Tag - movies

Freeze Frame: “Love Lies Bleeding” (R), “Arthur the King” (PG-13), “One Life” (PG), “American Dreamer” (Not rated)

The action thriller "Love Lies Bleeding" is an example of extremely well-made sleaze, a midnight movie with a mind. Kristen Stewart and Katy O'Brien star in a twisted lesbian romance embellished with violent revenge and occasional magic realism. It's sordid and excessive but give a tip of the hat for...

Freeze Frame: “Spaceman” (R), “Kung Fu Panda 4” (PG), “Damsel” (PG-13)

In the Netflix sci-fi flick "Spaceman," Adam Sandler plays a cosmonaut who befriends a giant space spider. No, this ain't a comedy. "Spaceman" is a slow-moving but thoughtful drama from the director of the acclaimed series, “Chernobyl.” It attempts to tackle some thorny existential questions. Sandler plays a Czech cosmonaut...

Freeze Frame: “Dune: Part 2” (PG-13), “Io Capitano” (Not rated), “Tyler Perry’s Mea Culpa” (R)

The delay is over Dunatics. Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi epic "Dune: Part 2" has finally arrived on the big screen and it's a sweeping saga that arguably tells Frank Herbert’s intricate messianic tale better than any of the previous film and TV adaptations. Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya are back on planet...

Freeze Frame: “Ordinary Angels” (PG), “Perfect Days” (PG), “Out of Darkness” (R)

Two-time Oscar winner Hillary Swank stars in the family friendly social drama, "Ordinary Angels." It tells the inspirational true story of Sharon Stevens, an alcoholic hairdresser who seeks redemption by rallying her Kentucky community to help a child in desperate need of a liver transplant. Sharon takes on innumerable obstacles...