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A former private investigator and one-time probate lawyer, Corbett now makes his living writing crime novels. Good ones. His first, The Devil’s Redhead (Ballantine, 2002) won instant acclaim for its wit, style and stunning emotionality. His latest, Done for a Dime (Ballantine), is even better, a fast-paced yarn about a murdered bluesman, a bummed-out cop, and a horn-playing prime-suspect with Daddy issues, told with plausible plotting, richly-imagined characters, a few nice surprises and some extremely believable dialogue elements entirely lacking from S....

We then flashback to sunny L.A., where Hunter is at an audition to play a collector for a loan shark. He memorizes and delivers his lines with menace, except he leaves out all the cursing. Hunter explains that he feels all the F-bombs weaken the material, making his thug seem less intelligent. When pressed, Hunter admits he doesn’t use foul language in real life and struggles to say the uncut dialogue....

John Boggi’s The Barren Pine is one of those slow-burning experimental-thrillers that appear ordinary at first and imperceptibly turn frightening. The tale opens with a young man staggering through a stream. It soon becomes clear that he’s hurt, since he’s holding his abdomen. Camouflaged by the wooded overgrowth, a woman watches the man as he makes it to land, and settles against a tree. The woman stands behind the tree, where the man feels her presence....

“The Untouchables” The script by David Mamet deserves much of the credit, but the casting is phenomenal also. Sean Connery and Kevin Costner make the perfect team and Robert De Niro’s plucked hairline makes his Capone a pleasure to watch. Like the show, the film pays close attention to detail and isn’t afraid to show the good guys doing whatever it takes. “The Fugitive” This is exactly what a big screen version should be…BIG!...

Artist and filmmaker Jill Magid’s brilliant documentary The Proposal, akin to Barragán’s work, has a serene quality to it – it’s crisply told, elegantly shot and poetically narrated – yet beneath all the tranquility hides an impassioned, radical statement on the democratization of art. It may not delve too deeply into the life and work of the architect, but that’s not the point. Magid doesn’t rush to make her intentions clear, nor does she force her values upon us or defend her contentious project and opinions....

Beatrix (Mallory Everton), Cain (Jason Gray), and Harold (Colin Mochrie) have been henching together for quite some time. But they accidentally kill their latest boss, Winter General, just before he finally was going to take out Captain Justice (Trey Warner). Now, the hench-people are wayward but, more importantly, are strapped for cash. To make ends meet, Beatrix decides to go to supervillain tryouts. If she succeeds, there’s a cash prize....

Bianchi’s Wade in the Water is about three Black men who, through the spoken word, describe their struggles and fears of being black in America. Jovian Wade begins about the “benefits” of being black, the fear of the police, and the unheard words, “Don’t shoot!” Next, Llewellyn C. Radford speaks to how black Americans are seen and treated differently in the eyes of the police, invoking George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and the countless others before them....

Despite being met with critical acclaim, the latest offering was the lowest-performing installment of the series at the box office. Does that mean that a fourth offering is unlikely, or will the series continue with another adaptation of one Christie’s classic novels? Subsequent Movies Not as Successful as the First The latest Poirot brought in $122 million at the box office, making it slightly inferior to the previous year’s Death on the Nile....

The legend: Edna Purviance, Charlie Chaplin’s leading lady in the 1910s and early 1920s, had retired from films in the mid-1920s after trying and failing to secure a career outside of Chaplin’s studios. She returned for two brief and uncredited appearances when Chaplin cast her as an extra in his last two American features, “Monsieur Verdoux” (1947) and “Limelight” (1952). If you look closely in the first film’s wedding scene and the second film’s talent casting office scene, you can see her....

When they realize no one is coming, the police show up. One of the young women runs off into the abandoned building. As she steps quietly through the darkened floors, she realizes she’s not alone and decides to head to the light on the 44th floor. As much as Dhwani Shah’s 44 is an effective to-the-point horror short, Shah takes this haunted location and milks everything she finds in that building to horrific effect....

In this article, we’ll explore five fun animated adventure movies on Netflix that promise to take you on a delightful ride through fantastical realms, heartwarming stories, and epic quests. The Magician’s Elephant Based on the beloved children’s book by Kate DiCamillo, “The Magician’s Elephant” is a beautifully animated tale of wonder and magic. The story centers on a young orphan named Peter who embarks on an extraordinary adventure to find his long-lost sister....

The film explores several survivors’ afterlife experiences of peace, joy, light, and, in some instances, hellish darkness and torture. From car and plane crashes to a kayak accident to attempted suicide, the structure of the film is edited in a way that presents the survivors’ stories in pieces while interjecting interviews with medical professionals and authors speaking on the science and studies done on these NDEs, offering possible medical explanations and humble skepticism....

If I have one regret after watching Cinema Six, it is that I was not prepared for how insanely quotable the film is. Seriously, it is one hilarious line after another; I need to see it again just to keep track of them all. And maybe it seems like I’m overselling it, but Cinema Six is hilarious. If you’ve been following Mark Potts and Cole Selix over the years, this is the film where everything they got right in their other movies comes together to make one exceptionally great film (sometimes literally; fans of the filmmakers may enjoy that their Citizen Kane 3D remake is a featured film at the fictional cinema)....

However, not all of the movies are nearly as well-known or beloved as the above examples. Take the Meatballs series. 1979’s Meatballs is a beloved comedy that turned Bill Murray into a movie star. Conversely, 1992’s Meatballs 4: To The Rescue is a low-budget film starring that you might not even be aware exists. It stars Corey Feldman (Lost Boys), Jack Nance (Eraserhead), and Sarah Douglas (Superman II). Perhaps, more surprisingly, Meatballs 4 was never intended to be the fourth Meatballs film....

HAPPY ENDINGS ^ Writer/director Don Roos has a gift for creating multidimensional, funny characters and putting them in whatever stories, no matter how contrived and manipulative, pop into his head… LAYER CAKE ^ “Layer Cake” is by no means a “bad” film. In fact, there’s some great dialogue and some really intriguing scenes. Yet as a whole, it just seems like we’ve seen it all before… THE MATADOR ^ It’s Brosnan’s refreshingly bold performance, probably his finest, that really makes this picture seethe and breathe with such nasty abandon… 3-IRON ^ If you love quiet movies, where the characters don’t need to speak to each other to establish relationship, carry the story and initiate action, then “3-Iron” is exactly what you’re looking for… INSIDE DEEP THROAT ^ If “Inside Deep Throat” sheds light on anything, it’s the connections between the adult film industry and the Mob, and the naïveté demonstrated by the filmmakers in regarding their creation as “art” versus the obvious financial motives of the distributors… DEAR WENDY ^ While the love for guns is well illustrated, the idea that building fear increases violence only comes through because it’s expected… THE UPSIDE OF ANGER ^ Written, directed by comedian-turned-auteur Mike Binder, who also plays a sizeable role as an inappropriate boyfriend to one of Terry’s daughter, “The Upside of Anger” is a comedy-drama with plenty of sharply funny dialogue and uniformly good-to-excellent acting… GAME 6 ^ Shot on 35-mm, the film looks great as an ‘80s period piece....

Horse racing as a sport is filled with incredible moments and stories that will live on forever. Underdog horses that went against all odds are quite popular movie genres. Although, we have to say that there aren’t many movies about horse racing. At least not as much compared to other genres. Horse racing movies are usually inspired by horse racing events from the past, but highlighting those events in a modern movie has an impact on the entire sport....

21 This is an influential movie that was a huge success when it was released in 2008. If you are a blackjack fan, you will surely pick up some card counting tips while watching. The film is based on a true story about a group of students from MIT. These students and their professor developed a unique system that helped them win when hitting the blackjack tables in Vegas. If you engage in live dealer blackjack games at online casinos, you can use some of these card counting strategies and tips you will pick up while watching this award winning film....

The feature-length film is the story of Edinburg North High School’s Mariachi Oro, led by their director Abel Acuña. Our story picks up as schools return to a regular schedule after the Covid lockdowns. The program was decimated after the group’s juniors and seniors graduated and after not having a traditional program for two years. Now, led by team captain Bella, a graduating senior who wants to make the most of her final year in Mariachi, the Mariachi Oro is in somewhat of a rebuilding pattern....

Writer/Director Tony Olmos brings viewers to Hemet, California. A passthrough town, where a vile, homicidal, racist, and strangely sexually active elderly woman, Liz Topham-Myrtle (Brian Patrick Butler), runs an apartment complex. With the US economy in the toilet and bath salt, flesh-eating homeless running streets, Liz knows full well she can charge whatever she wants and treat her tenants any way she pleases. Liz conspires with her right-hand man, Tank (Nick Young), to kill one tenant, Gary (Matthew Rhodes), and frame 2 other tenants for the murder: Rosie Perkins (Kimberly Weinberger) and Howie Stump (Pierce Wallace)....

Blake (Adam Budron) is a young, hot-headed criminal. His partner is the older but clever James (Tim DeZarn). These two are running from the authorities after a robbery goes wrong. They lay low in a seemingly abandoned warehouse, which doesn’t have much besides a 1980s computer that hardly works. Blake and James formulate a new plan and attempt to mend the older criminal’s wounds suffered during the escape. Unbeknownst to the thieves, their hideaway is home to Dorothy (Danielle Harris)....