The latest Peter Farrelly of The Farrelly Bros. comedy is a tale of condoms, testicular protection, the South American cocaine trade, the World Cup and two doofuses who find one “fine mess” after another to get themselves into. “Balls Up” … Continue reading →

A fun and furious phenomenon of the ’90s New York punk scene is given its due and another faint glimpse of the spotlight in “Pretty Ugly: The Story of the Lunachicks,” a wry, wizened and not remotely bitter doc about … Continue reading →

What a time to be alive and a witness to Bob Odenkirk, the Badass Years. The “Mr. Show” alumnus and ex-“Saturday Night Live” writer, a bit player on every sitcom from “Seinfeld” to “How I Met Your Mother” tapped into … Continue reading →

Dysfunction Junction is somewhere in the career-criminal packed suburbs of northern New Jersey in Dan Levy and Rachel Sennott’s “Big Mistakes,” a harder-edged, over-plotted way of covering the same ground as “Schitt’s Creek,” with little of the charm. Bingeing this … Continue reading →

One of the most formative books from my movie fanatic youth was Theodore Gershuny’s “Soon to be a Major Motion Picture: The Anatomy of an All-Star, Big-Budget Multi-Million Dollar Disaster.” Gershuny’s on-set/in-the-studio observation of the making of Otto Preminger’s greatest … Continue reading →

He can see it all more clearly in his mind, dissecting every detail, stopping the flow of past events to analyze what might have happened or what he might have done about it. A tragedy of his youth, a covert … Continue reading →

Perhaps the reason Keanu Reeves doesn’t quite grasp the tone in Jonah Hill’s Hollywood star in crisis over a scandal “comedy” “Outcome” is that director, co-writer and co-star Hill didn’t make what he was going for clear. Maybe Hill didn’t … Continue reading →

This spring’s dueling blockbusters — “Super Mario Galaxy” and “Project Hail Mary” — own another weekend as mid-April blossoms into serious black ink for the theatrical movie business’s bottom line. The Numbers called it a $69 million+ weekend for the … Continue reading →

“You, Me & Tuscany” is a featherweight romance with a pretty cast, lovely scenery, fabulous food and just a hint of charm under all the cliches. It’s a Hallmark Lite rom-com built around live-action “Little Mermaid” star Halle Bailey, who … Continue reading →

The hard-luck brawler of the Aussie mixed-martial arts thriller “Beast” finds himself working for next to nothing on a Sydney harbor trawler at his low point in the movie. He’s a “Jonah,” his jerk skipper insists. Bad luck. No “fish” … Continue reading →