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NEW FLICKS: CRUELLA Where’s it playing? Disney Plus What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it rated? PG-13 When? 2021 Where’s it showing? Disney Plus Although its original “premium” release was in May, Cruella finally became free for Disney Plus users to stream starting on Aug. 27. Emma Stone plays the infamous villainess in this devilish origin […]

GUILTY PLEASURES: JOLT Where’s it playing? Amazon Prime What’s it rated? R Tanya Wexler (Buffaloed, Hysteria) directs this action comedy about Lindy (Kate Beckinsale), a former bouncer prone to murderous rage who controls her homicidal tendencies with an electrode-lined vest that shocks her back to normal. Under the care of therapist Dr. Munchin (Stanley Tucci), […]

GUILTY PLEASURES: GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE Where’s it playing? Netflix What’s it rated? R Co-writer and director Navot Papushado (Rabies, Big Bad Wolves) helms this action crime drama that’s essentially a female John Wick. The story focuses on Sam (Karen Gillan), a female assassin who’s assigned by her handler, Nathan (Paul Giamatti), to retrieve some stolen money. […]

BINGEABLE: SWEET TOOTH Where’s it playing? Netflix What’s it rated? TV-14 Gus (Christian Convery) is a young boy being raised by his Papa in a post-apocalyptic world, hidden away from society for his safety because Gus isn’t like a “normal” kid in one big way: He’s half human and half deer, and there is no […]

THE PAPER TIGERS Where’s it playing? Redbox, On demand What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth? Full price (Glen Starkey) In his feature-length debut, writer-director Quoc Bao Tran helms this action comedy about three former kung fu prodigies—Danny (Alain Uy), Hing (Ron Yuan), and Jim (Mykel Shannon Jenkins)—who’ve grown into middle-aged nobodies with dead-end jobs […]

THE NEW MUTANTS Where’s it playing? HBO Max, On demand What’s it rated? PG-13 Co-writer/director Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) helms this confused sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romance, drama, and unintentional comedy about five young mutants forced to live together in a secret facility overseen by the Nurse Ratchet-like Dr. Reyes (Alice Braga), whose […]

TV REVIEW: EXTERMINATE ALL THE BRUTES (2021) Where’s it playing? HBO Max What’s it rated? TV-MA Filmmaker Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro) helms this four-part series that reexamines Western civilization and its path to the New World, revealing the truth behind our history rather than the whitewashed version we’ve told ourselves. With brutal […]

BOSS LEVEL Where’s it playing? Hulu What’s it rated? R I can’t believe this is a film that was almost never released. Directed by Joe Carnahan (The Grey, The A-Team, Smokin’ Aces), it was planned for release on Aug. 16, 2019. Instead it was shelved. Thank goodness it’s found a home on Hulu. It’s a […]

THE SUNLIT NIGHT Where’s it playing? Hulu What’s it rated? R David Wnendt directs Rebecca Dinerstein’s screenplay based on her novel about Frances (Jenny Slate), an aspiring painter who takes a job helping Nils (Fridtjov Såheim), a famous artist, create a barn installation in Norway.  Frances is tired of her everyday life. Her parents are […]

TV REVIEW: WARRIOR Where’s it playing? HBO Max What’s it rated? TV-MA Andrew Koji stars as Ah Sahm, a Chinese martial arts prodigy who travels to San Francisco in the late 1800s in search of his sister, Xiaojing (Dianne Doan), who immigrated years earlier and is now known as Mai Ling, wife of Long Zii […]

TV REVIEW: PAINTING WITH JOHN (2021) Where’s it playing? HBO Max What’s it rated? TV-MA Think of HBO Max’s quirky new series Painting with John as the anti-Bob Ross and his The Joy of Painting PBS series. In fact, in the opening episode, star John Lurie says, “Bob Ross was wrong. Everyone can’t paint.” The […]

TV REVIEW: ONE MISSISSIPPI Where’s it playing? Amazon Prime What’s it rated? TV-MA Running two seasons, comedian Tig Notaro’s One Mississippi offers a semi-autobiographical account of her return to her hometown after the sudden death of her mother. She’s recovering from breast cancer and a double mastectomy, stuck in a relationship with someone who’s nice […]