First Glance: “Black Bag”

First Glance: “Black Bag”

Steven Soderbergh has quite a first quarter lining up in 2025. He already has a creepy psychological (or is it supernatural) thriller releasing in late January called “Presence”. Yesterday Focus Features dropped the first trailer for “Black Bag”, a star-studded spy thriller directed by Soderbergh and starring the magnetic duo of Cate Blanchett and Michael … Continue reading

REVIEW: “Dirty Angels” (2024)

REVIEW: “Dirty Angels” (2024)

Eva Green gets to flex her action movie muscles in “Dirty Angels”, the new action thriller from director Martin Campbell (“Goldeneye”, “Casino Royale”). Joining Green in the mostly female-driven cast are Ruby Rose, Maria Bakalova, Rona-Lee Shimon, Jojo T. Gibbs, Emily Bruni and Laëtitia Eïdo, all of whom show to be plenty capable of pulling … Continue reading

REVIEW: “September 5” (2024)

REVIEW: “September 5” (2024)

I was barely one-year-old when the opening ceremonies kicked off the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. The games were being held in Germany for the first time since the country had been freed from Nazi rule. But the horrific events that transpired overshadowed the actual competitions. In the early morning hours of September 5th, eight armed … Continue reading