The Future
Set in the not too distant future in Israel, which doesn't feel all that different from right now, The Future is the story of two women, Dr. Nurit Bloch (Reymonde…
On the Edge (Entre La Vie et La Mort)
A body falls onto the tracks in front of a Brussels subway driver as he pulls into the station. It's every subway driver's nightmare, but this time it is his…
Book Club: The Next Chapter
If you put the first Book Club movie in a PG-13 blender with the likes of Girls Trip, Bridesmaids, and 80 for Brady, you'd have yourself a nice, tall glass…
To Catch a Killer
Shailene Woodley (Divergent, The Fault in Our Stars) stars in this Silence of the Lambs wannabe procedural thriller as Eleanor, a young beat cop who finds herself in the center…
Double Feature: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret; Judy Blume Forever
Growing up, it was a rite of passage to get "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" out of the library and plow through it, along with a stack of…
The Worst Ones (Les pires)
Set in Picasso, a gritty, working class town in the north of France, The Worst Ones is a film-within-a-film. Belgian director Gabriel (Johan Heldenbergh) comes to the town to shoot…
John Wick: Chapter 4
"No one escapes the Table." Or so they say. But John Wick -- bless his warm, semi-retired assassin heart-- keeps trying. And those around him keep dying. Yes, the seemingly…
Juniper
It's probably just the films I am choosing to watch these days, but it is a great time for older actresses. Juniper stars Charlotte Rampling and she hasn't lost an…
Magic Mike’s Last Dance
“So what’d you think?,” someone asked with an impish grin as I emerged from the theater. “It’s…steamy,” was about all I could muster in the (over-heated) moment. Now that I’ve…
80 FOR BRADY
There’s a cloud hanging over this mostly entertaining film, and it’s Tom Brady... the G.O.A.T., the seven-time Super Bowl Champion quarterback, the pride of the New England Patriots and then…
Plane
People often ask me what movies they should watch to kill time on a long plane ride. I wouldn't recommend this particular film for that particular venue, unless you're a…
A Man Called Otto
If Tom Hanks’ oddball performance (and accent) as Col. Parker in Elvis threw you for a loop in 2022, then prepare to hop back on the Tom Hanks love train…
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Here's what I wanna do after watching Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody: 1) surf YouTube for real clips from all the great moments showcased in the film, including…
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
I may be one of the few people who was not blown away by the original Knives Out. Which is not to say I didn't like it. I just wasn't all…
Review: Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
A couple of weeks before I saw this film, I read filmmaker Werner Herzog’s first novel "The Twilight World,” which draws on his meeting 25 years ago with Hiroo Onoda,…