If horror movies are your thing, you’ll find plenty this month in theaters. Documentaries too, from music to cities to small-town sports! Your streaming choices are limited to Netflix, which never fails to release an absolute crapton of titles every single month. Let us know … Continue reading Box Office Weekend: September 2022
It’s the dog days of summer, but there’s plenty to see at home or the cinema. We have at least two films starring Aubrey Plaza and two films starring Idris Elba–and several “adapted from” vehicles as well. If you’re me, you know what to do: … Continue reading Box Office Weekend: August 2022
It’s a new month, which means a new Marvel movie–that’s how it works, right? There are also documentaries, foreign films (some very good ones on Netflix), thrillers, questionable action movies, and animated films for kids. New in theaters: Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song … Continue reading Box Office Weekend: July 2022
It’s another month, which means new movies, and this June we get literary adaptations, hottakes, romantic comedies, and blockbusters. There’s something for everyone! Dashcam, a horror from Blumhouse, follows a bored woman whose night goes sideways when she promises to escort an elderly woman across … Continue reading Box Office Weekend: June 2022
There’s less streaming than usual–no Hulu original movies at press time–and not a single Nicholas Cage film, but still, plenty to see this month at home and in theaters. Streaming this week on Netflix: Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive …Here is what I sent … Continue reading Box Office Weekend: May 2022
We have plenty of movies this month, should you need to shelter from April showers (or near-freezing conditions, if you’re where we are). New movies in theaters and at home on Netflix and Hulu. (Their competitors seem to be offering mostly miniseries.) See the trailers … Continue reading Box Office Weekend: April 2022
It’s (almost) March and spring is around the corner (I hope). We have plenty of options on every platform, plus reasons to buy popcorn in the theaters. Tomorrow on HBO: The Larry David Story, a documentary about Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Larry David. On … Continue reading Box Office Weekend: March 2022
Happy Valentine’s Day to you and yours. We’re halfway through this dreaded month, but there’s still plenty to see in the theaters and at home. Behold, this month’s trailers! Already in theaters: Jackass Forever, the latest Jackass installment, well, does what Jackass does. The film … Continue reading Box Office Trailers: February 2022
New movies out this month are light, to say the least. January releases often are, as studios give Oscar-hopefuls wider releases and hope to get stinkers off the shelves. This is for the best, in light of the omicron variant and unceasing pandemic we are … Continue reading Box Office Weekend: January 2022
Some spend their holidays with Die Hard, but I’d rather contemplate 1990s Los Angeles with Singleton’s “Boyz N the Hood.”
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