In the spirit of classic science fiction such as Jurassic Park and Westworld, the suspenseful melodrama M3GAN is a cautionary tale about moving too quickly to embrace scientific progress without being able to control its inevitable permutations. Michael Crichton would have loved this […]
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Breathe (2024) ☆ ☆
As post-apocalyptic dramas go, this one is adequate. I’ve seen much worse . . . but this should have been much better than it actually is. What it really needs is a cogent explanation of how the Earth’s oxygen (and, […]
Continue reading »Cyrano (2021) ☆ ☆ ☆
The French story “Cyrano de Bergerac” has been told a number of times in the movies from the silent days to the COVID era. José Ferrer won an Oscar for his 1950 portrayal of the character. But I believe that […]
Continue reading »The Moon and Back (2022) ☆ ☆ 1/2
I really like the idea behind this little independent film because it could have been me fifty years ago. Maybe it should have been. Perhaps this story will inspire some young visual artist to put their fears and trepidations behind […]
Continue reading »The Green Knight (2021) ☆
As 2024 heads to a close I am trying to make a concerted effort to see and review some of the major films I have missed over the last three or four years. These are titles that, for one reason […]
Continue reading »Son of Gacy (2024) ☆ ☆
My friend, writer-director Pete Jacelone, premiered his new serial killer horror satire Son of Gacy last night at the Hawthorne Theatre in Hawthorne, New Jersey. I was there along with forty or fifty other friends, family and fans to witness his […]
Continue reading »Conclave (2024) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
While I will admit to not caring much about the inner workings of the Catholic Church, especially involving its hierarchy and Papal intricacies, I will also admit that a good movie can be made of just about any subject. In […]
Continue reading »In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023) ☆ ☆ 1/2
A friend and I were discussing actor Liam Neeson the other day. Still going strong at more than 70, Neeson is an actor who lends an unmistakable gravitas and believability to the characters he portrays. Often the scripts he chooses […]
Continue reading »A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) ☆ ☆ ☆
Having enjoyed the first two “Quiet Place” monster movies, with a few reservations, I was really looking forward to this origin story. I think it succeeds pretty well, especially in terms of how the cataclysm affects a small group of […]
Continue reading »Cocaine Bear (2023) ☆ 1/2
Allegedly based on real events, this comedy-action-horror movie is a broad fictionalization of what actually transpired in rural Georgia back in 1985. Reflecting the tenor of our times the filmmakers have turned an almost meaningless footnote of history into a […]
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