Zachary Levi gets a gritty and intense lead role while Liam Neeson steps away from the frontline for a supporting turn in the action-thriller “The Fix”. Written, directed, and produced by Guy Moshe, “The Fix” is an unexpectedly dense and layered feature that tries to cover too much ground but that manages to keep us … Continue reading
For many, the state of DC Studios under the command and control of James Gunn has been underwhelming at best. I respect that Gunn has his loyal fans who view most everything he touches as pure gold. But his handling of the flagship DC Universe has been a letdown. His “Superman” movie kicked things off … Continue reading
The first teaser trailer for Netflix’s upcoming feature “The Mosquito Bowl” has dropped and it leaves a pretty strong impression. Part sports drama, part war movie, the film is an adaptation of author Buzz Bissinger’s 2022 novel “The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II”. It’s directed by Peter Berg … Continue reading
What do you get when you combine a group of flighty friends, a masked ax-wielding psychopath, a backwoods cult, and man-eating alligators? You get a trope-filled horror concoction that stays true to what it wants to be no matter how predictable or preposterous things get. That describes “Gator Face” to a tee. Writer-director Padraig Reynolds … Continue reading
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment is bringing Part 1 of the “Batman: Knightfall” trilogy to home video. Director Jeff Wamester and screenwriter Jeremy Adams team with the wizards at Warner Bros. Animation to adapt the well-known DC Comics arc that ran from 1993 to 1994. The first installment offers a dark and gritty introduction, with … Continue reading
In the period crime thriller “By Any Means”, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II emotionally grounds a powerful civil rights era story while Mark Wahlberg injects it with muscle and ruthless aggression. Together the duo drives what is a historically compelling and thematically potent feature that also comes packed with certain genre mechanics which opens the door for … Continue reading
Keith & the Movies 