Here’s the latest from This shouldn’t work at all. The episodic structure breaks all the narrative rules. Doris Day fans should be disappointed as she’s not in...
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Here’s the latest from Cinerama was the IMAX of the day and far superior in my view in many aspects not least the width of the screen....
Dir: Gareth Edwards Cast: John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpson, Allison Janney, Ralph Ineson This original and timely sci-fi epic from...
Here’s the latest from It’s a well-known fact in Hollywood that horror films and franchises are worth investing in. They’re often cheap to make and easily turn...
Here’s the latest from Hammer had struck gold revisiting ancient civilization in One Million Years B.C. (1966) and with its adaptation of Dennis Wheatley’s The Devil Rides Out (1967). The Lost...
Here’s the latest from Title – Blue Beetle (2023) Director – Angel Manuel Soto (The Farm) Cast – Xolo Maridueña, Bruna Marquezine, George Lopez, Susan Sarandon Plot – Recent college graduate...
Here’s the latest from Title – The Son (2022) Director – Florian Zeller (The Father) Cast – Hugh Jackman, Vanessa Kirby, Laura Dern, Zen McGrath, Anthony Hopkins Plot – Successful businessman...
Here’s the latest from Title – The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023) Director – André Øvreadl (Troll Hunter) Cast – Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham, David Dastmalchian Plot...
Here’s the latest from Strangely neglected in part I guess because the violence is countered by humanity. Despite the visceral images it lacks the narrative drive of...
Here’s the latest from Decent hokum sees Vikings ally with Moors to seek a mythical giant bell made of gold, “the mother of voices.” There are stunning...
Here’s the latest from Gripping thriller that set up the template for the decade’s later conspiracy mini-genre exemplified by The Conversation (1974), The Parallax View (1974) and...
Here’s the latest from Title – A Haunting in Venice (2023) Director – Kenneth Branagh (Death on the Nile) Cast – Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, Kelly...
Here’s the latest from Highly enjoyable and surprisingly good. Could be viewed as a companion piece to Two Weeks in Another Town (1962), swapping movies for Broadway....
Here’s the latest from Title – Decision to Leave (2022) Director – Park Chan-wook (Oldboy) Cast – Park Hae-il, Tang Wei, Go Kyung-Pyo Plot – Investigating the death of a climber...
Dir: Kenneth Branagh Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Ali Khan, Emma Laird, Kelly Reilly, Riccardo Scamarcio, Michelle Yeoh Kenneth...
Here’s the latest from As you can imagine back in the day audiences struggled with accepting cross-dressing never mind transgender instinct – both deemed psychological aberrations –...
Dir: Pablo Larrain Cast: Jaime Vadell, Gloria Munchmeyer, Alfredo Castro, Paula Luchsinger, Stella Gonet Pablo Larrain follows up his haunting biopics of Jackie Kennedy and Princess Diana,...
Here’s the latest from Unholy triumvirate of director Vincente Minelli, star Kirk Douglas and screenwriter Charles Schnee had been here before, eviscerating Hollywood in The Bad and the...
Here’s the latest from She sings, she dances, she shakes her booty. What else would you expect from Ann-Margret in light comedic mode (i.e. The Swinger, 1966) rather...
Dir: Alejandro Monteverde Cast: Jim Caviezel, Mira Sorvino, Bill Camp While there are flaws from a filmmaking perspective, ‘Sound of Freedom’ succeeds in raising awareness of its sensitive subject...
Here’s the latest from What appears a routine conspiracy thriller fleshed out with contemporary hooks about body shaming, victim shaming and the dark web suddenly explodes in...
Here’s the latest from Stylish, triumphant, conclusion to a vigilante series that stands comparison with John Wick as the best of the new century. Oddly enough, the pair share...
Here’s the latest from Title – Haunted Mansion (2023) Director – Justin Simien (Dear White People) Cast – LaKeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson, Tiffany Haddish, Danny DeVito, Jamie Lee...
Here’s the latest from If only British director Tony Richardson had seen fit to add some meat to the bones, this satirical look at the American funeral...
Here’s the latest from Burt Lancaster gives the performance of his life as the eponymous burnt-out salesman finding financial redemption in the salvation business in Richard Brooks’...
Here’s the latest from The long tradition of Scottish-made or Scottish-set movies – from Whisky Galore (1949), Brigadoon (1954), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) and The Wicker Man (1973) to Local Hero (1983), Highlander (1986), Braveheart (1995) and Trainspotting (1996) –...
Here’s the latest from Sean Connery in an early role as a gangster is not the only reason for watching this brisk British thriller about a London...
Here’s the latest from Title – Biosphere (2022) Director – Mel Eslyn (feature debut) Cast – Mark Duplass, Sterling K. Brown Plot – Set in the not to distant future, long...
Here’s the latest from Jacqueline Bisset is the big draw here. After breaking into the Hollywood bigtime with female leads in The Detective (1968) and Bullitt (1968) she put her newfound...
Here’s the latest from Generation gap comedy driven by unmentionables and the prospect of perplexed father getting more pop-eyed by the minute. By default, probably the last...
Here’s the latest from Kirk Douglas (The Brotherhood, 1968) had been so intent on establishing his dramatic credentials as a Hollywood high flier that he hadn’t appeared...
Here’s the latest from Let’s start with the Hollywood happy ending. Poet Samson (Sean Connery) slugs pregnant second wife (Joanne Woodward). He’d have punched her lights out...
Here’s the latest from Taken on its own merits, George Cukor’s western is a highly enjoyable romp. Hardly your first choice for the genre, Cukor ignores the...
Here’s the latest from Title – The Equalizer 3 (2023) Director – Antoine Fuqua (King Arthur) Cast – Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, David Denman Plot – One man army Robert McCall...
Here’s the latest from Little has dated as badly as this male supremacy sexist hogwash. While Billy Wilder can manage to inject some sophistication and even elegance...
Here’s the latest from Once you get over the notion of Jason Statham as an eco-warrior, and alternating between grumpy and cuddly step-dad, and that the eco-goodies...
Here’s the latest from About-to-retire Indian scout Sam Varner (Gregory Peck) helps the U.S. Cavalry round up Indians to take to reservations. One of these is American...
Here’s the latest from Title – The Little Mermaid (2023) Director – Rob Marshall (Mary Poppins Returns) Cast – Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Melissa McCarthy, Javier Bardem, (voices of) Daveed...
Here’s the latest from Angie Dickinson (Jessica, 1962) is the standout as the cold-blooded double-crossing femme fatale in this slick tale of a double heist. Sure, Lee...
