I’m always up for a new Benicio Del Toro movie and it looks like we’ll be getting one in October courtesy of Netflix. “Reptile” sees Del Toro cast with Justin Timberlake, Alicia Silverstone, Ato Essandoh, Frances Fisher, and Eric Bogosian among others in what looks like a wild crime thriller that marks the directorial debut … Continue reading
Filmmakers have looked at the Jewish Holocaust from a variety of angles. Different films that examined it through the eyes of children. Some have focused on specific regions. Others have highlighted individuals who went to great lengths to help the Jews. A well done movie on the subject always has a strong effect on me. … Continue reading
Perhaps the most unexpected of choices for a superhero movie was Blue Beetle, a comic book character who has had three distinctly different variants over the last 80-plus years. He’s never been what you would consider a top-tier superhero either in power or popularity. So following the box office disappointments that were “Black Adam”, “Shazam: … Continue reading
Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall” took home the Palme d’Or at this year’s 76th Cannes Film Festival. Now distributor NEON (who is no stranger to acquiring Palme d’Or winners) is preparing for its release of the highly acclaimed French thriller by dropping a brand new trailer. Led by its star Sandra Hüller, the film … Continue reading
1978’s “Piranha” was one of many low budget B-movies that happily rode the massive success of Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws”. Released only one month after “Jaws 2”, the Joe Dante directed and co-edited “Piranha” did well at the box office despite its mixed reception from critics (the legendary Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert were notoriously brutal … Continue reading
A whitewater rafting getaway turns deadly in “River Wild”, the taut new thriller from director and co-writer Ben Ketai. Based on the 1994 film “The River Wild” (written by Denis O’Neill and directed by Curtis Hanson), this new reimagining makes several significant changes to the characters and their stories while maintaining the beautiful yet treacherous … Continue reading
