A western with a new lead and a dusty script. The story for “No Man’s Land” is set in the Texas-Mexico border, and it just so happens that two weeks in a […]
No Man’s Land
The Marksman
Liam Neeson’s latest thriller misses the mark. Director Robert Lorenz is a collaborator with Clint Eastwood on a number of projects. He’s produced “Million Dollar Baby,” “American Sniper,” and “Gran Torino,” among […]
Greenland
Things get crazy in this surprisingly good apocalyptic flick. Gerard Butler has the action movie charisma that makes his movies, like “300,” “Olympus Has Fallen,” and the “How to Train Your Dragon” […]
The Midnight Sky
George Clooney delivers on his own Space Odyssey. “The Midnight Sky,” George Clooney’s first film in years, chronicles on a global disaster that left the planet Earth uninhabitable with only one survivor […]
Songbird
I’d rather eat wet take-out food than see this pandemic bomb again. “Songbird” is a cynical and depressing vision about COVID-19 lasting for years. The story takes place in Los Angeles, 4 […]
Black Bear
Aubrey Plaza roars in the film within a film. “Black Bear” is a different kind of independent film, because of how it distinguishes between scenes and filming the actual scenes. This could […]
Freaky
This body swap horror comedy goes for the kill. We’ve all seen movies about switching bodies around. For example: there were both versions of “Freaky Friday” with Jodie Foster switching bodies with […]
Let Him Go
Now this is one Hell of a family feud. The new Neo-western drama “Let Him Go,” stars Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, and Lesley Manville in three gripping performances in a movie uses […]
Spell
This voodoo version of “Misery” has its ups and downs. Last July, I panned the “Fatal Attraction” rip-off “Fatal Affair,” for using an African-American theme as an excuse to be made. And […]
Come Play
An autistic child gets stalked by a storybook monster in emotional and scary horror flick. “Come Play” is the first horror movie with an autistic child as the main protagonist. I’ve seen […]
