Wrath of Man: H Is for Heat
Sometimes in life, you just want to see Jason Statham shooting people. My last few movie reviews have required me to be quite serious...
Truffle Hunters: White Gold
Marcella Hazan was a great expert on Italian cuisine, and I remember reading in her The Classic Italian Cook Book that farmers would forage...
Slalom: Après Ski
The first shot of Slalom is of a teenage girl’s ass. This French movie which played at last year’s virtual Cannes Film Festival has...
In the Earth: Lost in the Woods
Most filmmaking activity has shut down during this pandemic, but not all of it. Inevitably, some directors were always going to look at the...
Odds and Ends
I couldn’t get to the few movies that are being released in theaters this week, so I thought I’d run another of my yearly...
French Exit: Frances in France
You see what Michelle Pfeiffer can do when she’s focused. This actress lit up Hollywood in the late ’80s and all through the ’90s...
Godzilla vs. Kong: Monster Smackdown
I have to say, this current series of Hollywood movies about Godzilla feels like the wrong kind of throwback. Taken as a whole, ...
Nobody Kicks Ass
So, anybody can be an action star these days. Time was that you needed superhuman skills like Bruce Lee to avoid looking ridiculous in...
Courier: Moscow Mule
Middlebrow films like The Courier were already having a tough enough time before the pandemic. Since it hit, everything that has come out has...
Best Documentaries of 2020
Generally, this feature runs well before the Oscar nominations are announced, but not this year, as the news was revealed this past Monday. Thus,...
