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Frank Lovece

Film Review: They Will Have to Kill Us First

Film Review: They Will Have to Kill Us First

Beautifully shot documentary about musicians displaced by jihadist war in northern Mali, and their twin desires to return home and to just play their music and sing.
Film Review: Jack of the Red Hearts

Film Review: Jack of the Red Hearts

Well-intentioned drama about a troubled youth who becomes caregiver for a severely autistic child, 'Jack of the Red Hearts' showcases the talented young actress Taylor Richardson but never develops beyond placid afterschool-special territory.
Film Review: Forsaken

Film Review: Forsaken

Kiefer Sutherland and dad Donald are in top form playing father and son in an otherwise predictable western filled with silent-movie villainy and tropes already discarded by 1950s films in the genre.
Film Review: Misconduct

Film Review: Misconduct

"Misconduct"? More like misbegotten. An incredible cast inexplicably stars in a poorly thought-out, low-budget neo-noir from filmmakers with no clout or even discernible past success. What, were they blackmailed?
Everyone into the Deadpool: Producer Simon Kinberg helps revive Marvel’s raunchy superhero

Everyone into the Deadpool: Producer Simon Kinberg helps revive Marvel’s raunchy superhero

An old headline trope, long ago appropriated by comic-book fans, goes: "Pow! Bam! Comics Just Aren't Just for Kids Anymore!"
Film Review: All Mistakes Buried

Film Review: All Mistakes Buried

A once-successful young businessman turned crack addict spends a momentous day and night trying to retrieve a pendant he thinks will save his dead marriage. Filmmaker Tim McCann, star Sam Trammell and superb cinematographer Alan McIntyre Smith elevate a low-budget crime drama to an elegant, if repetitive, character study.
Film Review: Diablo

Film Review: Diablo

A haunted Civil War veteran in the 1870s pursues raiders he says took his wife, opening a path to a figurative Hell in director Lawrence Roeck's powerful and beautifully shot, if emotionally distant, second feature.
Film Review: Anomalisa

Film Review: Anomalisa

An exploration of loneliness and love, in as heartrending and heartfelt a way as the bizarrely brilliant mind of Charlie Kaufman can offer.
The Franchise Awakens: J.J. Abrams roots for the underdogs in ‘Star Wars’ reboot

The Franchise Awakens: J.J. Abrams roots for the underdogs in ‘Star Wars’ reboot

You might have heard: There's a new 'Star Wars' movie coming out. With theatres preparing for what many predict might be cinema's biggest domestic opening—a $185-$200 million range that could top the $208.8 million of June's 'Jurassic World'—and a predicted domestic total of $730 million to $1 billion, audiences and analysts are expecting less a movie than a second coming.
Film Review: Stink!

Film Review: Stink!

Breezy, Michael Moore-ish environmental documentary by a non-tree-hugging venture capitalist advocates for disclosure of carcinogenic chemicals in everyday products.