It's a turbo #Blast for the #SpringEquinox on @TheMTS.bsky.social show via YouTube as I review #ProjectHailMary #ReadyOrNot2: #HereICome #Tow #MrBurton & #VampiresOfTheVelvetLounge, give an #Oscar recap & take comfort in the new LP by #HauteAndFreddy: @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/F4vOcaTOyys?...

Fictional characters in the public domain are fair game for free use on film & TV & none have been reinvented more on screen lately than #SherlockHolmes. I investigate the miniseries #YoungSherlock & other recent incarnations of the sleuth for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: thevoicesf.org/sherlock-rul...

I forge ahead on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube with reviews of #Undertone #RemindersOfHim #Slanted #TheGates #BankOfDave2: #TheLoanRanger & #ScaredToDeath, shudder about #FridayThe13th & reveal my plans for the #TrumpPresidentialLibrary: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/FWF6ZfFlGhk?...

@MrMoKelly.bsky.social is sitting in as host, but #CultureBlast stays in place as I enliven @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube with reviews of #TheBride #Hoppers #PeakyBlinders: #TheImmortalMan #Dolly & #Heel & bet on the Peacock TV series #Ponies: @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/EukpqdHX5zA?...

A veritable pop-pourri of coverage spices up @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social as I devote my column to the lively direct-to-streaming movie #TheBluff, canny second-season changes at TV's #Hijack & #Paradise, the sonic pleasures of #NoisePop, the reborn #FabMab & more! thevoicesf.org/pop-culture-...

On @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube, I review #Scream7 #Dreams #InTheBlinkOfAnEye #TheBluff & #ManOnTheRun & get joyful about the @Warriorsofficial.bsky.social #StandardDeviantBrewing #Muttville #TomKennyAndTheHiSeas & the return of the #FabMab: @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/AzFhgdCy_xI?...

It's a gold-medal-level #CultureBlast on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube with my movie reviews of #HowToMakeAKilling #MidwinterBreak #EPiC: #ElvisPresleyInConcert #ReduxRedux #Kokuho & #BladesOfTheGuardians after shots at a power-mad despot: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/N0vxgwUAyOE?...

As I attest in @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social, L.A. is the ideal setting for the movie adventures of a master thief (#Crime101) & a time-traveling tech-pocalypse warrior (#GoodLuckHaveFunDontDie) & the TV exploits of a super-powered Hollywood wannabe (#WonderMan): #SFBAFCC thevoicesf.org/southland-st...

#ValentinesDay follows #FridayThe13th, but lucky or not, I love being on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube. I keep it sweet with reviews of #WutheringHeights #Crime101 #GoodLuckHaveFunDontDie & #HoneyBunch & give my heart to the TV series #WonderMan: @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/6B7sHazherE?...

Lots of people wearing red today. Must be the anniversary of some bloody battle. #happyvalentinesday #battleofthesexes #fightingthegoodfight

This time on @TheMTS.bsky.social via #YouTube, I review the movies #Dracula #TheStrangers: #Chapter3 #Pillion #Jimpa #MyFathersShadow & #ThePresidentsCake & get amped about the #MBFF, the documentary #TightAndNerdy & the latest #SpaceParty gig: @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/OLGKR8Tlhbg?...

Blimey! The #MostlyBritishFilmFestival - with a wealth of new & vintage movies from the U.K. & associated locales - is back at San Francisco's Vogue Theater for its 18th season. I preview highlights of this year's MBFF in @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: #SFBAFCC thevoicesf.org/a-magnificen...

Nothing will waylay the Blast on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube, as I review the new movies #SendHelp, #Shelter, #Islands, #APoet & #TheWreckingCrew, pay tribute to #CatherineOHara & do the converse to the subject of a certain "documentary." #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/yXDAtr9N-UU?...

In the wake of the #Oscar noms, I bring @TheMTS.bsky.social on YouTube my reviews of #Mercy #HIsForHawk #Atropia & #ReturnToSilentHill & the #Netflix shows #SevenDials & #DeathByLightning & broach the awful idea of #Trump, recording artist: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: youtu.be/zLJEheZVXKU?...

"Sunrise at Campobello," the film biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt, was so successful that I've decided to write a script about the current president: "Sundown at Mar-a-Lago." It's a sordid gangster story that descends into pathological drama and apocalyptic tragedy by the third act.

It's the January movie dead zone when studios & distributors dump lesser releases into theaters - with a few exceptions. I review two examples of the detritus (#Greenland2 and #Primate) & an outlier (#28YearsLater: #TheBoneTemple) in @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: #SFBAFCC thevoicesf.org/those-januar...

A "Happy Martin Luther King Day" greeting is particularly inappropriate when freedom, equality & democracy are flagrantly undermined by the vile administration abusing power in our country. MLK Day has never been more solemn than today as Trump & his goons trash everything that Dr. King fought for.

Even in the chill of winter, I hustle up new movie reviews for @TheMTS.bsky.social on YouTube, covering #28YearsLater: #TheBoneTemple #TheRip #NightPatrol #SoundOfFalling #Resurrection & more, plus TV's #Hijack & #StarTrek: #StarfleetAcademy: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/tLJ4nPNqN04?...

A Blast arises on @TheMTS.bsky.social & I join @KimMcCallister.bsky.social to review #Greenland2 #Primate #FatherMotherSisterBrother #WeBuryTheDead #ThePlague #TheVoiceOfHindRajab #Magellan etc. & TV's #TheNightManager & #SuchBraveGirls: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/uYCu244xwZ8?...

One of the ongoing flurry of smart, rousing science-fiction TV shows, #Pluribus has enflamed online fan groups and water-cooler debate with its spin on a classic motif -- and I'm there for it, as imparted in my coverage for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: #SFBAFCC thevoicesf.org/invasion-of-...

I've decided to do Dry January, so I'll be sleeping in the sauna every night.

For #NewYearsEve's #CultureBlast on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube, I discuss my #Top10Movies of 2025 & the sitcom #AManOnTheInside, eulogize lost friends, wonder about rainbows & reveal my plans to enjoy the #ConstellationClub NYE bash: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/aQWmQdIL_iI?...

As a professional film reviewer, I'm traditionally required to compile a list of my favorite movies of the year every December. My Top 10 for 2025 (plus 15 more titles worth watching) are revealed via my current column in @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: #bestmoviesof2025 thevoicesf.org/wrapping-up-...

A pre-#Christmas #Blast engulfs @TheMTS.bsky.social on YouTube with my reviews of #Avatar: #FireAndAsh #TheHousemaid #IsThisThingOn #TheSpongeBobMovie #Scarlet & #AMagnificentLife, talk of extending #Hanukkah & a plug for #GuidedMistletoe: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/S_krH_aw6BQ?...

Diversity rules the Blast on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube as I jaw with @MrMoKelly.bsky.social on a broad range of movies - #EllaMcKay #DustBunny #Rosemead #SilentNightDeadlyNight #DeadMansWire & #OneMoreShot - & #HBO's #It: #WelcomeToDerry: @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/XR3ZXTgDqCc?...

Civic rivalry aside, I prize the tonal contrast between the TV comedies #AManOnTheInside, set in San Francisco, & #ILoveLA, set in Los Angeles, reflective of their respective locales - favorably reviewing the two shows in my column for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: thevoicesf.org/mapping-a-co...

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?...