Kudos to Val Kilmer, sort of, for framing “Val” as something other than a record of things that happened. The movie even invokes the idea that fiction is a lie that gets at a greater truth. It’s questionable whether “Val” ultimately does that: it’s frank about the star’s physical deterioration and his feelings that, in certain…

If you are in the mood for a “they don’t make movies like that anymore” movie, meaning soapy melodrama with enough glamorous glow to keep you from thinking too hard, then “The Last Letter From Your Lover” might do the trick. This one pulls out all the stops: amnesia, missed messages, cynics who are astounded…

I’m usually uninterested in U.S. remakes of foreign horror films because the original is almost always better. In the case of Peter Thorwarth’s “Blood Red Sky,” dropping on Netflix today, I truly hope that some studio picks up the rights and redoes it just so they can get it right. From the “how do you…

When Manu (Grégoire Ludig) and Jean-Gab (David Marsais) discover a housefly the size of a small footstool in the trunk of a car they just stole, they’re surprised, but not for the reasons one might expect. They bluster around in dismay, saying, “Why is this in the back of the car? This screws up our…

One of the biggest surprises of 2020, aside from a global pandemic, was the success of AppleTV+’s “Ted Lasso.” Based on the NBC Sports skit character, the series starring Jason Sudeikis as an American coach in England went from a cutesy offering on the streaming service to a word-of-mouth hit, and then a 20-time Emmy…

“Some people cry. Some people drink. Some people write shitty poetry. I hurt people.” With cutting breathiness and a signature no-nonsense attitude, these words are spoken by Lindy (Kate Beckinsale) early on in director Tanya Wexler’s “Jolt,” an action-packed, sci-fi adjacent dark comedy that leaves a lot to be desired in its neon-soaked wake. A…