In hope of a December to remember, I start the ball rolling on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube with reviews of #FiveNightsAtFreddys2 #MerrilyWeRollAlong #FackhamHall," #JayKelly #APrivateLife #100NightsOfHero #LaGrazia & #TheSecretAgent & more: @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/MAMgEEo-ODE?...

For a #Thanksgiving Blast, I stroll into @TheMTS.bsky.social on YouTube with reviews of #WakeUpDeadMan: A #KnivesOut Mystery #Eternity #Hamnet #TheThingWithFeathers & #Zootopia2 & notes about #HBO's #ILoveLA & #AppleTV's #DownCemeteryRoad: SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/zpco54kMOWE?...

#RentalFamily #TrainDreams & #Rebuilding are small-scale movies telling intimate, emotional stories that linger long after viewing. Writing for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social, I rave about these three antidotes to blockbuster overload: @TheMTS.bsky.social #moviereviews thevoicesf.org/antidotes-to...

#CultureBlast glows up @TheMTS.bsky.social on YouTube as I weigh in with reviews of #WickedForGood #RentalFamily #SisuRoadToRevenge #TrainDreams #Rebuilding, commend the re-release of #TheBeatlesAnthology series & skewer a certain big piggy. #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/2mFBn9hUCVU?...

I groove with guest host @MrMoKelly.bsky.social on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube when I review the movies #TheRunningMan #NowYouSeeMe    #TheCarpentersSon #TrapHouse #Sirāt & #Arco & Apple TV's #Pluribus, eulogize #JimAvila & hype #MutMuz: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/IQvtWZCikjk?...

Among the recent spate of movies inspired by true stories, #NouvelleVague & #PeterHujarsDay stand out as unique glimpses of significant times, places & people. I elaborate in my latest film column for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: #SFBAFCC thevoicesf.org/true-stories...

The Blast is afire with laudable movies to review on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube with guest host #MoKelly! I cover #Predator: #Badlands #DieMyLove #Christy #Nuremberg #SentimentalValue #PeterHujarsDay & #LittleAmelie & more: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/5UTydMt_q5c?...

#Halloween brings a spooky #CultureBlast to @TheMTS.bsky.social on YouTube with my #MovieReviews of #NouvelleVague #Anniversary #HallowRoad & #BalladOfASmallPlayer, kudos for TV's #TheLowdown & #Task, shade thrown at the autocrats & more: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/U0bZI2NR_JM?...

With two new movies now in theaters, #EthanHawke takes a break from the big screen to star as a scruffy investigative journalist in #TheLowdown, a TV series rife with intrigue, secrets & murder. I give the lowdown on the show in my column for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: thevoicesf.org/getting-lowd...

I can't restrain myself from bringing new #MovieReviews to @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube. I evaluate #Bugonia #Springsteen: #DeliverMeFromNowhere #AHouseOfDynamite #Hedda & #RegrettingYou & talk #Warriors, #ConstellationClub & more: #SFBAFCC @TheVOSF.bsky.social youtu.be/Wc_VllNmQQM?...

I link into @TheMTS.bsky.social on YouTube with Kim McCallister, review the movies #Frankenstein #BlackPhone2 #BlueMoon #TheMastermind #Grow #ItWasJustAnAccident & #JohnCandy: #ILikeMe & talk #NoKings @MusicCitySF.bsky.social & #NewWaveCity: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/uH0gHEsqwgE?...

Based on Alysia Abbott's memoir of growing up as the daughter of a gay single dad in San Francisco during the ’70s & ’80s, #Fairyland comes to the screen with an unerring sense of time & place. I commend the movie as astute & heartbreaking in @TheVoiceSF.bsky.org: thevoicesf.org/finding-an-e...

Mo' better Blast in effect on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube with Kim McCallister. I cover #TronAres #Roofman #AfterTheHunt #IfIHadLegsIdKickYou #Urchin #Steve & #Fairyland, TV's #ThePaper & #Smoke & the #NobelPrize & #SuperBowl: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/gbeH5D1fNmQ?...

October fests begin & I highlight some of the fun on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube with reviews of #TheSmashingMachine #Anemone #BoneLake #GoodBoy #Coyotes & #Orwell: 2+2=5 & hype for #HardlyStrictlyBluegrass #BootieMashup & #MillValleyFilmFestival: @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/UYryDREKzQo?...

Ari & Ethan Gold dramatize their filial relationship in #BrotherVersesBrother, an intimate urban odyssey with music getting its Cali premiere at the #MillValleyFilmFestival. I hail the Gold brotherhood & their movie in my latest column for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: thevoicesf.org/sibling-conf...

Culture Blast welcomes the #HighHolyDays on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube with reviews of #OneBattleAfterAnother #EleanorTheGreat #DeadOfWinter #TheLostBus #AllOfYou & #SchoolForLove & kudos for TV's #MarvelZombies & #SlowHorses: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/HylSBE2-ug4?...

Wishing a "Sha-Na-Na Tova" to all the Jewish rock & rollers! #ShanaTova

A titanic Blast upends @TheMTS.bsky.social on YouTube with my #MovieReviews of #Him #ABigBoldBeautifulJourney #Swiped #TheSummerBook #Plainclothes #LondonCalling & #WaltzingWithBrando plus remarks on all-time favorite films, #JimmyKimmel & more: @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/l8NGqSsae5w?...

Serve the tea & scones! Writing in @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social, I tip my bowler to #DowntonAbbey: #TheGrandFinale, the last film in the saga of an aristocratic U.K. family during the early 20th century, bringing the TV & movie franchise to a satisfying conclusion: #SFBAFCC thevoicesf.org/an-aristocra...

Our nation is on the brink, but that won't deter me from doing #MovieReviews on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube: #TheLongWalk #DowntonAbbey: #TheGrandFinale #TheHistoryOfSound #RabbitTrap #TheManInMyBasement & #Code3, etc.! #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/Qn6fvxjiG6A?...

For the latest #CultureBlast on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube, I review #TheConjuring: #LastRites #Twinless #TheBaltimorons #TheThreesome #Highest2Lowest & #Riefenstahl, poke at absurdities in the news, welcome back the #49ers & more: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/HvIO7NJC5wg?...

Now in theaters, #TheRoses & #Splitsville are intrepid movie comedies that find dark humor in relationship trauma. I relish the audacity & favorably review these two brutally funny explorations of marriage & friendship in free fall for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: #SFBAFCC thevoicesf.org/bad-relation...

It's a #LaborDay weekend Blast on @TheMTS.bsky.social via #YouTube with @KimMcCallister.bsky.social when I review #CaughtStealing #TheRoses #TheToxicAvenger #TheThursdayMurderClub #ShinGodzilla & #BridgetJones & TV's #Peacemaker #Hostage & #Ludwig: @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/TrnzNvVTQWU?...

It's another balls-to-the-wall #CultureBlast on @TheMTS.bsky.social via #YouTube as I review the new movies #Eden #Relay #HoneyDont #Splitsville #Lurker #EenieMeanie & #Devo, take aim at the powers-that-be & joke around with Mark. #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/UKj45Jy6LNE?...

A new miniseries brings the monstrous extraterrestrials of the #Alien franchise to our planet & your home screen. As #AlienEarth starts its run on #FX & #Hulu, I rocket to @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social to discuss the show's thoughtful approach to its scifi/horror hybrid: thevoicesf.org/aliens-among...

Blaster in the house! I'm on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube with #MovieReviews of #Nobody2 #EastOfWall #TroubleMan & #Fixed, the lowdown on #AlienEarth & #EyesOfWakanda & shots at premature #Oktoberfest, the #AlaskaSummit & #DeanCain: @TheVOSF.bsky.social youtu.be/m-Y9tLWKPek?...

Chicanery's in store on @TheMTS.bsky.social, hosted by Kim McCallister on #YouTube, with my #MovieReviews of #Weapons #FreakierFriday #MyMothersWedding #Sketch #EbonyAndIvory & #ThePickup & catch-ups to #Wednesday & #KingOfTheHill & more: @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/0gl5Ifvl7nU?...

In a de facto on-the-road trifecta, three current movies - #SheRidesShotgun #SouleymanesStory & #KerouacsRoad: #TheBeatOfANation - take very different journeys with distinctly disparate results. I map them out in my latest column for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: #SFBAFCC thevoicesf.org/on-the-road-...

It's a stupendous Blast on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube with my reviews of #TheNakedGun #Together #TheBadGuys 2 #SheRidesShotgun #KerouacsRoad #SouleymanesStory & #HappyGilmore2 & asides on #StarTrek #SuperchiefGallery @KPProjects.bsky.social etc. @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/qiYErGWT28U?...

I needed a fantastic forum to review #FantasticFour: #FirstSteps & @TheMTS.bsky.social with Kim McCallisterKim on YouTube fit. I also cover #OhHi #TheHome #Ick #FourLettersOfLove #Shoshana, TV's #Ballard & #Ironheart, #RollingStones & more: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/e9SZukKevKY?...

In a multi-faceted column for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social, I applaud the preservation of the #RoxieTheater, raise an eyebrow at the ambitious movie misfire #Eddington, and note that the golf-themed Apple TV sitcom #Stick is considerably above par: @TheMTS.bsky.social thevoicesf.org/the-roxie-ri...

I jostle @TheMTS.bsky.social on #YouTube with reviews of #Eddington #Smurfs #FinallyDawn #SaintClare & #TheOldGuard2 & takes on TV's #Stick #StarTrek: #StrangeNewWorlds #TheBear #SquidGame & #StephenColbert, #GrandOleEcho, etc. #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/MLaAXR-51tg?...

It's a super-sized #CultureBlast on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube with my #MovieReviews of #Superman #DontLetsGoToTheDogsTonight #Sovereign #Push #JurassicWorld: #Rebirth #SorryBaby #40Acres & #HeadsOfState & some #Giants boosterism: @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/_Gw98BysXno?...

There are very different ways to deliver a TV series swan song. With the last episode of #SquidGame & season-ender of #TheBear in mind, I dedicate my column in @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social to why & how a finale might leave a longtime viewer inspired, sad, angry, or amused: thevoicesf.org/nailing-the-...

It's #PrideWeekend & I respond accordingly on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube with a few #MovieReviews addressing #LGBTQ+ issues. Film coverage includes #F1 #EverythingsGoingToBeGreat #Ponyboi #OffTheGrid #TheSound #SweetRelief & #Enigma: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/EtwF4X9KeS4?...

The #Hollywood ploy of turning hit cartoons into live-action movies has yielded uneven results, as seen with new versions of #HowToTrainYourDragon & #LiloAndStitch. I reflect on the remakes in @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: thevoicesf.org/reanimating-...

The #SummerSolstice hits long & hard & so do I on @TheMTS.bsky.social via #YouTube with #MovieReviews of #28YearsLater #Elio #Inside & #BrideHard, coverage of #Netflix's #Sirens & Season 3 of #HBOMax's #AndJustLikeThat & more: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/00b-4UCssfA?...

While California rumbles, I let loose a Blast on @TheMTS.bsky.social via #YouTube with #MovieReviews of #HowToTameYourDragon #Materialists #DeepCover #TheUnholyTrinity & #EchoValley, fondness for TV's #DeptQ & #Duster, #jacaranda delight & more: @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/q1qf0l82XWc?...

Filmmaker #MikeFlanagan's ardent screen adaptation of #TheLifeOfChuck, an uncommonly uplifting tale from #StephenKing, embraces light in the face of darkness. Finding solace in the movie, I extol its virtues in my latest column for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: #SFBAFCC thevoicesf.org/a-matter-of-...

Culture Blast lands at @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube on D-Day with my reviews of #Ballerina #TheLifeOfChuck #DangerousAnimals #IDontUnderstandYou #Predator: #KillerOfKillers & #Mountainhead & takes on #PrideMonth #TheFurys etc. #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/9J5Btd43kog?...

The Blast is remote this week but so is M.T. on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube. That doesn't stop me from joining in with #MovieReviews of #KarateKidLegends #ThePhoeniciaScheme #BringHerBack #BadShabbos #Zenithal & #TheOldWomanWithTheKnife: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/dEJT5RYv25Q?...

Quirky, gifted sleuths bring intrigue & laughs to a new wave of TV crime procedurals. Turning my private eye to the defective detectives of #Ludwig #PokerFace & #HighPotential, I cover the shows for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social & say they're guilty of being addictive fun: thevoicesf.org/defective-de...

For #MemorialDay, I elevate @TheMTS.bsky.social on #YouTube with coverage of #MissionImpossible #LiloAndStitch #FountainOfYouth #JaneAustenWreckedMyLife #TheNewBoy #TheWalkingDead: #DeadCity #Careme & #Murderbot & ❤️ for #ConstellationClub: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/0XuJcXO7xjM?...

Madre mia! It's Mother's Day, mofos! Honor thy mother(s). There's always womb for a little love. #mothersday #yomama #eternalmaternal

With J-L Cauvin & Kim McCallister hosting @TheMTS.bsky.social on #YouTube, I review the movies #HurryUpTomorrow #SisterMidnight #Nonnas & #DeathOfAUnicorn & toss in praise for TV's #StarWars: #Andor #TheStolenGirl & #PokerFace: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/WSvDBM7kC68?...

Someone didn’t think through the plan for a 100% #tariff on films made outside the U.S. In my latest column for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social, I point to the culprit & clarify the cluelessness of penalizing a movie industry already facing numerous other challenges: #SFBAFCC thevoicesf.org/movie-import...

It's Mother's Day, and it behooves us to honor all the matriarchs today. Of course, I've been uttering the word "mother" as a prefix every day since you-know-who was reinstalled to the presidency last November. It's nice to not use it as an expletive for a change. #HappyMothersDay!

#CultureBlast pounds @TheMTS.bsky.social on #YouTube with my #MovieReviews of #FightOrFlight #Friendship #ShadowForce #SharpCorner #HenryJohnson #ClownInACornfield #CaughtByTheTides & #AnotherSimpleFavor plus #PopeLeo & #JudgeJeanine: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/C6PWbnLWCoM?...

After earnestly playing the shill for @TheMTS.bsky.social on #YouTube, I give the total Blast #MovieReview treatment to #Thunderbolts, as well as #TheSurfer #Rust #Salvable #BonjourTristesse & #Electra: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/tBoUIxoWgQs?...

As the clock ticks on @TheMTS.bsky.social with guest host Michael Shure, I cram in reviews of #TheAccountant2 #OnSwiftHorses #UntilDawn #TheTroubleWithJessica #TheLegendOfOchi #MobCops & #Havoc & elation over Season 2 of #Andor: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/R5jVJ7bnyKQ?...