Lloyd Handwerker was but a pup with a VHS camcorder when he began work three decades ago on what would eventually become this garnished-with-all-the-trimmings documentary history of his family’s illustrious hot dog empire. “Angels covered me up” is the way grandpa Nathan Handwerker described his perilous odyssey from Eastern Europe …
Rancidly cheesy psychological thriller whose title character is a philosophizing baseball nut (his motto: "Perfection and principles") fixated on the San Francisco Giants' new $40 million outfielder with a .310 lifetime average. But "psychological" is a very loose collar on this thriller; "ornamental" would be snugger. Director Tony Scott (Top …
Following her sister's disappearance, a Native American hustler kidnaps her niece from the child's white grandparents and sets out for the state powwow in hopes of keeping what is left of their family intact. Directed by Erica Tremblay.
Stephen King introduces a group of RV-driving New Age vampires, led by a bolero-topped seductress who goes by the name Rose the Hat (Rebecca Ferguson). But rather than let his sustenance-seeking pseudo-family get blood under their fingernails, King has them vape the “shine” out of their victims. The cult lures …
If it worked for Freddy Mercury, why not afford Elton John the same lavish treatment?
Max and his pals return with more secrets.
Effete Gallic swashbuckler, with the unathletic Gérard Philipe, sloppily choreographed swordfights, and an air of insufferable archness. The wide-ranging black-and-white photography of Christian Matras can be taken seriously. As can the cleavage of Gina Lollobrigida: "There's a lovely valley between those hills." Directed by Christian-Jaque.
White man + black woman + Africa = rom-com gold?
It should be enough to say, by way of recommendation, that no one who has followed Ingmar Bergman this far in his career will want to miss out on this comprehensive reprise of his themes and obsessions. With that said, it can next be said that the attempted summary of …