The Many Saints of Newark 

After the 1967 riots in Newark, the DiMeo crime family is challenged by a Black rival. This prequel to The Sopranos (1999-2007), set decades before the TV show and focusing…

Passport to Pimlico 

When a document dating back to the 15th century is found in Pimlico, it is read as evidence that the London neighborhood is legally still part of Burgundy, France. One…

Terrifier

On Halloween night, Tara and Dawn (Jenna Kanell, Catherine Corcoran) leave a party and realize that they’re followed by an intimidating clown (David Howard Thornton). Art the Clown originally showed…

Oliver: Picking a Pocket or Two

Mark Lester. Photo: Columbia In a list I made a few years ago, I considered naming this movie the worst Best Picture winner of the 1960s. Because of the quality…

No Time to Die: Farewell, Mr. Bond

Daniel Craig and Ana de Armas. Photo: United Artists Releasing Like most of its predecessors, No Time to Die promises its audience that ”James Bond will return”. That’s a comfort…

Predator 2 

Los Angeles, 1997; as drug cartels battle each other in the streets, cop Mike Harrigan (Danny Glover) learns that a mysterious, deadly creature is getting involved. The sequel to Predator…

Cruella 

Ten years after her mother’s death, Estella Miller (Emma Stone) is noticed by a prominent fashion designer (Emma Thompson) who takes her under her wing… but Estella finds a reason…

Oliver Twist: Surviving the Streets

John Howard Davies and Robert Newton. Photo: General Film Distributors There are stories about David O. Selznick attacking Alec Guinness at a party over his portrayal of Fagin in this…

Weekend: Love In a Painfully Straight World

Tom Cullen and Chris New. Photo: Peccadillo Pictures Love is still controversial to the Catholic Church, at least if it is displayed between men. As late as 2016, the British…

CODA 

In Gloucester, Massachusetts, teenager Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones) is torn between helping her deaf family manage their fishing business and maybe having a career as a singer. A remake of…