Odds and Ends
It’s a slow week for new films, so I’m going to put 2025 to bed by publishing this annual feature of mini-reviews of 13...
Normal: Minnesota Mayhem
There is a great deal that I cannot tell you about Normal. I can tell you it was directed by Ben Wheatley, the British...
Rollin’
Film began as an indoor artform, with cameras being too bulky and expensive to move outdoors. However, inventors still found ways to address nature...
Hamlet: Slumlord Millionaires
And now we have the fourth version of Hamlet in the last 16 months. I don’t think I would want to review a new...
Oh, The Drama!
WARNING: This review contains spoilers.
It’s a great blessing to find a romantic partner who knows the worst thing about you and still wants to...
Food on Film: Forbidden Fruits
A new movie with North Texas ties has us hungry for apples, cherries, figs, and pumpkins. Yes, pumpkin-flavored everything is back on the table. A...
Oh, Kay!
In many ways, Patricia Cornwell’s novels were ahead of their time. That’s why I ate up a bunch of them as a teenager. A...
Forbidden Fruits: Poison Apple
I always thought The Craft was one of the best teen movies of the 1990s. It’s hard to make a teen film about witches...
Project Hail Mary: Space Rock
It takes no genius to see the parallels between Project Hail Mary and The Martian. Both movies are based on novels by the same author...
undertone: Hear the Fear
You knew this was coming: a horror movie about making a podcast. Horror movies do rely on sound more than most other genres, and...
