Not the Liam Neeson film I’d pay attention to or even remember. The last two Liam Neeson action movies I chose to skip were “The Ice Road” and “Blacklight,” because when I […]
Memory
The Northman
The gritty and gruesome tale that inspired the gritty and gruesome Shakespeare tragedy. The Scandinavian legend Amleth is the one who inspired William Shakespeare’s tragedy “Hamlet.” The story of how a king […]
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Nick Cage red rocks this self-parody. When word got out that Bruce Willis is through with acting because of a serious medical condiction of his, it broke the hearts of millions, including […]
All the Old Knives
A solid espionage thriller with impressive performances and convictions. “All the Old Knives” is a thriller that doesn’t succumb to the formulas that “Ambulance” engaged in. It deals with old romances, a […]
Morbius
This empty Marvel vampire movie sucks the life out of you. Jared Leto just won the Razzie for his awful performance in “House of Gucci,” when he played that clownish portrayal of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Kimi
A stylish thriller about an agoraphobic and the monsters in the company she works for. Steven Soderbergh’s “Kimi” is a much better version of “The Woman in the Window” in every way. […]
Death on the Nile
Kenneth Branagh gives Hercule Poirot a second time around, and he improves. Kenneth Branagh’s take on “Death on the Nile,” which is finally showing its face in theaters this week, is better […]
