My friend Pete Jacelone has made a new horror film in local New Jersey, one which explores new territory for him.  As Artificial Intelligence is constantly in the news these days, Pete wondered how a chat bot would react to […]

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The film collaborations between director Yorgos Lanthimos and his leading lady, Emma Stone, over the last decade have been both acclaimed and popular.  I can’t say that I have really liked any of them, The Favourite probably being my favorite.  Lanthimos […]

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I was surprised to learn (afterward) that this Japanese adventure is a loose remake of a 1975 film starring Sonny Chiba of which I was unaware.  Watching it, I was constantly reminded of Speed, which has a similar plot line, and […]

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I’ll say this for the new Anaconda movie spoof: its heart is in the right place.  It’s a bright, fun idea to have characters enjoy something so much that they want to repeat the experience in a new way, to celebrate […]

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Although I pay some attention to the news and always have I have no clear recollection of ever seeing news of swimmer Diana Nyad’s epic efforts to swim from Cuba to Florida, either in 1978 or in the 2010s.  It […]

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For a change of pace from all the thrillers and horror flicks I’ve been seeing, I chose this raunchy sex comedy.  I’m not sure why; movies like this demonstrate to me that the industry has passed me by in not […]

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When a genre feels played out, or overexposed, filmmakers look for ways to surprise viewers, to bring the genre back to life.  So it is and so it shall always be, and that is a good thing, because it prevents […]

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Far too many movies and television shows (proportionally) are being made about hit men, assassins, organized (or disorganized) crime and gangsters of all sorts, in my view.  This type of programming cannot help but glorify and popularize criminal behavior, even […]

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Aatami is back, in a sequel that isn’t really necessary, but like his first adventure is surprisingly potent.  The best aspect (for me, anyway) is that director Jalmari Helander has finally learned to scale back on the preposterousness of some […]

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Hutch is back, for no good reason I can discern except to make more money for Universal and its production companies.  First, some background.  For some reason I never reviewed the first Hutch Mansell adventure, Nobody, probably because I saw it […]

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