs to investigate a new agent. Liam Neeson is the next actor to play detective Phillip Marlowe, after Humphrey Bogart, Robert Mitchum, and Elliott Gould, among others. “Marlowe” is also […]
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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
A threequel that needs less shrinking and more growing. I would hate to bore the people who are expecting my review of “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” but I really must let […]
Irreversible: The Straight Cut
It doesn’t work in either direction. When Gaspar Noe’s “Irreversible” premiered at Cannes back in 2002, half the audience were repulsed by its rape scene, while the other half admired Noe’s filmmaking […]
Knock at the Cabin
Find out whether these 4 strangers are crazy or not. Could the four people invading the cabin of a gay couple and their adoptive daughter really be trying to prevent the apocalypse […]
Infinity Pool
The son of David Cronenberg makes a vacation movie that’s bizarre and WTF original. Would the following be considered torture porn? In the fictional island La Tolga, there’s a secret facility, where […]
The Pale Blue Eye
Now, this is a detective Christian Bale period piece. After labeling “Amsterdam” as the worst film of 2022, here’s Christian Bale in a much better murder mystery known as “The Pale Blue […]
The Eternal Daughter
A different kind of ghost story. Tilda Swinton has a dual role as a mother and daughter in “The Eternal Daughter,” her latest collaboration with writer/director Joanna Hogg. Although, I’m going to […]
Decision to Leave
A riveting mystery about an insomniac detective and the woman who could be bad. I regret not reviewing the new South Korean opus “Decision to Leave” sooner, because like “Aftersun,” I wasn’t […]
White Noise
Let’s see how Baumbach, Driver, and Gerwig handle their fears of death. Noah Baumbach reunites with his fellow stars Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig for “White Noise,” a movie with various genres […]
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
One of the rare sequels to be as fresh as the original. I’ve seen both “Knives Out” movies at the Chicago International Film Festival, and I loved both of them. Each one, […]
