“The Batman” lurks around the corner for next week, and awards season is in full swing this weekend as The Screen Actors Guild Awards begin the road to the Oscars — meaning it’s mostly crickets at the box office. New for the Houston area is the botched release of “Cyrano,” garnering one measly nomination in […]
Army Ranger Briggs (Tatum) is messed up with head trauma and PTSD after his service in Afghanistan. He’s begging to re-up, but can’t get permission from his supervisor. He makes such a pest of himself, the captain sends him on a mission, and if he completes it successfully, Briggs will get what he wants. How
rom the director of “Venom” … need I say more. “Uncharted” is adapted from the Playstation video game of the same name. For those unfamiliar with the game, it’s just another modern day Indiana Jones. With the global success of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and a lack of film choices at the box office, “Uncharted”
Marry Me is the sweet kind of comedy many are drawn to. Unlikely events transpire with a few worrisome moments, the main characters are likeable, and the plot gradually thickens to bring the show to an end. Jennifer Lopez as Kat Valdez, a wildly popular singer plays the role beautifully and convincingly throughout. It’s fun for the average viewer
This is a smart comedy—laugh-out-loud funny in places—well written (Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger) and suspenseful because it’s unclear just how everything will be worked out. In some ways, it’s a series of funny disasters, but it’s more than that in its touching on the difficulties in long-term relationships and the hazards of scheming to achieve
Jockey is less about horse racing—although the sport is seen through windows of the plot—as about human relationships and their uncertainties from different perspectives. The first window we see about being a jockey is the toll it takes on the body. Jackson (Collins) and his mates in something of a group therapy session recount all the ways they
This movie is a disaster—but not in the way the filmmakers intended. It’s the disaster. The thinly drawn characters, the inane/stereotypical dialog and awkward dreamed-up situations make it hard to sit through. Special effects are about the only aspect of Moonfall that have a chance to entertain. The story starts in such a hodge-podge, it’s difficult to discern the plot and
Filmmaker Michel Franco’s latest film “Sundown” didn’t make much of a splash at Toronto last year — in fact, I don’t think it was included in my extensive coverage of the film festival. That’s too bad, because “Sundown” was a particularly shocking surprise, especially with its effective 83-minute running time. Franco has been a steady
How and where “Parallel Mothers” fits into this year’s awards race is almost the bigger dialogue than what the film is about or whether it’s good or not. Some history: Spain has submitted Pedro Almodóvar’s films seven times to the Academy Awards; only three of those were actually selected as one of the nominees for
This is an Ice Age adventure in the usual Disney vein. Typically, in the franchise’s tradition, some current universal issue is addressed (e.g., climate change, its threats and others’ to animals and to earth), along with changes in relationships within small groups, like a family or a herd, facing a major threat. This one focuses on children ready to