A sharp way for Cronenberg to examine the dead. David Cronenberg is a brilliant, bizarre, and absorbing filmmaker, who is able to take certain audiences in his own visionary world. And by […]
The Shrouds
Neighborhood Watch
It’s nice to see Quaid and Morgan playing an unlikely sleuth duo. Here are the two mismatched buddies that either Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte or Mel Gibson and Danny Glover would […]
Havoc
Too much carnage can’t deliver here. “Havoc” is the new made-for-Netflix action thriller made by Gareth Evans, the same man who gave us the “Raid” movies. Those films were fun in the […]
The Accountant 2
This sequel gets its numbers right. I was one of the few film critics to enjoy “The Accountant” from 2016, which you may recall had Ben Affleck playing Christian Wolff, an autistic […]
Sinners
There’s not a moment to miss in Ryan Coogler’s electrifying vampire movie. Months after praising Bill Skarsgard’s performance and Robert Eggers’ direction in the new version of “Nosferatu,” we have another vampire […]
Drop
Wining and dining with someone stalked by a killer. Better make a reservation. From what I have been seeing lately, Christopher Landon seems to be having a better connection with female leads […]
The Amateur
Rami Malek is a lot more clever than what the screenplay provides I don’t know what this movement is called exactly, but it involves setting your arm like a slingshot, you let […]
The Luckiest Man in America
Paul Walter Hauser plays for laughs, money, and memorization. Not too many people are familiar with the Press Your Luck scandal, which featured Michael Larson’s 1984 record-breaking win of $110,237. He was […]
A Working Man
This working man needs to change careers. When I reviewed Jason Statham and director David Ayer’s last collaboration “The Beekeeper,” I got a comment on Facebook saying that Statham has been playing […]
Death of a Unicorn
You mess with the unicorn, you get the horn. This is me talking to the parents who see the word “Unicorn” on the “Death of a Unicorn” poster. This is not for […]
