Movies & FilmMadison and the Two Jeremys Shine in “The Social Reckoning”
M.V. MoorheadOctober 9, 2026
The Social Reckoning is a sequel to David Fincher’s 2010 The Social Network, which Sorkin also scripted. They’re very different movies, however
Movies & FilmFriday Flicks: Pattinson Pulls No Punches as a Predator Poacher in “Primetime”
M.V. MoorheadSeptember 25, 2026
Robert Pattinson has had a busy year. After getting his wedding day ruined in The Drama and trying to kill Odysseus in The Odyssey, he's now turning the hunt for sexual predators into big-time TV in Primetime.
Movies & FilmFriday Flicks: The Beast of Mossy Bottom is a Triumph of the Wool
M.V. MoorheadSeptember 18, 2026
Part of what makes these movies so invigorating is that Shaun is a sheep only in the literal sense, not in the figurative. He's not a conformist, not a follower of the flock.
Movies & FilmFriday Flicks: Killer Soldiers Have a Day at the Trailer Park in Onslaught
M.V. MoorheadSeptember 4, 2026
In a shabby trailer park in remote New Mexico, former military sniper Celeste (Adria Arjona), armed to the teeth, struggles with PTSD and an unsteady trigger finger.
Movies & FilmArea Canine Gets in a Wreck, Needs a Check in Coyote vs. Acme
M.V. MoorheadAugust 28, 2026
Not all of the vintage Looney Tunes are good. Some have aged poorly on a cultural level; others are just repetitive and lacking in edge. But the best of the Looney Tunes are little masterpieces, about as good as American movie comedy has ever gotten.
Movies & FilmDinosaurs Find a Way in The End of Oak Street and Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie
M.V. MoorheadAugust 14, 2026
Both major releases this week are dinosaur-forward, so as usual I'll start with a disclaimer: Any movie with dinosaurs starts at an advantage with me. Take what I say about any dinosaur movie with a grain of salt.
Exciting as this Odyssey is, however, there’s a sadness to it as well, a sense that we're seeing the end of a Golden Age and the beginning of an era of disillusionment brought about through the brutality of war and the flouting of social and civic norms.
By the standards of big summer blockbusters, this Supergirl is relatively modest in scope, which I found agreeable.
Movies & FilmFriday Flicks: Brendan Fraser Plans a Day at the Beach in Pressure
M.V. MoorheadMay 29, 2026
Tall and imposingly fleshy, Fraser also manages to give us a human Eisenhower.
After the eye-crossing political backstory of the much-lamented Star Wars prequel and sequel trilogies, it was refreshing.
The PHiXFriday Flicks: There Will Be Blood (and Plenty of It) in Mortal Kombat II
M.V. MoorheadMay 8, 2026
Debuting as a video game in the early ’90s, Mortal Kombat became both popular and notorious for its violent and gory death scenes. This renown led to feature films in 1995 and 1997; onward to TV shows, both animated and live-action; comic books and other incarnations; to a 2021 movie reboot; and now to a sequel, Mortal Kombat II. Not being a video game guy, I was unfamiliar with the franchise when I saw the reboot. Having no...
Movies & FilmFriday Flicks: Sofia Coppola Sews a Cinematic Love Letter in Marc by Sofia
M.V. MoorheadMarch 27, 2026
The Marc in Marc by Sofia is Marc Jacobs; the Sofia is Lost in Translation director Sofia Coppola, who directed this documentary about the fashion designer. The two are close friends, and the title is a reference to "Marc by Marc Jacobs," the designer's former side line of handbags, perfumes and the like.
Evy hosts a podcast on eerie paranormal subjects. She's the skeptic; her co-host Justin, based in London, is the believer, a la Scully and Mulder. She's currently hosting from the house of her mother, who is unconscious in her deathbed upstairs, and for whom Evy is the sole caregiver.
A Private Life (or Vie Privée in its native tongue) shifts into a low-key Hitchcockian mystery with a sly edge of stinging, acerbic comedy.
Slated for 7 p.m. on Saturday, January 24 is The Fire Brigade, a 1926 MGM epic about firefighters and firefighting.