Presence

As soon as the Payne family move into a new house, the daughter (Callina Liang), who’s mourning the loss of a friend, senses a strange presence. The kind of ghost…

Red One

When Santa Claus (J.K. Simmons) is abducted from his North Pole compound, head of security Callum Drift (Dwayne Johnson) leads the mission to find him, reluctantly working with a man…

A Man in Full

When Atlanta real estate mogul Charlie Croker (Jeff Daniels) is facing bankruptcy, both his finances and masculinity are threatened. There was reason to expect good things from this adaptation of…

Shazam! Fury of the Gods

A new challenge for the ”Shazamily” arrives in the shape of three daughters (Helen Mirren, Lucy Liu, Rachel Zegler) of Atlas who can rob the superheroes of their powers. The…

Chicago: City of Scoundrels

Catherine Zeta-Jones. Photo: Miramax Premiere once named this as one of the 20 most overrated films of all time. My take is different: Chicago is the greatest screen musical of…

Kill Bill Vol. 1 

Quentin Tarantino’s first movie in six years lacks the expected quality in dialogue and there isn’t much of a story. One is, however, left in awe of his creative mind…

Ally McBeal: Justice in a Miniskirt

Vonda Shepard, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Gil Bellows, Jane Krakowski, Calista Flockhart, Lisa Nicole Carson, Greg Germann, Portia de Rossi, Peter MacNicol and Lucy Liu. Photo: Fox David E. Kelley has a…