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BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.7 – ‘Something Stupid’
Splitting up. Famed for its excellent cold opens, Better Call Saul offered up the best one in a long time with the split-screen sequence of Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) and Kim (Rhea Seehorn) going about their days, beginning with them brushing their teeth together over the same bathroom sink. Set to the strains of “Something Stupid”…
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MY MAN GODFREY (1936)
A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler… but there’s more to Godfrey than meets the eye…
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HORRORS OF MALFORMED MEN (1969)
After escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead man, who appeared to be his doppelgänger, and gets lured to a sinister island ruled by a mad scientist and his malformed men.
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THE PREDATOR (2018)
When a young boy triggers the return of lethal alien hunters to Earth, only a ragtag unit of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the carnage.
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THE PYJAMA GIRL CASE (1977)
In New South Wales, Australia, the burned body of a young woman is found on the beach, and a retired inspector makes inquiries…
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BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.6 – ‘Piñata’
For your consideration. We’ve been getting more flashbacks than usual this season, although I’m not sure all of them are particularly revelatory. “Piñata” opened with a scene a decade before the show began, with Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) in his mailroom position at HHM, with Kim (Rhea Seehorn) just a lowly intern for his brother Chuck’s…
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10 Highlights of the 75th Venice International Film Festival
The 75th Venice Film Festival (VFF) drew criticism with only having one female-directed film out of the 21 in competition, but, in front of the camera, it was a different story… with strong matriarchies and bonkers queens, not to mention a few biopics and remakes. VFF is often used as a litmus test for the…
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CRAZY RICH ASIANS (2018)
A native New Yorker travels to Singapore to meet her boyfriend’s wealthy family…
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COLD WATER (1994)
A rebellious teenage couple escape the rigid order suffocating them, seeking sanctuary to cultivate their artistic expression and live free.
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PREDATOR 2 (1990)
Amidst a territorial gang war in 1997, a deadly alien hunter stalks the criminal gangs of Los Angeles, and only a veteran LAPD cop can stop it…
