Sister Act

When a nightclub singer (Whoopi Goldberg) witnesses her mobster boyfriend (Harvey Keitel) commit murder, she goes into hiding, posing as a nun in a San Francisco convent. One of the…

Bait

A Cornwall fisherman (Edward Rowe) watches his community fall apart, as his brother (Giles King) takes visiting tourists on cruise trips. Some labeled it a masterpiece. True or not, there…

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

During the London Blitz, three children are evacuated to a small village where they’re staying with the eccentric Eglantine Price (Angela Lansbury), a woman who turns out to be a…

20 Days in Mariupol: Odyssey of Hell

Photo: PBS Distribution When I saw this documentary, I was also reading Erik Larson’s ”The Splendid and the Vile”, his engrossing account of the London Blitz. Depicting a city and…

From Darkness

When a woman goes missing in the woods, looking for her son who disappeared two years ago, a team gathers to look for her in the dark, bitter cold. A…

Road House 

Former UFC fighter Elwood Dalton (Jake Gyllenhaal) is hired as a bouncer for a bar in the Florida Keys; he immediately gets into trouble with local thugs. This remake of…

Road House 

Professional bouncer James Dalton (Patrick Swayze) is hired to work at a club in Missouri, getting tangled up in the business of a local strongman (Ben Gazzara). Derided by most…

Crossing

When her sister dies, a retired teacher (Mzia Arabuli) in Georgia goes to Istanbul together with a young guide (Lucas Kankava) to try to find her niece, a trans girl…

American Fiction: Monk Finds an Audience

Erika Alexander and Jeffrey Wright. Photo: Orion One of the opening scenes in this comedy is like catnip to culture warriors. The main character, who’s a teacher, is confronted by…

Dune: Part Two

As House Harkonnen increases its control over the desert planet Arrakis, Paul and Jessica (Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson) are treated as potential prophets by the local Fremen. A majestic follow-up…