Thanks to a wide variety of foreign, independent, and studio options, choosing a film in March is a lot of fun. Award-winning movies enjoy expanded release and word-of-mouth gems earn a slow building, well-deserved audience. An occasional stinker will sneak into the market with a flashy trailer that outperforms the finished product, but those movies don’t last long. The competition is too strong. I rate […]

January is hit and miss, as some Oscar caliber films finally see mainstream release but bad ones sneak into the market without advance hype (example: the dreadful “Mortdecai”). There are some good ones currently playing well worth the popcorn. A few others? Skip ’em. I use a 5-finger (high-five) rating system where 5 is outstanding, 4 […]