Take Two: “El Conde” (R)
The dark Netflix satire "El Conde" is a horror entry inspired by the late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. It's the work of noted filmmaker Pablo Larrain ("Jackie.")
Freeze Frame: “Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Part One” (PG-13), “The Miracle Club” (PG-13), “Bird Box Barcelona” (R), “Sound of Freedom” (PG-13)
Tom Cruise is back, this time battling Artificial Intelligence in the zippy action thriller, "Mission Impossible-Dead Reckoning, Part One." The seventh entry in the franchise has stilted dialogue that sounds like it was written by A.I., but who cares? Logic isn't the attraction here. Energetic action set pieces abound in...
Freeze Frame: “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (PG-13), “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” (PG), “Run Rabbit Run” (Not rated), “Nimona” (PG)
Relentless action, welcome nostalgia and the irascible Harrison Ford energize the fifth and final installment of the blockbuster series, "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny." Set in 1969, the story pits the aging anthropologist against a former Nazi out to exploit a device that could change history. While director James...
Freeze Frame: “Your Place or Mine” (PG-13), “Consecration” (R), “Pamela: A Love Story” (TV-MA)
Attractive, likable stars can't save the creaky, warmed-over Netflix rom-com "Your Place or Mine." Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher play long-distance friends who hooked up once twenty years ago. She’s now a struggling single mom living in LA who wants to take a class in New York City. He’s a...
Freeze Frame: “Blonde” (NC-17), “Bros” (R), “Smile” (R), “The Good House” (R)
A heartfelt and empathetic performance by Ana de Armas as troubled Hollywood superstar Marilyn Monroe isn't quite enough to elevate the excessively depressing NC-17 drama, "Blonde, " now on Netflix. This fictionalized account based on the novel by Joyce Carol Oates has flashes of brilliance, but dramatically it's a one-note...
Three Skeleton Key [Rebroadcast]
(This is a rebroadcast of “Three Skeleton Key,” an original adaptation by Jerry Mañan, which aired on KCART on December 10th, 2021.] This week on Kansas City Actors Radio Theatre premieres a new adaptation of George G. Toudouze’s “Three Skeleton Key,” airing this Friday at noon on KKFI 90.1 FM. In a...
Three Skeleton Key
This week on Kansas City Actors Radio Theatre premieres a new adaptation of George G. Toudouze’s “Three Skeleton Key,” airing this Friday at noon on KKFI 90.1 FM. In a brand new radio adaptation of the short story “Three Skeleton Key” three men tend to a lighthouse on a remote island...
The Judge’s House (Episode 2)
This week Kansas City Actors Theatre premieres the second and final part of Bram Stoker’s “The Judge’s House,” this Friday at noon on KKFI 90.1 FM. KCART returns to “The Judge’s House,” written by master of horror Bram Stoker. Malcolm Malcolmson is trying to study for his upcoming exams, but his...
